ONE YEAR

It's been one whole year since we've arrived here in Canada! it seems like so short and yet soooo long ago since we've left Japan!! one year ago, we were crying our eyeballs out, red noses, and freeezing our butts off in cold tatami rooms with the wonderful Luvhutians!
It's been a craaazy ride, but worth every minute and step of it! I only hope and pray that I can make the next year ahead of me, even better. will we be in Canada a whole year from now?? I have NO idea, but all I know is that it will be exciting:)
all to say..
one year in the boonies here in Canada, and we've met wonderful people, made beautiful new friends and experienced the amazing seasons Canada has to offer us!! God Is Good

ps. we miiiiiiiiisss all our friends in japan, especially my family in law, and all you gorgeous people at Luvhut! hopefully you'll make it over our way this summer!! (to mika: that's not an invite. that's sorta an order and threat!)

and something is SERIOUSLY wrong with this new blog weirdness, so photos can't be posted!! arrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..

hhe, I love you!

IVY

sooo..I swear I had photos of you and me together!!! but I couldn't find any! whaaaat?! anyways, this will have to suffice! since it WAS you three guys back in the day;) work-outs, wrestling, grip work, free running, etc,. etc,.
BUT
I'm sure you already know why I'm posting about YOU!! (no, sadly, it's not just because I was thinking about you and missed you. :p sorry!!)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you're having a great time and living it up! the last time we talked, you seemed pretty happy about everything, so I'm just gunna say, I hope life just keeps getting better and better and better!!
we miss living sooo close. it was always, me coming down the stairs after naps and finding you in our house eating our brown bread!!
so I guess we're saving on our bread now....but we do miss you too! hehehehehee

love you tons mister!

before I sleep I squeeze in a little word...

today was my day to go into the restaurant in the afternoon and cook/wait with Lixy and Chris. was a slow day, but good nonetheless. it's fun, and might I say, somewhat relaxing, to get away from the daily schedule and...I love him to one million pieces, but yes, my little man at times. sorta get some time away and try something new. no changing diapers, potties, clothes, flash cards, etc,. for a few hours. it's nice sometimes..
but I miss him, I do!
I called home to talk to Elena, and she put Jason on the phone. he was jabbering away and said "mama" a few times. AWW!! after I got off the phone I realized how much I missed my little guy, and couldn't wait to get home:)
whata cuddle bug. I love him!!

for lils

I was just going through my old stuff and happened to come across my pregnancy diary. And I read this one part that I had listed all the things I couldn't stand during my first three months of pregnancy.
Just thought it'd be fun to post it here for you. it's always interesting to know what other mom's went through right?
anyways..

"Daikan-everytime I go on walks, the neighborhood people just always seem to like cooking that stuff and it stinks!
Cup noodle- I have NO idea why but the smell and thoughts of eating it just makes me sick
Onigiris-maybe because I ate TONS during the first few weeks after finding out I was pg..? maybe got sick of them..
Toilet spray- rotten watermellon!!
Onions and garlic-it's not so much the smell of them being cooked, but the smell that comes out of people's mouths after it's eaten! (ok on this one, I hated the smell of onions throughout the WHOLE pregnancy. Poor joe couldn't eat any through the whole nine months. And finally when I was back to normal, he was verrry much in heaven!)
My own cologne or deodorant
The smell of dirty clothes, dirty hair, stuffy rooms-can't stand a second of any of them!
Smell of heaters
Smell of deep-fried oil. (on this one, once someone was frying french fries, and like always, you can smell it everywhere in the house. but to me it was soooooo bad. I wanted to go pee majorly, but couldn't even walk downstairs because the smell was too strong, so the boys, bless their hearts, had to go down and spray some sweet smelling freshner..like a ton! of it, and even then I had to hold my breath a bit. good lord..)

that's pretty much it! haha hope you've been entertained. I sure gave myself a laugh. fun to remember those odd days..
luv u xxx

yoohoo

party in Toronto coming up! themed "James Bond". so we'll see how this goes. though I'm preeeetty sure there will be plenty of hot tamales everywhere! so photos will definitely be coming!! stay tunedddddd ....

my googly-bear

my jubejube is growing so fast.
once upon a time he was one month, now he's 17 months. wow..
he's the biggest cuddle bug in the WORLD. he likes food, especially noodles. he's verrry foolish and goofy. he loves balls. any sort of ball, any round shaped thing. he looves hockey and dancing to "Be Our Guest". he's still a bit fumbly on the feeding himself, but he's getting there. he can say a few words like "ball" "kockey" (hockey), "cwock" (clock), "mama" "dada" "gama" gampa" "napal" (apple) "cook" (cookie) "up" "there" "nana" (we call elena, Nana, when talking with Jason) and a few other little mumbles.
lots of other things, but I guess we'll leave it with this for now.
I can't wait till I can have a full blown conversation with him!! that'll be the day! and I can't wait for his two aunts to have their babies so Jason can be fully equipped with cousins!! hurrah!!

some photos of the chubbiest mooch!

March 8th!!

"Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,"
"Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee,"
"And for thy maintenance commits his body"
"To painful labour both by sea and land" [William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew]

I love you my husband! 7 years together is a long time, especially since we started out at 13 and 14. But I'm lovin' it! it's an honor to have spent 7 amazing, intimate years with you. I can't wait to spend another year more!
You're the best lover, friend, teacher, MAN I could ever dream up! thanks for walking out of my dreams and making each one a complete and total reality.
I heart you, I love you, I adore you!