Mommy is back!!!!

Yoko is finally back from Miami... Matisse, Asaya and (of course) me, missed her a lot during the whole week she was over there... It seems that the babies are recovering from their "mommitis".

Missing Mommy!!!

Tonight is the second night without mommy (Yoko had to go to Miami for 7 days because of a convention). Asaya and Matisse are doing really well their first time away from mommy, but tonight it seems like Matisse is getting "Mommitis"... I wonder how long will pass until Asaya gets it too...

giggle & wrestling time

we shot these videos about a month ago... it was the first time we saw the babies interacting.
i don't know how to post videos on the blog yet, but please follow the links

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1676081640986817838&pr=goog-sl

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6906730367232146539&pr=goog-sl

back home

We are back from our trip to Lima where we really had a good time. Asaya and Matisse really enjoyed visiting the family over there. I'm sure we'll be over there pretty soon. The 12 hours flight (including 4 hours in Miami) wasn't as bad as we thought it was going to be... these babies really enjoy to travel!

for more pictures (a lot more) please visit: http://www.matsumotofamily.shutterfly.com/

Lima

There are no pictures yet of our time here in Peru. Mommy and Papi forgot to bring the connections to download pictures. Once we return home the pictures will follow.
As for now, Matisse and Asaya are now adjusting to the new environment and all their "new" family. The first few days were filled with lots of crying and hanging on to mommy and papi. We are very exhausted...being that we can´t leave the babies with anyone for long periods of time. It´s mostly when they are sleeping and don´t know that they are not with us. Hanging around the babies 24 hours a day...it makes working outside the home sound nice.

It´s winter here and it seems colder inside the house than outside. Asaya and Matisse have runny noses and little coughes. Yesterday, we drove to Chosica (45 minutes outside of Lima) and stayed in a "bed and breakfast" with the entire family. The owners of the place built bungalos that house up to 6 people each. Each bungalo is equipped with a bathroom w/ hot water, a kitchen with all necessities, and a television. There is a swimming pool and recreation area. The weather there was sunny and warm so the babies got to show off their little legs! We hung out relaxing in the sun.

We also went to El Bosque (The Forest) which is a country club. It was really nice. Lots of trees, hence the name. Green grass, water fountains, swimming pools, play grounds for kids of all ages, bungalos, and a restaurant area. Matisse went crazy with all the activities once he woke up from his nap. Asaya took a nap once we got there! Matisse felt sand between his toes for the first time in his life. It was funny because at first he squeezed his toes together not understanding the feeling of this strange substance. Asaya took advantage of all the shade and took a little nap under the trees covered by blankets (and one covering her face of course).

We are now back in Lima and the weather is cloudy and cool. Later we will head out to do some shopping. We hope all is well at home. We can´t wait to be back home.

Kisses,
Asaya, Matisse, Yoko and Eric

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