Weeell looky here! I can upload ONE picture at a time. so because this will take me years, I'm just gunna post some and try with better luck next time!! ><

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below is photos from our little family outing to the theatre to watch CARS2!! definitely a sugarcoated highlight for this little man's YEAR!! haha he enjoyed it to the max. and made friends with a whoole bunch of other hyper little boys that sat in front of him! my boo is such a outgoing friendly kind! lol

took Jason to my parent's by train, bus, subway and a whole lot of walking!! it was his first time on ALL of those things, (even the walking!! I didn't bring the stroller so he managed to walk basically most of the time we were running from here to there) and he was thee most amazing little man ever!! very proud of his backpack and "traveling" big boy style!! never made a fuss and made mommy verrry proud!! best traveling buddy EVER!!

summer's been filled with maany visits to my parent's place. country fairs, WildWaterKingdom, first circus ever, A TON of picnics and splashpad days, beaches, playdates and more!! it's been pretty crazy but that's my kind of idea for a kid's idea of a perfect summer :)

nothing gets him head over heels more than seeing and being able to actually get close to tractors and fire engines and anything else construction vehicle related! he's a pretty crazy for trucks kinda kid!!!!

he's a crazy kid with enough energy to fill the entire world and beyond that!! he's EXTREMely foolish!! and has this new thing where when u ask him a question he goes, "Um, tsk, something like, tsk...." I do not know where he gets that from!!! lol he also has his "theme song" music that he makes whenever he's doing something "super cool" or just playing with his coolest cars and trucks in the world! :D
totally potty trained!! from the moment he wakes up, through his naps, and till he closes his little eyes at night. the night training will come muuch later! heh
it's all about the park! he makes friends no matter how old they are, and every time there is absolutely NO forgetting to bring his collection of outside trucks he's allowed to play with in the sand and dirt. kids crowd around him all the time, wanting to play and he is such a good little man and says, "yeah ok, you can be the bulldozer!"
he loooves books!! but it has to be concerning some sort of truck or train. and his recently most favorite thing is looking forward to daddy's "truck story telling time" before he goes to bed. tonight Joe wasn't home by his bedtime so he called Jason and told him the story over the phone. Jason was reeeally happy :)
the things that overjoy your kids eh??
My life is one crazy ride being a mom to a little BOY!! (boys and girls...BIG DIFFERENCE! trust me..I live with a little girl and there is no comparing...) I've gotta be tougher, more energetic and wild. ready to hang upside down and stand on my head just to make my little guy happy! but hey, its what I am and who I always will be! I'm loving every day of it and can't ever wish otherwise!
I hope this had updated you for now!!
tehehe, more will come soon!

alright so something's wrong with this SITE!! can't upload my photos! I just spent the last 30 minutes just searching through my HD to find the best, cutest photos of Jason's summer doings....
WTH!!
anybody with excellent advice...suuuuper appreciated riiight about now!

Life is full of crazy things, but the craziest is you.

I’m crazy for you, my son, in all you say and do.

Nothing can compare to how much my heart does love.

It starts from beneath my feet, to way up high above.

You give me all I want and need, I find deep contentment in your arms.

In every laugh, smile, goofy face, and every bit of charm.

My heart overwhelms with pride and joy, it’s something I can’t hide.

Your mommy’s very best: Her love, her life, her pride.

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I know, it's been SOOO long! I just find FB so convenient!! Everyone's there, and it's so easy to just post and upload photos! But I WILL NOT quit. 

Anyways, I just wanted to post this little mushy love poem to my little man, cus he's just sleeping soo peacefully in his bed all by himself..and he looks SO CUTE! and it makes my heart mush! :)

true love! ><

I was getting all wrapped up in our adooorable neices' 1st birthdays!! And it made me remember how close it is to Jason's 3rd!! (dont mean to steal the thunder girls!) It's crazy how only ONE year can seem to really change a child from something to another. From small, to big!! from helpless to independent! Well, er, not too independent! --yet-- but so very darn close. YIKES.

