Life and Travel

Forrest’s First Visit to Florida

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Time to visit family in Florida. Forrest got to discover the magic of the gorrio, a rocking swing like thing shown below that calms babies down super fast and helps them go to sleep. This one came all the way from Africa and is the same one both Zahra and I used.

Forrest liked feeding the horse.

While in Florida, Forrest had a playdate with Cici. He was truly on his best behavior, and all he wanted to do was play with Cici. Unfortunately, Cici was only interested in playing with the puppy. Sorry, kid!

Now for the long flight back to Japan!

Forrest’s First Visit to New York

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The flight to NY with a fresh baby was loooooong. Thankfully, we had a bassinet, which really helped!

Welcome to America, little buddy!

Adjusting to the 12 hour time difference was a bit of a struggle, but I think Forrest did better than us at it. His Yeye took good care of him when we got home!

I’m going to really miss these contact naps.
Forrest playing with his cousin Aubrey.
Went to the mall and got a stylin’ new hat.

We went for a hike at the beautiful state park nearby. Forrest loves being in nature, just like his parents.

Did I mention that Anna got a new puppy?

Family Japan Trip

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Forrest celebrated his 100th day of life, which is a big celebration in Japanese culture. During this celebration, he had his first solid food: a grain of rice.

Of course, when you’re in Japan, you have to go to an animal cafe.

Hakone

Trains

Arashiyama Monkey Park

Osaka

Nara

Okinawa

American Day

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Every year in Misawa, there is a big celebration of the US of A! This year, all of the downtown area of Misawa was used for the festival. Of course there was Japanese festival food, but this time there was American festival food too (as well as some.. let’s say unique interpretations of American food)! I’m talking churros, funnel cakes, fries oreos, Philly cheesesteaks, and, of course, hotdogs and hamburgers. Bands played classic American hits ranging from Tom Petty to Disney (quite the range!).

Live music by one of the military bands.
A row of American motorcycles.
Japanese band playing American hits.
An actual DeLorean!
Signed by the cast of Back to the Future!
Uncle Sam came too.

Forrest’s first bath

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He wasn’t sure at first, but after a few seconds he realized the warm water is actually pretty nice! Then he kept trying to scoot down into the water 🤦‍♂️

Finally clean!
“He smells different!” – Miles probably
Our kid is a little punk rocker! 🤘🎸

Forrest is growing

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His whole hand is the size of my thumb.

Forrest is so precious. I love everything about him, from his funny expressions to his beautiful smile. He was born so small, but he’s growing so fast! In less than 2 weeks I can see and even feel the difference! It’s time to weigh him and see where we are at!

We literally put him in a mixing bowl and weighed him on a kitchen scale 🤣
Baking a Forrest cake
Dadimaa ordered a bowl of Forrest!

Forrest Newborn Photoshoot

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With the cherry blossoms blooming and our baby just 1 week old, it was time to do a newborn photoshoot. I found a photographer who could take advantage of the cherry blossoms and take Japanese style photos!

These first photos were the ones I took of us in the park.

Getting ready for the photoshoot.

The photographer said it’ll take about one month for her to properly edit all the photos she took but here’s some preliminaries!

Very Japanese!

Of all the photos she took, this next one was my favorite!