Gifts already...?

赤ちゃんが女の子だとわかったのが、月曜日です。 水曜日にはすでに、我が子は衣装持ちになってしまいました。 服が９着ほど、そして靴が４足に、小さなスーツケースが１つ。

私が苦手な、あの人はなぜか「アクセサリー部門は私が担当するわ！」と張り切り、靴とスーツケースを持ってきたのでした。 その後、うわさによるとクロックス１足にハンドバッグを２つさらにゲットしたそうです。

バッグなんて１，２歳の子にいるのか？　 そんなのは物心つく頃にして、オムツとか必需品くれればいいのに…と旦那はぼやいております。　 でも女の子ってやっぱりいいかも～と思っちゃったのは事実です。 ほんとにほんとに、女の子よね？？？　男の子でも着せられそうな服は一着しかなかったわよ！

今月の週末予定は、我が子のクローゼットをリフォームすること。家の前の花壇をどうにかすること、です。　来月にはピアノをどうにか入れたいです。　クローゼットはまだまだ…と思ってたけど、このペースで彼女の服が増えたら…と思うとやっぱり先にやらなくちゃ、と決めたパパとママであります。

We found out that we are having a girl on Monday. By Wednesday, our daughter had 9 outfits, 4 pairs of shoes and a little suitcase. Aaron’s mom’s friend somehow decided she wanted to be in charge of her accessories, so she brought those shoes and the suitcase to the office. She also told me not to get her crocks because she already got one and two more purses…

Aaron and I didn’t understand the necessity of little bags for baby since she won’t carry. I guess these are for much later in her life… It is just fun to imagine our little girl carrying this suitcase to go see grandma, though…

I really hope that the ultrasound technician didn’t make mistake about the baby’s sex. Our mind is set for a girl and I only saw one outfit that would work for a baby boy. We are just thrilled to meet our baby girl now.

We made monthly plan to prepare the house for baby by October. This month, we are going to redo the closet in the second bedroom. You know how old closet here is. It’s got a shelf in upper part and has a pole below the shelf to hang clothes. We are going to add more shelves and a few more poles. Hopefully we have enough time to do our garden. I need to replant shiso (Japanese herb), too. We also want to move my piano by next month so that I can play for my baby whenever I want to. We were going to work on the closet later but just incase her grandma keeps buying stuff, we decided to be prepared for the storage earlier than we thought.

I can already tell that Aaron's parents will spoil our baby… I just hope she won’t rot.

It's a GIRL!!

まったくもって私はわかりませんでしたが、超音波のスペシャリストが言うには、私の赤ちゃんは女の子だそうです。　体重も平均、問題もなくよく育っている様子だそうです。　

We had no idea where the ultrasound tech person was looking at but I guess she is a girl. She is growing well with no problem:)

What I don't like about living in the States... アメリカのここが嫌～！

トイレに入ったとき、トイレットペーパーホルダーの位置がユーザーフレンドリーでないところ 手がゆう届いて、ペーパーを使いやすいように丸められればベストなのに、あまりにも便器に近いとこでしかも低位置に取り付けられていたり、さては体をひねって半ば後ろ向きのようにしてペーパーを取らなくちゃいけないとなると、ペーパーも無駄使いしがち。 ドアの取り付けもいまいち適当で、用を足してる時に外の人と目が合っちゃったりしたらも～気まずい トイレはねぇ、やっぱり日本のが一番。 ウォシュレットが懐かしい今日この頃。　 家を建てたら、ウォシュレット絶対付けたいです。あと日本式のお風呂ね。　家族風呂は夢…

I just think people here place the toilet paper holder in the wrong places! I went to Walmart and used their restroom. The toilet paper holder is too close to me and hard to get paper without wasting. I had to bend down in strange way and it's hard for my tummy now, you know.

I have also been to the restroom where you have to twist your body and get paper behind you. I just don't understand why they had to put the paper holder in such place... You will never see that in Japan. Also, the way the door is attached is not good either. You can see people walk by while I am in bathroom... very strange.

I just think Japanese toilet is the best. I love the toilet with little shower and dryer( you can look at the product in TOTO website if you don't know what I'm talking about).

Doctor Appointment

赤ちゃんの検診に行ってきました。
今日から17週目で、日本の数え方だと5ヶ月目に入っていると思われる。　 お腹もやっと妊婦っぽく膨らんできた感じ(まぁ、まだね、ただ太っててお腹が出てるように見えなくもないんだけど…)

期待に反して今回の検診もあっという間に終わっちゃったわよね。　体重量って、尿検査して、血圧測って、心音聞いて、はい終わり　5分くらいで終わっちゃった。 体重も増えてないので一安心、昨日アイスクリーム食べたけど尿検査も大丈夫だったようで何も言われず、血圧も「Wonderful!」で、赤ちゃんもこの間の検診よりも動いてたな。　先生、動く赤ちゃんを機械で追っていくのが大変だって笑ってたわ。　元気に育ってるようでした。