But it's not them only changing and growing but its us, the parents, as well. I've learned so much from motherhood. From my son!

Sometimes I tell Joe how I'm scared, scared to let Jason go. To let him grow up. He'll only get more independent and I just want him to stay small and squishy and helpless so I can cuddle him and smooch his little cheeks and tell him he's the squishiest bug in the world!! To hold his hand, kiss his ouchies away, watch him smile as one little winne the pooh bandaid stops the pain.

One day he'll push me away and tell me I'm just embarassing him! LOL

I know there's still YEARS ahead, but time will never stop. it will never rewind. It'll only keep going forward.

And we'll only keep growing.

I always seem to get this way around his birthdays! lmao! my poor baby is just so happy and proud to be growing up! And don't get me wrong, I couldn't be more proud and happy to watch him!

He's the love of my life, and I'll always feel so sentimental before birthdays..

Sorry Jason..

Yes, even when you're 20!! TEE HEE HEE

So all that being said, I'll stop being mushy and end with... I'll be posting lots of summer photos! So you can see what Jason's been up to!! :)

And soooon..

a BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kannon and Amelie!! YAY

My BIG BIG boy

so my adorable babyman just one day decided he wanted to wear "big boy pants, like daddy!" and wore them the WHOLE day, even through nap, and shopping for one hour driving around, DRY and putting everything special in the potty!! KYAAA! my life actually went happier than happiest. it's been many long....longg...looongg months and years of trying to train him..
and one day he decideds to do it ALL by himself.
I AM SO PROUD OF HIM!
I started training him at 6 months old...by 1 1/2 he learned to put poo in the potty..and by 2 1/2 he learns to pee in the potty too, and not in his pants.
YAY
today is the second day and boooy, this may be too good to be true!
not yet sure if its just a little thing that'll go away in a few days, or if it'll actually be from now till he turns old and goes back to diapers.. (good lord...I should NOT be thinking about that..holy cow..) but either way, I am thee most proudest mommy in the WHOLE WORLD. yes, better believe it.
every mom knows this moment in their life..
sweet happiness ><
anyways, all to say, he's a big boy now! (hopefully) and thank you Grandma and Grandpa Hirasawa for the awesome poesome thomas underwear!! He is so proud to wear them:)
with a wide big grin, I end my proud mommy post here!


PS!!

So Jason has a sinus problem. which he has had for the past month now, and when he goes to bed and wakes up it really bugs him, so he just cries and cries...because there's really not too much we can do about it:( took him to the doctor, but he told us just to keep an eye on it, give him two  baths every other day..and hope for the best!
it runs in my family so...damn..
anyways, please pray for him. and for us! cus going to bed and waking up to "MY NOSE" and screaming bloody hell ain't the greatest thing for a busy dad who's gone 7 days a week, and well..heh, a mom who spends her 7 days a week....trying to be crative and...fun? LOL
you get the point.
PLEASE PRAY!! arigatou!!

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

these bums have no significant meaning, I'm just in the kitchen right now so the hardrive is in the room..which means I have no photos to post today! :(
but if you really must know...the one in the pink to the far right is ME ><

so life has been pretty good here. Joe's in his second week of training for Bell. It's a one month training course, which the company pays for. so basically we're living one month with NO income..
well he gets Ikea jobs on the weekend. which brings in 100 bucks per day. so that's good. not to mention the CTB and other little goodies we saved up:)
but it's been good. I've been home every single day with my childman, and although it's a toughy, I'm managing!! its every day to the park with his bag full of backhoes and diggers! I squeeze my workouts in by jump roping or sprinting while he plays outside. then during his naps I'll get in the rest. OORR tan:) hurrah the sun is finally making things warm around these parts and this makes me VERY happy:)
of course there's an annoying nextdoor neighbor dog that likes to bark and disturb my peace. I still havent been able to convince it that I'm friendly and LIVE here...one day..
anyways, that's pretty much IT! our lives right now..heehee. Joe is an AMAZING husband and daddy. working so hard with so much effort and determination, I admire and love him so much for it! >< he really is superdad and I can't wait till I can get out there and work too, so I can give him a break here and there! he deserves that!
it's Easter next week and me and Jason are super excited! we've been looking forward to that week the WHOLE month, since daddy doesn't work for those four days!! eeek! and we're going up as a family to visit my parent's for a couple days. Jason will be so happy to see everyone:D

