Tooth #2!

Tooth #2 (bottom left side) has errupted, just barely poking up....but it's through!



Dean found me and Sakura sleeping like this the other night - it was the night we drove home from San Diego, I was exhausted and so was someone else, and obviously she likes KICKING Mommy while she's down - LOL! Dean thought it was funny and snapped some pictures while we were fast asleep.

Sleeping with Mommy

I LOVE to Stand....

Look who started standing up in her crib today?!

(Note: if you click on this picture you can REALLY see her tooth!)

This is what I found when I walked in to get Sakura from her nap....this is the first time she stood up in her crib!

"HI Mommy" accompanied by a raspberry!

This eliptical machine looks fun!

Can I pull this cord out of Mommy's work computer?

Hmmmmmm, I think I can get that cord out and Mommy will pay more attention to me!

Headed Home

We love going to visit family, but we have to admit, there's no place like home.

Almost there, just before landing in San Diego

Hanging out looking out the window at the ocean

Snacking on a bluebird foot...see Kumi just like you :)

Just a few pictures I took one morning of Sakura hanging out in the front yard in her

Halloween jammies!

We flew home yesterday and we're trying to get back into our normal routine...not as easy since Sakura is all over the place and wants to pull herself up on ANYthing she can get her hands on!

Lunch with Auntie Nancy and kids

I forgot about the "little camera" and there were some important pictures on it....

Peyton Sakura had her first taste of "not pureed" food.

Tofu and Udon noodles ~

We met Auntie Nancy, Tripp and Kira at Taro's for lunch on Friday and Auntie Nancy suggested that I give some Tofu and Udon noodles to Sakura and I did...

and she is happy that I did, as she LOVED both Udon and Tofu!

Trippy looking at his stickers

The girls at lunch - Sakura and Kira

Here are her first bites of each:

First bite of Udon noodle



First bite of Tofu

Auntie Nancy and Kira at lunch

Thank You for lunch Auntie Nancy!

Thanks for driving all the way down so we could see you again too!

Spending time with family

Miscellaneous pictures from our week with family.

Sitting outside in the grass...Sakura wasn't real fond of the feel of grass until she found a leaf that she could eat!

Touching the grass and quickly pulling her hand back

Sakura caught another cold while we were there...runny yucky nose that wouldn't stop!

Unfortunately Jichan got VERY sick on Thursday and Friday!

If this picture will enlarge, you can see her tooth!

Not feeling good baby girl!

I'm sick Jichan...

Happy girl with Uncle Mark

Auntie Linda

Happy Cousins - Jessamine, Stephanie and Peyton Sakura

Jichan and with all of his Granddaughters!

ATWA video day

These pictures we took by the pond after we were done with the video for ATWA.

Back several months ago, Lesley the agency director asked if we would be willing to do a short video describing our experience with ATWA, that she would use on the adoption website.

I felt honored to be asked and we agreed to do the video - if it wasn't for Sakura's Bio Mom, Taz, Okada San and ATWA we wouldn't have our daughter.

We owe all of them so much.

Sakura looked so cute I wanted to always remember this special day.

Meeting the Bashiri's

We were also able to sneak in a little visit with our friends that live in Oakland. Since we were headed back to the ATWA office Sunday morning for a video shoot for the agency we wanted to stay in the area and not have to do all the driving again. Alex and Iris are close friends and it seems like we never get enough time when we visit Northern California to visit them. They have the best kids - Neeki and Arya are great hosts and Sakura enjoyed playing with the big kids!

Arya, Iris, Neeki and Sakura

Visiting with Arya and Alex

Arya really wanted to hold Sakura....she wasn't too sure about it though.

Saying Goodbye to Arya and Neeki