つわりがスッキリ終わってから、お腹もまだそんなに膨らんでないし、胎動もこれだって確信できるのがないから、本当に赤ちゃん大丈夫かしら？　ママが忙しく飛び回ってるので怒ってないかしら？？とちょっと不安になってたのでとりあえずよかった。

安産のためにウォーキングを毎日30分とヨガを再開。　体を伸ばすって気持ちいいなぁと改めて実感　ベリーダンスも来週から始める予定。

次回の検診は3週間後の20週目。　次回は超音波でよく赤ちゃんを観察して、脳やその他臓器の発達状況を確認するんだそうだ。　で、それをしているうちに赤ちゃんは動くと思われるので、そこで性別がわかるらしい。　ドキドキわくわくです　 遠出する予定も当分ないので、今週からはちょっとゆっくりしたいわぁ。


Aaron and I went to see doctor yesterday for baby check up. I’m now week 17 and that means I’m 5 month pregnant in Japanese way of calculating (I think I’m end of 4 in American way, I’m not sure…). I think I finally started to look like a pregnant lady not a fat woman with big stomach.

Since my doctor had to deliver a baby this morning, he was running behind on his normal schedule. We waited for about 45 minutes and then my check up lasted like 5 minutes… I know it is not like a Japanese doctor where you can see baby on the monitor every time you go. I was still hoping that he would do it. Anyway what I did was just like the previous one; the nurse weighed me, did the urine test, and took my blood pressure and the doctor let me hear my baby’s heartbeat.

I still weigh the same and everything looked good even though I had a cup of ice cream yesterday. It sounded like my baby was doing great, too. It moved constantly and there was that static noise with the heartbeat.

Since my morning sickness was gone, I didn’t feel like there was no proof that my baby was doing good because I couldn’t see my stomach grow or feel the movement for sure. I was just worried about my baby because I was traveling a lot and have been tired. His/her strong heartbeat surely made me happy.

I have been feeling great and walking everyday for 30 minutes and doing Yoga in the morning as much as possible. Stretching your body is just a wonderful thing you can do to yourself. Since I have 3 tickets left for belly dance class. I’m going to start that, too. I’m excited!
The next doctor appointment is in three weeks. I’m going to have an ultrasound (yay!!) I can’t wait to see my baby and make sure everything is ok. Then I will find out what the baby is!! I first wanted a girl but now I don’t care as long as it’s healthy.

Math at Work

Here is a little something someone sent me that is indisputable mathematical logic. This is a strictly mathematical viewpoint...it goes like this:

What makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%


But,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E

1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%


And,

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T

2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G

1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that while hard work and knowledge will get you close, and attitude will get you there, it's the bullshit and ass kissing that will put you over the top.

結婚式、Wedding 2

5月3日から7日まで、水戸教会時代からのお友達のくにちゃんの結婚式のためフロリダに行ってきました。本当はアーロンと二人そろって招待されていたけど、金銭的に痛いのと、アーロンの仕事が忙しいために私だけ参加ということに…。他の友達は10日から2週間滞在してたけど、私は体のことを考えてたったの6日間の滞在となりました。ありがたいことに、ここからオーランドまでの直行便があり、値段も安めでサービスもよかったので行き来がとても楽でした。

I went to Orlando, Florida from the 3rd till the 7th for Kuni chan’s wedding. She and I met at Mito Church and have known each other for about 8 years. She came to Florida for her master’s degree in some kind of aviation university. Originally Aaron and I were both invited but Aaron had to work so I got to come by myself. Reiko and Asami were staying about 10 days but I decided to make my trip short since I’m pregnant and get tired easily. Thanks to the Allegiant Air, I could fly directly to Orlando Sanford Airport. It was pretty reasonable and the service was nice, I was very happy.

Wedding Cake.

司式は二ールが行いました。屋外だったもんだからとても暑かった。　Neal did their wedding.　The ceremony was held outside so it was very hot wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

First Dance…

Neal and Jenn

With Kuni

ブーケを取った礼子。Reiko is the next bride!

Neal and Jenn's sweet home. I wish I could live here, too...

Asami wanna get darker...

I heard that too much sun tan during the pregnancy would cause your skin to even age faster, so I decided to take cover. I love swimming in the ocean but I will wait till the next time.

妊娠中の日焼けは肌によくないと聞いたので、今回は完全防備でいきました。　海で思い切り泳ぐの大好きだけど今回はおあずけなり。

誰のおしり？　私のじゃないよ！

They are crazy girls... who? not me!

結婚式、Wedding 1

4月の最後の週末、オクラホマに住むアーロンの従妹ジェニーの結婚式に出席しました。　とってもきれいでした。　The last weekend of April, We went down to Oklahoma to attend Aaron's cousin, Jeni's wedding. She was beautiful and it was very nice wedding.