ok Jason is pestering me to pay some attention and my potatoes JUST might burn..and we can't have that because Joe is supposed to come home to a good loving warm meal.. ehe
it's been a while, I need to be more faithful!!
prayers for everyone in Japan
xoxox

to my peeeps in Japaaan

I'm really worried!!

and I don't joke when I say, if you can, come to canada!! Hirasawas and Shojis, we love youuuu...and there's not a huuuge home here in Canada for no reason!
:)
comprehend...eee???

no really, I'm really praying for you guys and I hope you are all getting some sort of plan ready just in case things get worse. it's better to be all ready and jump on a plane or train and leave, than to hope for the best and be unprepared for the worse!
I know..I'm preaching to the preachers..
me and joe are just really concerned and aren't really in the loop so we're straining our ears for any hopeful news!! I know the Lord will always work in mysterious ways! ehe,
BUT
please keep us in touch! and stay on skype when you can!! :)

updates

hadyooo!!!

quick update on our little life..

Joe's other "job" didnt turn out to be such a worthy one, so he dumped that one and got a basic manual labor job. which, when it comes down to the basic necessities, will get us by juuust fine! so it's like a HUGE burden and worry has been lifted. Thank the LORD:)
now I can go shop for groceries and not worry too much about money shrinking but not growing back.
GWT will be on hold for now. maybe if we have good income, I'll try it. but never for a serious job or anything..
I'm intent on getting into a dance school!! I just wanna dance...and yes I'm not satisfied with shower bootay shaking and kitchen clean up dance with the broom anymore. hahaha
hope I find good one!! maybe you'll see me on so you think you can dance...oooor maybe even dancing with the stars! haha
gunna end short. Jason is overtired and the girls wanna watch Australia..WHICH might I add in, is an absolutely ADORED fave if mine. something about this Hugh Jackman just has me glued..
haha
NIGHTY TIGHTY!!!


ps. always praying for everyone in Japan! stay safe, I love you!!

update!

so we're alive! and we're here in Toronto, happy, healthy, and slowly adjusting to the new life :)
for the first two days at the end of the day Jason would say things like, "Ok, time to get in the car and drive home" and "let's go home now mommy" and "where's my buddies??" and it would be soo sad when I would have to tell him, "Jason, remember before when mommy told you we were moving to a new house? well this is our house now, you're buddies won't be here everyday" and he'd cry and make me wanna cry. AWW. and then talking with my dad on skype, he'd ask Jason where his uncles and aunts were and Jason would say, "on the bus!" meaning, he hadnt seen them yet so he thought they were still out at school. AWWWWW
but now he's good and adjusted. we go out all the time to the park and for walks around the neighborhood. he has a big playroom with the other little girl, so that's a nice play to keep him while I make dinner.
Joe has a job!! got an interview yesterday and is in today for training. not sure on the details except that he's gunna be someone who gets called in to ppls houses to test their water and show them new gadgets etc., and see if they wanna buy it.
sorta like a salesman. but without the going out door to door and bugging ppl! heh
so he went from a dirty roofer to a clean "salesman" with good looking clothes! haha he's loving it. once he gets past the training, he'll be making 20 an hour and for anything he sells, he gets commission from that. so it's a pretty good paying job.
fingers crossed! pleas pray for him

as for me, I'm actually thinking about becoming a member in a network marketing industry for diamonds and gold.
http://www.globalwealthtrade.com/company_overview.php
pretty interesting. and Im still learning about it so there's not gunna be much explanation. haha. but basically I buy in to the company. and invest in jewlery. I get others to buy or become members, I get a commission off that and that money goes towards my jewlery. I can either buy or invest.
theres a lot of different addons to this but I am soo new I probably would sound like an idiot trying to explain. so the sight should do enough for now.
it seems pretty legit and a couple of my friends are doing it and saving a lot of time and money, so i figured, being at home with Jason, would be a pretty good way of earning some extra cash.
anyways..
me and joe are looking things over and praying about it, etc,.

