i love you buddy..!

あら？女の子にも見えるね（笑）

前髪も長くなってる～！

3rd tooth..!

this is a shot of kai post-bath.

his hair is getting pretty long as you can see!

one of these days i'll give him a mohawk..yup, i will!

O! and yes, we see a third tooth coming in!

i thought it would come in at the top but we see it coming in right next to his 2 bottom teeth!

it's gonna look cute...3 bottom teeth. HAHAHA

こちらはお風呂上りの海。

そして、３本目の歯が見えて来ました！

今度は上に生えてくるのかな？と思ってたら、下からもう一本生えて来そうなんです！

って事は下に歯が３本？（笑）おもしろい！

let's go visit auntie...!

"uh...who is this lady?"

「ん？ママ、この人誰？」

"that's mary! she works with your auntie Erika"

「メリーさんだよ！エリカと一緒にお仕事してる人！」

"Auntie Erika~!!!"

「エリカおばちゃん～！！」

"hello, this is Kai speaking! how may i help you??"

「もしもし、こちら海です～！なんのご用件でしょうか？」

drive...!

today we're going out for a drive...! 

o, and look! he's sitting all by himself ^_^

７ヶ月に突入！

海ちゃんとお出かけ～

heading out for a stroll with Kai in my (ultra fave) Ergo Baby Carrier!

1.2.3.4.5...good, he has all 5 toes!

お風呂でプチ丁髷～！

「耳がかゆいの～」

"hmmm my ears are itchy!"

最近は横向きに寝てます。

he's sleeps like this nowadays ^_^

新車ゲット♥

そうなんです！

ついに念願の新車をゲットいたしましたよん♫

こちら、ホンダのフィット（スポーツバージョン）

色も私が欲しかった（赤）ミラノ・レッド！

最高に気に入ってます！

海ちゃんの出入りも簡単になったし、中も広いし、ぴったりの車です。

最新作！

海ちゃんの最新作です！

iパッドで描いたもの。

色も自分で変えたりしてたよ。

パパみたいにアーティストになって欲しいな～

here's Kai's newest iPad drawing ^_^

he even changed the colors himself! 

maybe he'll turn out to be a good artist like his daddy??

Super pals..!

super pals with snoopy!
i've had this snoopy doll since i was Kai's age♥

good mood today...!

he was all laughs and giggles today...

we went out for a long walk in the Ergo baby carrier today.

maybe he really liked it ^_^

♥母の日♥

今年母の日デビューしました♥

this year was my first ever Mother's day!! 

and it was once again a lovely weekend...

here's some flowers we took from our backyard adventure!

お庭で海ちゃんと冒険したよん。

Zoo...!!

ooo!! check this out!

(in honor of mother's day on sunday..) the seattle woodland park zoo was having a Mom & Me day!

mom's get half off admission price and the park was filled with games, activities, shows, etc!

and since it was such a nice day we decided to go !

今日は動物園！

明日が母の日なので、ママ達は割引で入れる。うふふ

see! beautiful day--perfect for being in the outdoors.

i even got to use my new Ergonomic baby carrier and i loved it!

i carried him all day without hurting my back♥

but holy cow, there were SO MANY strollers at the zoo.

we went later in the day so i thought we avoided it... but no, it was packed.

i took photos of my favorite animals.

this is the Owl. 

i was sad that their backs were turned to us... BOO!!!

梟さん！こっち見て！

omg...the red panda!! so cute!!! he was taking a nap.

赤いパンダちゃん。きゃわいい！

and penguins!!! o i love penguins, they are so cute♥

ペンギンも可愛いね。

and at the end of the day, Kai looked like this.

he looks tired doesn't he?

i hope he had fun.

楽しかった？？だいぶ疲れたみたい・・・

and another group shot♥ 

Ohio part 2

こちら出発の時です。

(part 2 of Ohio adventure)

this is take-off from Seattle...

そしてシカゴで乗り換え。

海ちゃんの目の下にクマが出来てます。

ママも疲れた～

and our layover in Chicago... Kai looks tired. do you see those bags under his eyes??

裏の庭です～広いね！

the very HUGE backyard.

when Kai gets older we can play catch or something

grandpa auntie and cousin

こちら海ちゃんの曾祖母（曾おばあちゃん）

Great-grandmama

ママとツーショット♥

（笑）鏡のせいで顔が変顔に！

HAHAHA the car mirror morphed his face!! so funny

まだママの方が足長いね～

hmmm..so far mommy's legs are still longer (^_^)

クルクルした髪が可愛い！

check out that curl!!!

♥

そしてお別れの日が来ました。

空がこんな綺麗に！

お世話になりました～皆ありがとう★

and on the last day on our way to the airport, we were greeted with this!

very pretty...

thank you Ohio!! we'll be back soon!

ただいま～！Ohio part 1

we have safely returned from Ohio! 

Kai was such a good boy...he made traveling easy for us.

check out our Ohio adventure!

オハイオ州から帰って来ました。

海ちゃんはとってもいい子で、ほとんど寝てくれたよ！

出発！飛行機の乗り換えがシカゴにあったので、

泣いちゃうのかなと思ったら、全然いい子でした。

we had a layover in Chicago. he slept through the first flight but stayed up for the second flight.

but still, he was very good ^_^ didn't cry...just hung out with daddy.

海ちゃんのいとこ達です。

アントニオ君とエマちゃん。

Kai's cousins!

おせんべい美味しい！

パクパク食べてました。

mmm rice cracker!

そしておじいちゃん！

grandpa!

３人で記念撮影

オハイオ州の田舎に住んでるので、庭がこんなに大きい！

living out in the country comes with a GIANT backyard !!