Mr. Matisse

Matisse really enjoyed his photo shoot... as you can see. He wanted to show off his teethless smile!!!

Asaya's Lesson About Taste Buds

Asayita decided that her prunes were so tasty that she wanted the rest of her face to enjoy the yummy flavor!
Oops! It seems that taste buds are only on our tongues...so my face can't taste any of this yummy stuff! What a shame.-Asaya

3 in a row

finally!!! it's been 3 nights in a row that the babies are sleeping through the night!!! hopefully we are not celebrating too soon....

good fellas!!!

Matisse is already hanging out with the big guys...

stand up!!!

Today Matisse pulled himself up to standing position for the first time ever!!! Asaya is getting very confident about flipping over...

wow!

wow! it was surprising to receive some coments, thanks a lot...

here are some more pictures... the babies are already 6 months (OMG!)

Matisse has been crawling since he was 5 and a half months... and Asaya is finally flipping over... well only whenever she wants...

...by the way, Matisse is already 27 1/4 inches with 16-11 lbs and Asaya is 26 3/4 inches with 14-9 lbs.

zzzzzzzz......anybody there?

I don't know if there is a single person visiting our outdated blog... I know I haven't been very good about updating the page... and the babies have grown a lot since the last post...

Since I know that I'm not a good blogger, I decided that it was going to work better if I keep you updated with pictures... so here we go!!!

Here we are at the Dallas Arboretum, at the same place we got married in February '05

With obaachan Eiko, who came to visit (and help) us.

Por fin llego Obaachan de Lima

Luego de muchos contratiempos debido al mal tiempo, finalmente Obaachan llego el domingo, (un dia despues del programado) a Dallas para conocer a Matisse y Asaya. Esperemos que no los engria mucho...
Obaachan tuvo que pasar una noche en Atlanta ya que los vuelos de Miami a Dallas se cancelaron... pero segun me comento, ha aprendido a viajar sola... asi que esperamos que ahora se anime a visitarnos mas seguido...

esperando a obaachan de lima

falta un dia para que obaachan de lima finalmente conozca a matisse y asaya... por aca andamos muy emocionados y felices con su visita, ya que queremos ver si obaachan los puede poner al derecho, (j/k)
ya estaremos publicando fotos y noticias...

Un 2006 inolvidable

yo se... yo se que ya han pasado varios dias, pero desde este rinconcito queriamos desearles un feliz 2007...

el 2006 se fue rapidisimo, pero nos trajo dos bellos regalitos...

asaya y matisse estan creciendo rapidamente y aunque todavia no nos dejan dormir en la noche, realmente podemos decir que estamos disfrutando esta etapa como "mommy & papi " primerizos.

ha sido un 2006 de nuevas experiencias, pasando 5 semanas en el hospital con compra de nuestra casita incluida, un nuevo trabajo para yoko, 3 diferentes trabajos para mi ... trips a florida y houston... en fin, la hemos pasado muy bien y se que lo que nos espera en el futuro va a ser mucho mejor...

Surprise from Florida

Auntie Aiko meets Asaya and Matisse
Matisse snoozing with Uncle Guy.

Auntie SayUT, Aunite Aiko and Uncle Guy helping out with setting up the nursery

The Photo Shoot

Matisse thought his baby sister's hand was dinner.
Momma and Obachan provided the 'stars' with a well deserved dinner.
Kickin' up their feet after a long night!

Pedacito de Cielo...

La otra noche, Asaya y Matisse no querian dormir... hasta que Yoko los acomodo junto a su barriguita... fue alli cuando ella me desperto y me dijo: "Miralos, toma una foto". Solamente queriamos compartir este momento con ustedes...

Baby Pillow or Pillow Baby?

It was 12-12-06 at 4:30 AM. Obachan took the night off and Eric and I have been up hour after hour. Normally, both babies wake-up around the same time to feed but they must have know that Obachan was out of the house so they decided to alternate wake times every hour.

I just placed Matisse in his manger and was in bed trying to rest my body. Asaya started to grumble and I looked to Eric (to see if he would react to her). He was sleeping on his back with his arms crossed on top of his chest with a small pillow. As Asaya grumbled I noticed that Eric began patting his chest as if he was trying to sooth her. *Let me remind you that Asaya was in her bed sleeping.

A few seconds after her little grumble...became a full out cry! Eric popped up and began walking at the foot of the bed. He was not headed toward the side sleeper at all! What the heck is he doing??? He had his arms cradled...he was looking down...and he was patting an object as if he was holding a baby. As he turned towards me I noticed that he was half a sleep cradling that silly pillow in his arms!

"Eric...ERic...ERIC! You are not holding Asaya. You are holding a pillow!" He finally snapped out of his trance or sleep walking episode and realized what he was doing.

Boy, the life of a Rookie Papi can be quite amusing...

The bebes are here!

Matisse and Asaya were born on Saturday, December 2, 2006. Both babies are very healthy.

Matisse and Asaya

Matisse
born 8:51 p.m.
6 pounds, 4 ounces

Asaya
born 8:56 p.m.
5 pounds, 13 ounces

Esperando...

El sábado pasado, Sayuri y Aiko organizaron el "babies shower" de Yoko... al ver todos los regalos y la ropita para los babies, uno se da cuenta que cada vez está más cerca la fecha en que vamos a tener a dos nuevos angelitos en la familia...
A veces me preguntan:"Estás nervioso?" o "Estás listo para 2 bebes?" y yo contesto medio en broma, medio en serio: "Si" y "No sé si estoy listo siquiera para uno"... Creo que es normal estar nervioso, sobre todo cuando vamos a comenzar "la gran aventura de nuestras vidas". Pero tenemos la completa confianza en que todo a va ir bien.
Yoko y yo sabemos que vamos a ir aprendiendo a ser "mamá y papá"...

my first football game...

today, on my second day working at dsc, we had a football game ( 3 vs. 3 ) after work with the guys (actually we were still on the clock)... it was my first football game ever. . i made 3 interceptions and 3 catches... not bad for a rookie, huh? probably i'll make a touchdown next time :)

30 weeks!

30 weeks belly...

7 months + 1 week

In this picture you can see the "little belly"... we are at a wine tasting event (Yoko drank water in a wine glass) organized by Yoko's office. She received a lot of compliments on the dress and the belly... Eric also received a compliment on his glasses. This woman told him that they looked very European! Sheek!
En esta foto pueden ver la "barriguita"... acá estamos en un evento organizado por el trabajo de Yoko. Ella recibió muchos halagos por el vestido y la barriguita...Eric también recibió un elogio por sus lentes. Una señora le dijo que sus lentes se veían muy europeos :)

Reencuentro con buenos amigos...

El día domingo fuimos a Houston para encontrarnos con Dani y Nayi que vinieron desde Kanagawa (Japón) y que están de visita por estos lares. Ese día salimos a las 5 am, y llegamos a la casa del tío de Nayi como a las 9:30am. Ellos todavía estaban durmiendo porque la noche anterior habían ido a un matrimonio (oops!).
Realmente estuve feliz de reencontrarme, después de muchos años, con buenos amigos y de poder presentarles a Yoko (y los babies). Pasamos un lindo día conversando, comiendo y de compras...Yo sé que habrán oportunidades en el futuro para poder volvernos a ver...