Baby Friends

Moms have fun time taking pictures of these babies. Aunt Elvi is Jaslyn's mom, Aunt Lisa is Yuto's and Lena's mom. It's so hard to organize us to look at the camera. I guess mom must have a hard time choosing the right picture to be put on this blog...ha ha...お疲れ様でしたママ。But don't you thing all of us are just so cute...:)...especially me..!!!!

Luv, Riki

Riki n Riko's collection (Nov. 2008)

SPORTS DAY

We were invited by aunt Mieko for Shinzo's sports day. Riki was more excited than anyone else. He ran, shouted, danced and received a complimentary prize as well for participating in the dancing event. Poor Riko..he just stayed cozily in his baggy and slept almost throughout the whole event. Everyone has prepared various kind of delicious food for lunch break....ご馳走様でした。One of the cutest thing is when Saku carrying his mom's camera and walking around like a professional photographer. He's just so cute....:)

Mother Farm

Nai2(mom's mom)...that's how I call her. Nai2 came along with us back to Japan from Indonesia so that she can help mommy to watch after two babies (me n Riko :)). However, she only stayed for 2 weeks. While she was in Japan, daddy brought all of us to Mother Farm. It was a really interesting place with lots of farm animals such as pigs, sheeps, cows etc. We really enjoyed watching the nature and beautiful flowers. There were various animal performance which really impressed me. I was a little afraid of the animals. Hopefully I won't be so afraid of them the next time I visit. Thank you daddy for the long drive to the farm.

Luv, Riki

Our Second Baby : Riko Irie

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We feel so blessed with the borned of our 2nd baby, Riko Irie. Riko was borned on July 25th, 2008 at 7:30a.m. His weight was 3150grams and 49cm long. Looking at him reminds me when I first has Riki. God is good, all the time. At times, I feel a bit worried as to how can I cope taking care of 2 babies. So far, things have been manageable. And I'm hopeful that God will keep watching after us and blessed our kids with great health n happiness.

It's Matsuri Time (お祭り）

Well, it's matsuri time. Everyone just gets so excited wearing the traditional Japanese Yukata and joined the festival. Since we live in downtown area, they have one of the biggest festival and during this time, every once in a while, we can hear people shouting while earnestly carrying the mikoshi. Riki was so excited to be dressed up. I think next year he will be able to join the other kids to pull the dashi. What we enjoy the most is to receive many snacks and drinks from the festival for free. :)

April 2008 Highlights

April is really a busy month for me. Mommy has started to put me in a temporary day care while she's taking care of many things before our trip to Indonesia this June. It has been really difficult for mommy to do things with me while she's pregnant, and fortunately the ward office has the temporary day care service where I am allowed to use the facility for at least 12x a month with a really reasonable price. I really enjoyed spending time in day care, meeting new friends and playing with lots of new toys. There are 2 day care which I visited this month: Asakusabashi Day care and Sakamoto Day care. The Asakusabashi day care is a bit far from our house, and we needed to take the bus to go there. However, for Sakamoto Day care, it's around 20 min. walk from our place. It's a good exercise for mom too...:). Daddy and mommy also brought me to Ueno zoo in April. We were having a lot of fun, especially the place where animals such as sheeps, goats, hens are not placed in cage, and the kids are free to play and touch the animals. I was pretty daring and chasing the animals around while trying to touch them. Daddy were kept busy to look after me to make sure that those animals don't get angry to me. Mom also celebrated her 34th birthday this month, and dad has given her a surprise by sending her a bouquet of flowers thru delivery. We had dinner at a restaurant near our place, and I tried to be a good boy while dad n mom were enjoying the dinner. Happy Birthday mommy, and thank you always for taking good care of me. Luv, Riki

March Highlights (First walking experience, Suwako Lake and Sakura)

Despite daddy's busy schedules, we managed to visit several places in March. We visited Nagoya on March 1st for 2 days, and it's my first experience taking the speedy train, Shinkansen. Mommy enjoyed the chicken wings at Furaibo restaurant (she used to eat at this restaurant during her college time in L.A.). And I walked for the first time on March 3rd, right on Hinamatsuri day (I am exactly 13 months and 13 days old on this day..such a coincidence with so many 3s). We were at one of the hottokan (children's playground) when suddenly I just stood up and started to walk by myself. Since then, I just continued to master the art of walking...:) and hopefully I can start running by next month. On March 8th, daddy brought us to Suwako (Nagano prefectures). It's a beautiful lake and the lake was frozen at that time and people can basically walk on the lake itself. It was pretty cold, but we really enjoyed our time together. We decided to stay overnight at Yamanashi, and enjoyed the hot springs in the hotel. March is also an exciting month for Sakura. We had picnic on March 28th at Ueno park, and I really loved the crowd n proudly showed to all the people at how well I can actually walk. Mommy and Daddy were kept busy cause they need to keep looking out for me when I wandered around the park. :)

Star Cruise Trip To Phuket and Penang

Mommy and I met with grandpa and grandma in Singapore on Dec. 26th, and we went to Genting Highlands for 3 days before taking the Star Cruise on Dec. 30th. Uncle Ahui's family joined us as well. Many of mommy's relatives joined the cruise as well. I think there were about 30 people of us altogether. I have my first new year in the cruise. They really had a big count down party in the cruise lobby to welcome the year of 2008. I really enjoyed meeting everyone and tried out many new food in the cruise. Mommy, despite being 2 months pregnant, had only slight nausea and can eat pretty well as well. Mommy kept mentioning that the pregnancy she's experiencing now was so much different compares to the time when she was expecting me. We had a wonderful time with everyone. Thank you Mommy for bringing me around all the time.

My Birthday Party

Mommy and I went back to Indonesia on Dec. 25th, 2007. I will be in Indonesia during my birthday. Secretly, Aunt Yukiko and Mieko has organized a surprise birthday party for me on Dec. 23rd, 2007 together with Christmas. They even made a handmade birthday cake for me and I got a big present as well. We had a great time. Thank you Aunt Yukiko and Mieko.

Luv, Riki