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…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!
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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)
Noa has just completed his first rollover! It involves a lot of burping and passed gas but he has been able to replicate it 3 times!
Congratulations Noa! $B4u6u$/$s!”$*$a$G$H$&!*(B
Yet more complaints about my lack of pictures, and recently, my lack of updating you on Noa’s progress. Well, to keep it simple, Noa is doing fine. Actually, he is doing more than fine. Here is a list of some of Noa’s more recent accomplishments:
So basically, he is a genius. Like his dad.
Now before I go any further, let us get something straight. You need skype. GET IT NOW! It allows you to talk with people around the world for free using skype, or (even better) make calls out (or even take them in!) for a very cheap price. go spend the big bucks, buy a $5 mic, and add davidbennett1979 to your list. please.
Now, to take care of the picture part. Introducing the Noa picture extraveganza.
Happy Noa
Sad Noa
Confused Noa
Noa doing something
Imprisoned Noa (aka. Noa in Jail)
Noa hanging out with one of his two ugly dolls (which he loves and eats.)
Noa getting some action (aka. His first kiss)
and Noa hanging outside.
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Introducing the 2006 Noa is Fat Collection
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Introducing the 2006 Noa Soother Collection
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To think that a month has passed! Crazy. I can’t believe that it is alreday time to head back to Japan. Noa has gotten bigger, decided that he only wants to sleep when his Mom rocks him to sleep, we saw a few good friends, spent a lot of time with family and had a great time.
To the good friends that we didn’t see, or the ones we didn’t see enough of, SORRY! 
I would like to blame Noa (it is afterall his fault) but apparently everything is my fault.
I was also super surprised at the amount of things I didn’t get done. I didn’t read any books. I didn’t redo the website. I didn’t see nearly half the people I wanted too… what did we do? We introduced Noa to his Canadian family and I renewed my passport…
At any rate, here are a few more pictures of the good times in Canada. The rest will come once I get back to Japan where my usb cable is waiting…
Wish us luck… its going to be a crazy flight.
Noa and Goggy hanging out. (Goggy is Noa’s great great grandmother (曾曾お婆さん) … that’s 5 generations folks.
Next we have Noa’s favourite person, Tracy. (Note the connection between his favourite person and who is feeding him?)
Introducing Baby Awesome (Thank Scotty and Stacey for the clothes, Brian for the name!)
Noa just hanging out reading his books…
and finally Noa and partaking in his favourite activity…. stripping.
See you when we are settled back in Japan!
Love,
David & Kiko 
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 