Happy Birthday Julia!

Julia celebrated her 10th birthday with friends and family, presents and lemon-meringue pie! We had games and prizes, fireworks, and overall a real blast!

Present from Mom and Dad--a Kanji game for DS

Jordan LOVED the wrapping paper!

Jo and Roy had a laugh watching Jordan rip apart the paper!

So did Kaz!

Roy misses his kids who are in the States for the summer.

Me and my baby-doll!

Our friends Roy and Kaz who live in the same city.

Wonder what the present was?

Another surprise gift!

Ooooh, Julia's favorite--Stitch!

We opted for pies instead of cake this time (could it be cause Mommy sucks at cakes but does well with pies??)

The night before the party.

Julia is a board-game freak--sort of like me!

Here's my girls!

What a silly! Flowers from Renee!

Thank you everyone who made Julia's birthday special and fun for her and all of us!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Half my blog posts are about birthdays! With a family of around at least 20, what can you say! July alone brings about 4 celebrations (hope I'm not missing anyone!) So here we are celebrating Dad's birthday with cupcakes, presents, family and food! Love you Pops, without you (and Mom of course) there wouldn't be the rest of us, hehe!

Another Day at the Park

Jordan and I spent a few hours at the park with his buddy Yuji, Yuji's mom Claire, and Jordan's psuedo-mom, Renee!

Welcome Ami Jean Monet!

Meet my newest niece--Ami (Ah-mee) Jean Monet Loritsch! What a doll! She arrived a few weeks earlier than expected and spent a couple of nights in NICU, but Mom and baby are doing well and are back home! We are all so happy to welcome a new angel into our ever-growing family!! The question is--who's next!?

(PICTURES COMING SOON--BLOGGER IS NOT UPLOADING FOR SOME REASON--CHECK ALL ABOUT MARYLIN BLOG!)

Catching up with Jordan

It's been awhile, so here's a bunch of pictures of the little Boogah and his daily adventures!

Each morning we start off with Baby Einstein--he LOVES it!!

His favorite part of Julia's party was the paper!

And the ribbon!

Trying out his new jumper..

Carrots for the first time!

And rice...

Our true baby Einstein--on the piano!

Isn't he smart!?!

Chewing a corn husk..

In a stupid Dr. Seuss hat

Once again..

His USA T-shirt from his Auntie! Just so he won't forget his heritage!

Trying to eat the little star on the toy..

What a doll!

He was sick with a fever for 2 days--poor thing!

But chewing on the thermometer was great fun!

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I have added some 'Search Amazon' boxes to the sidebar--
The English one is for Amazon.com in the States
The Japanese one is for Amazon.co.jp in Japan!

If you need to order something from Amazon, I'd be more than happy if you took a minute to go through my site here--I'm hoping to buy some flute music books!!

THANK YOU!!

Dinner at the Park

Taking advantage of blue skies, we spent the evening at a nearby park with our friends, the Shibuya's! Enjoy the slideshow!

About to Pop!

My little sister Windy, who is will be delivering her second baby on July 24th, and her daughter Marylin. She has decided not to find out the gender until she actually meets the little boogah, so we're all in anticipation for this new one! It's been hard to think about baby presents not knowing what it's going to be, but I'm rooting for a boy cause I have so many little boy things to send her!

Here she is with Marylin and our niece Trinity.

Showing it off!!

The Game Boy

It's inevitable that Jordan will be a game boy like his big brother. As a matter of fact, here he is hanging out with Jason watching the boys play games!

My two beautiful boys--Jason's a GREAT big brother--he even changes diapers and watches Jordan at 6 in the morning so Mom can sleep a bit longer. Takes after his father.

Jason's room (it's a boy room!!) and his friend Okubo who practically needs a bed of his own at our house!