Injuries and Halloween

It was bound to happen! Despite being pretty perfect, Hana was injured today. We were at a friends house and she pulled a cup of tea over and it fell on her hands.

Or we were teaching her only to speak when spoken to… or something.

Either way, she is all bandaged up, we are all a little traumatized.

Could have been a lot worse and she doesn’t seem to have been injured (the bandages are a precaution.)

Now still likes to test the theory that she is not in any pain by trying to ride her around like a horse when she is crawling.

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This is the costume Noa wears when he is tormenting Hana.

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Noa and Hana gear

Seems like the website is up and running. Still a lot of things to work out, clean up a bit, make it look better and add some features, but good to have some pictures back!

We just bought some really cute shirts which have Noa’s and Hana’s names on them.

「英」はな Hana – Some sort of flower, also used in the character for English

「希空」のあ – Wish, Sky

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and just for good measure…

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Family of 4

In answer to your question, yes,  I have been too busy to call you, e-mail you, update this site, think or breathe!

Long story short, things are crazy! Not to mention we have 2 babies, but Kiko’s Mom headed back to Tanegashima, so we are on our own for about 10 days.

We will both be heading over in a few weeks, but until then I am juggling Noa, work and Hana.

I also have some other exciting news… but let’s wait until the end of the week for that!

In the meantime, here is a nice picture of how we are…

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September picture blowout…

Ok, so the site is not actually up and you guys can’t see this. I get that… suffice it to say we are still alive, we are still taking pictures, and I am still updating the site. Enjoy!

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It is summer (here in Japan anyways) so Noa is just relaxin…

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Yes, we are likely happier than you. Sorry.

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Noa loves mushrooms.

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And yes, Noa is cooler than you.

Noa’s Other Families…

This month things worked out and we got a chance to spend time with our other family’s here in Japan!

I have an excellent relationship with my two host families from when I was a highschool student here in Japan, the Kato family and the Takashima family. It just worked out that we managed to meet both families this month in July.

Some of you might remember Nao and Daisuke!!

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(yes, i realize that wasn’t a flattering picture of me above. I was sunburned and tired.)