all things d@vidb
Everyone asks where Noa sleeps.
He sleeps on the floor. On a futon. Like a good Japanese boy.
But it is a cute, Miffy futon. Look? See for yourselves where we sleep.
Look at how cute his bed is!! That and it also costs almost 4 times as much as our bed cost. Crazy Japanese baby futons.
And this is how he sleeps:
He is very talented. And heres some cute pictures for good measure.
Look how sweet they look. 
I said that because I am sweet.
That was an exciting Noa post. Now more about me.
I recently had a conference in Tokyo (right after Noa got out of the hospital) where we did CIR stuff. Here is a picture of other CIR’s from Shikoku.
Damn, that picture is huge.
Here is a letter I got from one of my students in my English class. She is a very sweet older lady who just started studying English a few years ago. She is amazing! She wrote me a very kind note about the birth of my baby. (Thank you!)
And finally… the sweater incident.
Let’s just say it involved my favourite sweater, a christmas party, and a candle. and sadness. deep sadness. 
Apparently no one cared about my Ipod. (Noa’s ipod?) In fact, everyone cared not enough so that they implied this site should be dedicated to Noa. This site is dedicated to me. and then kiko. and then Noa. In that order. possibly.
This post however… this post is dedicated to Noa. Enjoy.
Noa’s favourite pose. His only pose?
He likes his milk.
He is very attractive.
See? (My Mom made that blanket!)
Look at his kick ass shoes. That are bigger than his head! (THANK YOU TORU!!!!) 
He also likes doing this.
He can touch his nose.
and he can have bad camera days.
That’s all I got.
Hi Kiko!
Happy Birthday!!!!!
Contrary to what you may believe, I did in fact get Kiko a present. Unfortunately it did not arrive in time for her birthday (and before we left for Tanegashima!). My friend is going to our house to check our mail, so when we get it I will post pictures up here. I think everyone will like it too…
in the meantime: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
love,
David
Look how exciting it is!!
It’s small. shiny. silver. I also got free engraving and (because I am a huge geek) put my name, Kiko’s name, and Noa’s name in Japanese.
And because I am an even bigger geek I put this website address.
And because I am the hugest geek in the world I am going to show you pictures whether you like it or not.
(currently the IPOD has linux on it, crazy Japanese pop music, Jamaican music, and Noa kids music. It’s quite the mix.)
Look how small it is! 
and shiny. 
and it has our names!! 
It’s official. I am a loser.
It’s official. Noa is open for business.
I was going to rant about how ridiculously busy I am. Busy enough not to be able to finish davidandkiko 4.0, to not start a huge translation due this week, to not write christmas cards (but I did make a nice looking christmas card!), so instead I will give you a short update.
We are off to Tanegashima this Saturday! For the first year in a very long time we will not be spending christmas in Canada, but rather Christmas and New Years on Kiko’s island. I will be updating the website, but I don’t think I will be able to do any big updates.
Recently Noa has had some visitors. Our good friends Ayano-san and Jim have been here to visit (and help bathe!) Noa. Here are some pictures… he’s getting bigger.
and Jim… (who helped us film Noa’s bath. Which was exciting….)
(noa likes jim.)
I have decided to make sure I get davidandkiko.com 4.0 up this weekend! There will be a new album section and a space for videos. In the meantime however, people keep asking for videos of Noa, so here are two short videos I made. The first one is from right after Noa was bored and was taken on our video camera (Thanks Nakanishi-san!!) and edited by me (first time ever… so live with it.) The second one was taken with our digital camera which is on the way out… (see a future post!)
Here are the video files for now, but I am hoping to have a video gallery up by the end of the weekend.
That is all. 
So everyone says you get really busy when you have a baby… they weren’t joking. Funny thing is, its not just the baby. It seems like a billion things are all happening at once.
This is a little bit more interesting. I have been selected as one of 6 people to be in the JET program introduction video. This video will be sent around Japan and around the world to show people what the JET program is about and to encourage new recruits.
Basically this means that I have a video crew of about 7 people following me wherever I go. Here in Chunan 7 people is more than I get for most of my classes/activities/events. It makes for some exciting times…. When the video is done I will try and get some clips up.
It also doesn’t help that my house is like 5 degrees. My computer room doesn’t have a heater so that plays a big role in me not updating the website. I have a ton of pictures/videos (mostly Noa related) to put up… hopefuly I will get it up soon. davidandkiko 4.0 is also being redone after a few problems appeared in the picture album… but it should be good.
Ok, here are some new pictures. I will get off my ass and get some more albums/photos and some videos up soon! We will be ordering our new camera soon, so expect even better pictures in the next few weeks.
Here are some pictures of Noa and I, and Noa and Kiko’s Mom.
Now that I have your attention… 
I thought I would give you a little update on how everyone is doing.
First off, as you can imagine, things have been really busy. Kiko came home from the hospital last Wednesday. After a few more days under supervision, Noa was able to come home on Monday. I was at a conference in Tokyo for Mon, Tue, and Wed, but when I got back everyone was settled in at home.
Things have been crazy since then.
He has also developed a retarded sort of cry that involves him sucking in all the air that he can, and keeping it safe in his stomach until he is ready to use it in his throwing up activities.
As for us, we are both not getting much sleep (Kiko more so than me.)
Worse than that, my monitor broke. Ug. I am currently writing this on the MAC which is the reason for the lack of pictures. I am going to try and pick one up today.
I also had a little video of Noa’s first 12 hours that was going to go up, but unfortunately that will have to wait until I can see what the computer is doing… I know it’s doing something…
I think that’s it for now. Expect a proper album, movies, & more pictures soon. As well as stuff about us.
Thank you again for everyone who has sent cards/gifts/e-mails/support… it has meant a lot.
Noa’s status: pooing.
Well… unfortunately I have to go to Tokyo for a 3 day conference. It actually sucks a lot, because I won’t be here when Noa gets home from the hospital (which looks like it will be tomorrow! 
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I will however have a funny story about a Camera that I am being forced to buy … apparently my logic wasn’t good enough, but after Noa was born he was cute enough to warrant a camera. After being told by the people (being you!) that we don’t need one, I had given up. Now I have to start all of my camera purchasing planning again… arg…. woeth me.
At any rate, after Noa is home I should be able to sort out a photo album where you guys can go get your Noa fix (and for those of you who don’t need Noa pictures, I will continue to supply you with my meaningless photos/entries.)
IN THE MEANTIME… here are some very very up-to-date Noa pictures. 10/11 days old and counting.
That is all.