soooo that's pretty much it!! we're praying like MAD for Japan!! please know you are all in our prayers and daily thoughts!!
my parents will be coming back tomorrow, so that's a huge worry off our shoulders!
hope everyone else is alright.

leaving you with some photos and a video of my love:)

                                          Of course we have to stop for a Bob the Builder ride!!!

 its us!! alive and happy while Cha learns how to be a complete stay at home mommy!! nehehehe

don't we look alike here?? i think so.. :D      photo by JT (aka. fattypoo love, Jason)



and here's a video of my little munchkin.

last minute thoughts

last night with all my siblings living in ONE house. it's gunna be weird not having them around everyday. I know i'm looking forward to the move and to start a new life on our own, but I've always been the clingy type of sister. kinda like in little women, where Jo says, "we're sisters, we're always supposed to be together. Not marry and go off on our own!"
heh!!
I know, I can go on and on about everything wonderful, and how I'm looking forward to this new exciting life! but it's just that stage, where everything you know you'll miss suddenly jumps in your face! whew.I just am starting to feel like we're actually moving..and its weird for me because I've never lived anywhere but my parent's place!
the biggest worry for me is that Jason won't adjust to this change easily. He's got all his "buddies" he can play with and now its gunna be a quiet house with no kids except for a little girl. i hope he is able to understand and have fun in the new place and lifestyle!! I know he'll miss everyone.
but change is good!
so I'll sign off with a happy thought. Watched The Beautician and the Beast, tonight and AWWWWWWWWW.....cutest movie ever. I remember watching it with Lixy a Looong time ago. brought back some good memories:)
will promise to keep you all updated!!
lots of love

NEWS

soooooooooo the news is that me and joe have decided we are going to start saving up from now on, to make a trip to Japan in the summer next year!!
SOOO...that does mean we expect certain ladies to join in on the plans here! nudge nudge.
let's get a family reunion on the ball!
we were thinking summer, because that's when the most goes on. we wanna be able to take jason to masturi's and hanabi's and be able to see all the kids during their summer vacation.
whatcha think??

uuubaaa uubaaa for cuuubaa

 Me and joe were chosen, along with a few other couples, to get on stage for Valentine`s day and participate in some game competitions. WE WON!! just because we`re that good...ooohh yeaaaa! hahaha. scored two bottles of RUM!! it sure does pay to volunteer to be a monkey sometimes!

                                                  The view from our hotel compartment

                                                                  Some of the gang

                                                              FOOD!! at an Alacart

                          Pink drinks for EVERYONE! twas my birthday on the 12th and Sue`s on the 16th!

                                                                    on the beach

                                                        SNORKELING TIME

                                               the maid would decorate all our towels every morning




                                                     Valentine`s Day cuban fashion show!

                                                                      PIG ROAST

                                                      the locals and their homemade gym
                                                          `DINOSAUR TRAINING!` says joe

                                                                      the nearby village.

 we took a `train ride`through the mountains to another small village. sooo beautiful along the way

                                              Joy comes each year and brings the kids clothing.
                    during the train ride, we`d throw little candies to the children standing outside their homes...AWW you should see the look on their faces. most don`t know what a candy is or what to do with it. to think we need more! the way one small candy can light up a child`s face and make his world go round`..we have TOO much!!

                                              the puppy wanted the little girl`s candy

                                             giving Jason`s old clothing to a little boy same age

                                                   giving the kids some snacks for after school

                              HOOOOOOOMEE! to the munchkin who woke us up at 8 sharp. (after we finally made it home by 6 am!!) I missed him so much!

THEE END!!