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Akina and Other December Events

Time has flown through Nov, Dec and now its almost the end of the year!!!

Fancy Nancy came to visit, play and help with Kai and Akina (Nanny 911 is her new name). Kai is such a well behaved little boy! He really LOVES his sister and gives her hugs every time he notices her (even when she's sleeping and I want her to stay sleeping). Carol came the first week of December for a fun visit. We are getting the hang of life with two babies....lots of work, but they are so funny and so cute!!! We had a visit to Santa and then attempted to take some pictures. Who knew it was nearly impossible to get everyone looking normal in one photo?!

We leave for Bali on Monday---Yeah!!! Merry Christmas to everyone! We love and miss you!!!

A gift from Peter's staff....

It says Akina in Kanji with her birth date, height and weight.

Two very handsome young men!!

Watch Out Ladies!!!!

Akina and Santa

The first look at Santa..

then...

He's outta there!

Bath Time!

Carol and Kai on the water ride at Disney Sea.

This is the way we roll now a days.

(Maternity pants are getting baggy...Yeah!!)

Shinjuku Gyoen (Park) with fall leaves.

Kai playing football on Turkey Day with Dad.

Fancy, Natalie, Kai and Akina at Disneyland, Tokyo.

Kai wouldn't let Nana wave to the characters during the parade...he kept holding her hands down when she waved. "Please don't draw any attention to us Nana"

Akina has a really strong neck and can hold it up for quite a while!

Akina 5 weeks

Akina 4 weeks ----Look at those cheeks!

Baby Akina's first 2 weeks

All three of us were blessed in this dress.

Peter and Akina on her blessing day

Our new family of four...its quite difficult to get a regular picture!

Baby Akina

So pretty in her blessing dress

We had a "LITTLE" Christmas and it looks like Santa (aka Nana) came!

Kai is one spoiled little boy!

Kai wanted the baby to sleep in his big boy bed!

Little Miss Smith

Akina and Nana spending some time together at the hospital.

October Events

Still no baby news...3 days overdue so far...we'll keep you posted.

In the meantime, here are pictures from the past few weeks...

Kai and Peter on Halloween.

Japanese Trick or Treating...can you spot us in line?

Kai as a lion..

loves to sit on Dad's shoulders and use his hair as handles!

Our pumpkin carving results

Peter was so creative with his pumpkin (left) while I stuck to the basics (right).

Kai and Nana at the Ueno Zoo last Thursday.

Kai LOVES to pet/hit the "Baas" (aka-sheep or goats)

Kai loved playing in the fall leaves (Koyo).

We had our 4th anniversary celebration at one of our favorite restaurants in Tokyo!

We decorated cute ghost spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting...Oishi!

Of course, Peters were the most creative...again!

Kai waiting patiently for his little sister to arrive!

Kai's first night in his "Big Boy Bed".

Kai climbs on the bed all day and gets under the covers...he calls it the "BIG Bed".

We went to Nikko to see the fall leaves (Koyo)...it was beautiful!

Sept/Oct

12 Days to go until the baby girl is here

(I'm hoping its sooner though)

Below are some events from Sept/Oct....with more to come~

Kai's First Pets, Goldfish (no names)

A Trip to the Ueno Zoo

We usually can't leave the house without some sort of toy now. Today was the Mickey Mouse coloring book and crayons.

Here's my 38 week belly shot...along with my friend Leslie's 34 week belly shot. Our friends had a nice baby shower for us at Serena's home. Lot's of fun!

Kai at the park...he loves to go on the slides after music class!

Kai bossing us around. This time Kai was telling us to come up the stairs and go on the slide with him.

Helping me clean out he cupboards

(even though I wasn't planning on doing it).