Saya's First Tooth

We were wondering why Saya was putting everything she could in her mouth, and sure enough it was a tooth. She now has one tooth growing in on her bottom gum. It's very exciting but also quite sad that she is growing so fast. No pictures yet as it's hard to get a pic of her tooth without her tongue getting in the picture. We'll post one later when the tooth is fully grown in.

Homemade Baby Food

I made some sweet potatoes for Saya and she seems to like it. Not sure if it's cost effective yet as I had to buy baby food jars. Thank goodness for McGuckins! They were the only ones who sold freezer safe 4 oz jars by Ball. After pureeing and sterlizing jars, I made 11 4oz jars to store in the freezer. Yeah!

Sweet Potatoes!

Saya's first solid food. As we learned, sweet potatoes stains are not easy to get out. Saya seems to like them so we'll deal with soiled clothing for now. Not sure if the potatoes are what are causing the blow outs.

New Bumbo Tray

Mom had a good time at Target and bought a bit too much including this Bumbo tray attachment. Works great for feeding but tough to get Saya out afterwards. We give it about 3 out of 5 stars.

Kitchen Toys

Priceless!

20% rice cereal on her bib, 40% on the rest of her body and 40% on mommy. Priceless!

Hinamatsuri!

Made a little chirashi sushi and some ohagi all for Saya.

Saya's First Hinamatsuri

It's Girls Day today in Japan. We're going to celebrate with some Japanese food (hopefully I can make it ok). Here is Saya in her Girls Day outfit. Too cute!

All Smiles

Saya's Swing

Saya enjoying her swing!

Just a Bit of Drool

Saya's New Hairdo

Thought this was a bit funny so I had to take a picture.

Saya and Her Handsome Papa

Too cute! Had to take a picture:)

So Far So Good

Today we got a call from Saya's ped and her results from her bloodwork are normal. So happy, we did a little happy dance in the kitchen. Let's hope the second round will be just just as great.

Saya's Cute Outfit

It's been months of sleepers and onesies. Now it's time for the outfits. We tried on the CUTE outfit today on our walk. Too cute!

Saya's Boo Boo

We needed to get some bloodwork done for Saya. She was a trooper! It hurt mommy more than it hurt her. One more round to go!

Saya's First Solid Food - Rice Cereal

Happy Valentine's day! Today was Saya's first attempt at rice cereal- a very special day. We've been practicing feeding her with formula so it was a great time. Here are some pictures of baby and her rice cereal.

Strength Training for Saya

Tummy time with a twist.

Sushi Night

Our first outing with Saya. We celebrated Valentine's day a bit early as we thought a weeknight would be a better night for dinner with Saya. We went to our favorite restaurant- Sushi Yoshi. The food was great and Saya was so well behaved. We're so proud of her!

Saya and Her Silver Spoon

It's almost time to start Saya on rice cereal. We got some great advice from friends who recommended we feed formula with a spoon to get Saya ready. We fed her with her Tiffany's silver spoon. How lucky is she. We got it as a gift from her cribmate.  How sweet are they!

Saya's Wooden Teether

Everything goes in the mouth. She loves her new wood teethers- Had to get two just in case we lose one.

Saya's New ExerSaucer!

Thank you Craigslist!

More of Saya

Saya and Mommy

Thanks Alison!

New outfit for Saya.

Saya & the Pups

Saya & Mommy

Saya's New Papasan

A Rainforest Jumparoo Just for Saya

Just got the jumparoo today. We put her in it and she loved it. We can't wait to see her jumping in it soon.

Saya's New Baby Bjorn

Using our new Bjorn which I got for just $20 on Craigslist, Saya can now see everything we are doing and seeing.  She is loving it. She also likes to lick and drool on it.

Holding her Own!

Saya holding her own bottle.

Saya in her Pooh Blanket

Here she is with daddy!

She is too cute!

Baby Gap Outfit! So cute!

Thank you auntie Julie. Saya loves her new outfit. It's perfect to layer as it's still cold here in CO.

Long day and Tired

Saya had a long day today and decided to fall asleep during tummy time.

Off to the Japanese Playgroup

We went to our first playgroup in Boulder today. We read books and sang songs all in Japanese. Saya loved it!

Heading to the Gym!

Saya is heading to the gym, play gym that is;)

Thanks Barb!

Barb from work knitted the cutest beanie for Saya. It's still a bit big for her but it's adorable. We all love it!

More J-songs for Saya

Inu no Omawarisan



Omocha no Cha Cha Cha



Donguri Korokoro



Musunde Hiraiite



Ureshii Hinamatsuri- Girls Day Song

Saya's Pictures

We tried to get some professional looking photos of Saya but they didn't come out as we wanted them to.
But here are some of the better looking ones.

Saya on Her Tummy!

We are trying to increase Saya's tummy time.

Toshi Koshi Soba

A New Year's Eve wouldn't be a Japanese New Year's Eve without traditional Toshi Koshi Soba.

What we have here is soba, egg, and kamaboko (3 types!).

Time for bed. ;)

Okasane - Plastic and Real

Does the real okasane look a bit odd? Jeff ate one of the mochi for the okasane, so we used a smaller mochi instead.