Christmas Day

Thannkyou to everyone who sent presents to Hiro. He had a great Christmas and got alot of nice LOUD presents!!

J. Edgar Hiro

Hiroki is very helpful with the laundry these days. Dressing up just adds to the fun.

Hmmm feels nice.

But the best part is doing the Hoovering. He loves it. He enjoys making the noise too, "Gaaaaaaaaaaah"


I wonder if he has heard how much fun washing dishes or cleaning the car is?

Whatever the case is, Hiro still manages to find time to unwind by standing on tip-toes to pull off the next row of paper screens

He also tries to keep Daddy happy whenever possible..

I'm a Sole Man

Hiroki speaks his first proper English word.

Blinky

I like Driving In My Car

Hiroki takes time out during a busy weekend for a spot of retail therapy followed by a spin in Toys R Us.

BEEP BEEP

Balloonatics

Hiro likes the balloon he was given when we all went out to dinner for our third wedding anniversary.
Thankyou, Chiyo and Hiro for a wonderful life!!

Roll Call

Hiroki is getting ready for his first day at school. You're never too young.

He'll Be Wearing An Airplane Jersey When He Comes

This Weekend we went to Mount Tsukuba with Grandpa and Grandma. Hiro loved playing in the fallen Autumn leaves.

Jurassic Park Moment

Hiro has learned to open doors. Now nothing is safe. The other day we thought the apartment was suspiciously quiet and found Hiro had got into the back room, opened my bag, unwrapped my sandwich and with a mouthful of bread and a face covered in mayo and salsa he was distributing pieces of ham around the carpet. Clever Boy!!

Dummy

For some reason, after a year of hating it, Hiroki is suddenly inseparable from his dummy. No change in volume tho.

Long time no B

Hello ALL!!

Sorry for the lack of posts in OVER A MONTH!! WE have had a bit of a change of pace since Chiyo went back to work this month after her maternity leave and Alex and Grandma Kazuko have been playing Tag Team Baby minding ever since.

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

Chiyo is enjoying the challenges of being back in the thick of it, Alex is revelling in having more time to really concentrate on indoctrinating Hiro into the world of Star Wars (He can now say "Sith") and Grandma is being a tower of strength and best buddy to Hiroki.

Squashed Tomatoes and Stew

One year old! What a big boy!

We had a really nice day - a lunch party to celebrate, eat and open presents. Chiyo made a spectacular meal. Alex's Japanese was tested in the morning when he went to the cake shop and realised that the order was for a day later! A mixture of elementary phrases, Jazz Dance and crying got the message across and everything worked out fine.

Hiro would like to say a very big and heartfelt "GAS" to everyone (see the Oarai post). Thankyou also from Mum and Dad to everyone for your cards and presents. We really appreciate it.

Hiro is now tired but happily sitting down, eating some Lego. Bon appetit!

A Year in Cell Phone Pictures

Pretty much every day this year, Chiyo has mailed me a photo from her phone so I could see Hiro while I was at work. Here are afew of them. My new family is the reason why I rush home every day...

Finding Hiro

Today, we went up to Oarai Aquarium in Ibaraki Prefecture. We started with a dolphin show and then spent a happy couple of hours walking around looking at all the fish, sharks and other weird and wonderful marine life they have there.
Not sure if Hiro really understood much, but he liked the colours and the exciting atmosphere - there were lots of fish and kids to whoop at.
On the drive home, Chiyo and I were talking about petrol and how Americans say 'gas'. We must have repeated ourselves a bit because during a pause, we heard a small voice say "GAS" and then laugh. Clever boy!! We only got him to say it again another ten million times before we got home. Shame he has no idea what he is saying. But then, who does?

Sleepy Boy. Night night. You'll be 1 soon...

GAS!!!!!!!!!