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| Almost 2 months |
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Surrounded by boys
Justin is always wrestling with Cooper in the play room. It looks like Samuel already wants in on the rough housing! We need another girl around here to soften things up, but our landlord doesn't allow any cats or dogs. :(
Monday, February 27, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
What's in a name?
That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet...
It's been a week and yet our little guy has ended up somewhat nameless! Despite us not knowing what to call him, he is the easiest baby EVER! As long as his belly is full, he will sleep or look around without any fussing at all! He looks just like Cooper did except that he has lots of hair and their eyes are quite different. Cooper is so sweet with his little brother and so far isn't upset about sharing our attention with him. We'll send out announcements as soon as we finally settle on his name. For now, here's a pic of our newest team member!
It's been a week and yet our little guy has ended up somewhat nameless! Despite us not knowing what to call him, he is the easiest baby EVER! As long as his belly is full, he will sleep or look around without any fussing at all! He looks just like Cooper did except that he has lots of hair and their eyes are quite different. Cooper is so sweet with his little brother and so far isn't upset about sharing our attention with him. We'll send out announcements as soon as we finally settle on his name. For now, here's a pic of our newest team member!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
5 Days Old
After spending one last night at the hospital, our little guy was finally cleared to go home. Yay! :)
Braden or Samuel?
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| Waiting to be a big brother is hard work... |
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| Coop loves his baby brother |
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| first trip to Starbucks |
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| Sleepy Coop and Granny watching Gnomeo and Juliet |
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| Justin and his boys |
Friday, January 27, 2012
Welcome to the Team, Sweet Baby
“My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn is lifted high..."
1 Samuel 2:1a
1 Samuel 2:1a
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Good Eats!
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| Tuna lunch special |
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| Miso Soup |
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| 100 Yen Sushi |
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| Fried Mochi! |
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| fried chicken on a stick |
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| Coco Curry |
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| Neighborhood Ramen House |
Friday, January 20, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
uhmm....
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| Oh, that Cooper... |
This is what I found when I was preparing to make rice one day.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Anything we can do they can do better....
A few things that we're absolutely loving about Japan right now....
1. We love Seven Eleven
Unlike in the States, the food here is crave-ably delicious. We cannot get enough of the rice balls, but really everything that we've had is super yum. This is also where I can pick up some of my favorite Japanese sweets. Grapefruit mentos, anyone?!
2. We Love Sofutokurimu (aka Soft Cream)
You can get soft serve pretty much everywhere and it's pretty much always delicious.
3. We Love Our Place
Justin won the "Should we live on base or off base?" battle so we chose to live in town. The funny thing is, we could not have found a better place to suit our needs! We're barely 10 minutes from base, the master bedroom has an AMAZING view of the water, we have a good sized yard (not very common here) and our neighbors on both sides speak English! We're also super close to the train station and parks are within blocks in every direction. What's not to love? The heated toilets in the bathrooms are just icing on the cake. Speaking of toilets...
4. We Love the Toilets
Where else in the world can you go and find 3 different toilets in one public bathroom? There's the traditional hole in the ground (We're not brave enough to try), the Western seats (What you see in America) and the multi-service Japanese-Western seats (best invention ever!). The women's bathrooms are also equipped with built in baby seats on the wall and a button near the toilet that plays water sounds or music when you push it so that your restroom neighbor doesn't have to hear you go.
The Japanese don't waste anything and that includes water so our home toilets actually have a faucet connected to the top where you can wash your hands after you flush and that "dirty" water fills the toilet for the next user. Very clever...
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| 7-11 |
1. We love Seven Eleven
Unlike in the States, the food here is crave-ably delicious. We cannot get enough of the rice balls, but really everything that we've had is super yum. This is also where I can pick up some of my favorite Japanese sweets. Grapefruit mentos, anyone?!
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| Dom Dom's |
You can get soft serve pretty much everywhere and it's pretty much always delicious.
3. We Love Our Place
Justin won the "Should we live on base or off base?" battle so we chose to live in town. The funny thing is, we could not have found a better place to suit our needs! We're barely 10 minutes from base, the master bedroom has an AMAZING view of the water, we have a good sized yard (not very common here) and our neighbors on both sides speak English! We're also super close to the train station and parks are within blocks in every direction. What's not to love? The heated toilets in the bathrooms are just icing on the cake. Speaking of toilets...
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| Tokyo Bay |
4. We Love the Toilets
Where else in the world can you go and find 3 different toilets in one public bathroom? There's the traditional hole in the ground (We're not brave enough to try), the Western seats (What you see in America) and the multi-service Japanese-Western seats (best invention ever!). The women's bathrooms are also equipped with built in baby seats on the wall and a button near the toilet that plays water sounds or music when you push it so that your restroom neighbor doesn't have to hear you go.
The Japanese don't waste anything and that includes water so our home toilets actually have a faucet connected to the top where you can wash your hands after you flush and that "dirty" water fills the toilet for the next user. Very clever...
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