auntie & tricycle...!

he was in love with auntie the other day...since we don't see much of her.

and he was half sleepy...

some tricycle practice while the sun is out!

Happy New Year...2014!!

 明けましておめでとうございま～す♫

今年もよろしくです～！2014年もいい年になりますように♥

Happy New Year 2014 is here!

This year Kai will be a big brother...I hope he's ready for the new addition to our family!

time to be a big brother♥

o, and seriously..can we get some snow????!!!

christmas finale...!

 

we saved the best for last...!

we knew Kai would get super excited over the Thomas train tracks!

そして残りのプレゼントをあけました～

カイの大好きな機関車トーマス。

got a table for my record player!

final ornament selfie! 

o my goodness...christmas is over! 

time flies~

christmas at my grandparent's house...!

roast beef among other deliciousness♥

food!

hanging out with auntie♥

エリカおばちゃんと一緒。

family photo session!

aww at one point Kai fell asleep on the couch ^__^

time lapse of Kai getting everyone started on opening presents!

a harmonica gift from great-grandma!

he's pretty good and he loves it♥

christmas morning at my house...!

クリスマスの朝です♥

待ちに待ったプレゼントを開ける時間！

イエーイ！

it's christmas morning and we can finally open presents!!!

we'll save the best (thomas train sets) for later when we get back from grandma & grandpa's!

ROBOT!!

ロボットだ！

oo Thomas!!

機関車トーマスだ！

and more Thomas!!

Thomas Books!

機関車トーマスの本だ！

さてと、次はおじいちゃんおばあちゃんのお家に行くよ！

ok, now let's get ready to leave for Grandma and Grandpa's house!

christmas eve...!♫

it's christmas eve and we stayed home and relaxed!

i think Kai finally realized these gifts just might be for him!

he started pulling them out from under the tree and stacking them.

クリスマス・イヴはお家でゆっくり。

カイが突然ツリーの下に置いてあったプレゼントを取り出してきました。

おもちゃだと気づいたのかな？

でもまだあけられないよ～

明日まで待とうね♥

wow!! look at that sauce beard!

ワオ！

last minute errands...!

we had some last minute errands to run.

bank, shops, etc....

クリスマス前に最後の買い物。

銀行やらショッピングやら。。。忙しい！

i guess it was too much for the little guy... he fell asleep on daddy!

さすがに寝てしまいました～

some videos...!

"kai vs asparagus"

「カイ vs アスパラガス」

box sledding in the house! fun fun♥

almost...!

せっかくだからツリーの前で写真撮ろう！

はい、チーズ！

let's take a few photos by the christmas tree!!

パパも撮ろう！

パパは現在　髪の毛とヒゲを伸ばしてます。

限界の長さまで伸ばすつもりだそうです。。。

早く剃って欲しい。。。トホホ

daddy too!

daddy is currently growing out both his hair and beard...

i asked him just how long he's going to grow it out and he said this is the ultimate growing experiment...

he plans to grow it out as long as he can handle it.. i don't know if i can handle it...

o boy...

we got some snow...!

ん？朝起きたら雪が積もってました～！

ママ大興奮！大はしゃぎ！

looks like we got snow overnight and mommy got super excited!

さっそく外へ！

we've GOT to go check it out!

お散歩にお出かけ～

早めに出てよかった！昼にはほとんど融けてました。。。

今度いつ降ってくれるかな～

went out for a morning stroll and good thing we did!

most of it was melted by noon :(

i hope it snows again soon...and MORE of it!

office supplies are boring...

文房具屋さんにて。。。

at the office supply store waiting for mommy to pick out some pens...

i think he's bored and trying to send me a message...

holiday season...!

かっこよく足を組んでます。

（笑）

look at this! i took this picture and realized later that he had his legs crossed...

hahahaha

先日ジェームズの会社のクリスマス・パーティーに参加しました。

毎年ステキなパーティーだけど今年はさらにすごかった！

シアトルど真ん中のビルの74階で行われました。

景色がご覧のとおり。ワオ！

そしてテーマは「カジノ」でドレスコードは黒＆白。

楽しかった！ブラックジャックも初体験。お酒が飲めなかったのが残念。

every year James' company party is amazing..but this year really topped it!

it was in downtown seattle on the 74th floor of the columbia towers...WOW!

the view was amazing! 

it was also a 'casino theme' and the dress code was black & white...pretty fancy♥

too bad i couldn't drink BUT i did play some blackjack and it was real fun!

ハンバーグを美味しく食べてくれました。

この時期になるとクリスマスショッピングなど、贈り物がいろいろ届いて箱がたまりますね～

でも箱も遊び物になって楽しいね！

when it comes to the holiday seasons we get lots of boxes from shopping and deliveries.

but hey, more 'toys' to play with!

かわいい猫ちゃんのスリッパー発見♥

おっ！ジェームズが中学生の頃の写真！

かわいい♥

hey look! it's a photo of James from junior hight♥♥aaaah so cute!!

"ho ho ho"