all things d@vidb
Since we haven’t updated in awhile, many of you have been asking for some Noa updates. 😮
I’m getting a little stressed myself as I won’t see Noa for a little while as I will be heading back to Japan a little earlier. 🙁 I guess I will have to visit the website to see Noa too!
Anyways, here are some recent Noa photos. He crawls, he speaks (sort of), he sleeps…. and he still looks like a girl. (apparently.)
We are going to get him a haircut any day now…
it turns out that baby’s eyes do in fact grow. Both Kiko and I had read (separately, in Japanese and English) that the eye was the only part of a baby that didn’t grow. Apparently we were wrong. Very wrong.
Because baby’s eyes look so large in comparison with the rest of their face, it is a common misconception that the eye does not grow.
There you go… learned something new. Sorry guys! 😳
Although the circumstances were the worst possible, it was great seeing so many of our friends. We look forward to seeing you all in summer.
学生時代の友達ゆうこちゃんが熊本から遊びに来てくれました。10年ぶりの再会だったので、すご～くうれしかった 😛
Kiko’s friend, Yuko-chan, who she hasn’t seen for almost 11 years came to our house to visit.
Happy Anniversary to Kiko and I!
Don’t get too excited, but today marks our 2nd year anniversary. Thanks to all of our friends and family for your support. Please keep visiting to see how we are doing and what we are up to.
There might be a few pictures as well… maybe… if you’re lucky.
Love, David & Kiko.
Look – it’s Tanegashiman!
You know the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, right!? They are based on a reoccurring series of 5-person -colour coded-group-fighting-team-show (sentai) that has been airing in Japan for the past 30 years. Every year or so the group, the group’s name and abilities change (which Mighty Morphin Power Rangers did by keeping the same group but adding “new vehicles and costumes” etc.) and get’s a new name. It is usually something “-man” or “-ranger.”
Someone thought it was a good idea to promote Tanegashima (Kiko’s island, remember?) and have “Tanegashi-man” a group of super heroes that run around the island. neat.
Speaking of neat…
…I am a photographic genius.
It’s that time of year again in Japan… Cherry Blossom (sakura) time… Yeah!!! 
In the coming days expect a whole bunch of new photo albums with lots of pictures of David, Kiko, and Noa (.com). (and some cherry blossoms as well)
Also expect some interesting stories like the time Noa was kidnapped by a waitress at a Tonkatsu restaurant!!!
Here are some samples to re-assert just how brilliant of a photographer I am. (thanks matt, greg, and lee!)
Well, it’s a little late, but this is a pretty important post.
Noa had his first in a series of shots to vaccinate him from the various diseases. I wish I could be a little more specific, but since everything is written in Kanji I can only make a guess at the BCG and Japanese influenza shots.
Now, i don’t know if you have ever met any real live Japanese people, but if you have you may have seen some funny little bumps on their arms. Two square boxes on their shoulder with a series of 10 circles in each box. When I was a high school student on exchange here in Japan I thought it was weird that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY FRIENDS has markings from those shots still visible on their arms.
As of today Noa has officially joined their ranks. Although he showed a little bit of discomfort, he was quite strong and didn’t freak out. The doctor warned us that most babies spazz out but Noa gave the doctor a big smile and only cried a little after receiving the vaccination. Everyone thought it was weird when I took pictures, but here goes:
We also had another very interesting develoment today. Noa decide that he enjoys sneezing. Yeah… what’s up with that? No idea. But Noa absolutely spazzes if you pretend to sneeze at him. He thinks its great and gives a full-out laugh. It is actually pretty cute so I caught it on video. Have a look!
That is all. 
These are some pictures of Noa and his friends. Some are from Canada, and some are with our good friend Marc who came to visit from canada. Enjoy!
(Good friends in Canada)
I thought this was a nice picture. (it’s his Kappa hat, from Tracy and Thomas, remember?)
We also decided to take some pictures of Noa’s first snowfall. Suffice it to say, he was not pleased with being made to sit through the second picture.
We may be on vacation, but finding time (and a usb wire to get pictures off our camera) is proving to be way harder than it was in Chunan.
That being said, it seems as if we have angered the visitor-gods of this website. Once again there has been a request for more Noa pictures and less pictures/info about us. You are probably visiting davidandkiko.com, so what did you expect!!?? For those of you who visit davidandkikoandnoa.com, you have the right to request more Noa.
Anyways, to boost our popularity amongst the angries, enjoy this.
That is Noa sporting is ulta cool "Tuesday" bib, and Noa in his big boy clothes. That is not Kiko in her pyjamas holding him up. (I suspect that any of you that get to see this picture will be lucky as the not-Kiko-in-her-pyjamas might make me take it down.)
Now, I have said it before: Our main reason to come to Canada this time is to see friends and family. We have had been really lucky as we have been able to spend a lot of time with Mom, Dad, Goggy, Tray and Shane (on occasion. He is going to make it up to us this week.) Fortunately last week we were able to see some friends as well. It is hard for us to get out much, so we appreciate those of you who are able to make it down to Brampton. Hopefully this week we can make it out a bit more and see some of my good good friends in Toronto, Brampton and other places. For not enjoy the first few pictures:
It’s Chris and Leanne. Have a look at the excellent blanket Leanne made. (THANK YOU!!)
(although Noa looks slightly retarded in that picture. Am I allowed to say that?)
We also spent some good times with Trevor, another good friend who we haevn’t seen in ages.
Our good friends Mike and Lara also made it up for a little. We are hoping to get down to their house today.
Finally, we managed to get down to Toronto for a power lunch with Simon (who we haven’t seen in a few years and it was great to see. Thanks for the lunch, we are asses.)
Expect more pictures soon… and yes I am working on the new website. One of these days… 
For all of you who we haven’t seen yet, call! Come to Brampton! Force us to come to Toronto! 8 days left.
David & Kiko 