Two weeks after, she gets 1 year old!!!!

Hello!
We are doing very well, happy and busy.
Miyu is very big now. But because of her weight, still she cannot move so much.

My mother sent me some pieces of beautiful fabric and I made a new shirt for Miyu.



She is so cute in it!


I love it so much. So I made her swim suits with the same fabric.

They were small and I could make them in several hours.

The boy is her friend. I like his cute face.


After they played in the small pool, she got tired and slept well.


These days her most favorite playing is drawing.


But she eats her crayon after drawing...


Everyday we go out and meet our friends. She likes playing with her friends and their mothers.
I'm very happy with her and Haru. They make me smile every day.


But I have a small problem.
Miyu likes my PC too much... So I cannot use it while she is awake.
My sewing and PC time is after she falls asleep...

A festival day

Last week Miyu enjoyed a festival at a shrine with her friend.
There were lots of food and game stands.



Goldfish scooping stand. People get goldfishes with a very thin paper scoop. Miyu's friend's papa tried it but couldn't get any.


Corns.


Takoyaki, octopus dumplings. Each dumpling has one small octopus.


Shooting game.


A float.


An old storehouse.


The stands are on the narrow street. Oh, most of streets in Japan are narrow...


Miyu is getting bigger and bigger... I cannot believe she gets 1 year old after two months. Time passes too fast for me.

See you!!!!!

Strawberry hats

I saw a cute strawberry hat at a baby wear shop but it was too expensive for me. So I made it!

I used a free pattern of turip hat and put leaves on the top.

But the first one was too small for Miyu. Her head is too big...
So I made the second one with a little bigger pattern.
But it was still small for Miyu...
Then I made the last one. Finally it fits Miyu very well!


Miyu cannot wear the first two, so I gave them to my friends (* v *)!!!!
The smallest one is to a newborn boy. The midium one is to one of her boy friend.


Miyu has another cute hat that my mother knitted. It fits her very well.


I also made a bow hair clip.


I enjoy sewing small things for her while she is sleeping. It relaxes me a lot.


Miyu is 9 months old now but she doesn't move so much... So many her friends come to her, hug and kiss her (* v *)!!!!

Our life with lots of friends

Miyu is 8 months old now and several days before she rolled over for the first time. Maybe it's because she is too big, more than 10 kg already.


So most of her friends want to get on her, because she doesn't move...


We stay at a big house usually.
Lots of elder people and babies come and enjoy together.


A day I taught an italian recipe which I learned when I stayed in Italy. We enjoyed the lunch very much. When I stay at home the lunch time is very busy, but when I stay here, I can take my time. Because someone helps me holding Miyu.


These days I'm teaching hand sewing for my friends. They enjoy making clothes for their babies.

I made these pants,

and this skirt. The pants is with SWANY's pattern and the skirt is with Japanese free pattern.


We are happy with our lots of friends.
When I think of the earthquake and the people of the area, I always feel I'm too lucky. I should do something continually, what I can do with Miyu.

I planned a short trip at this weekend with our both parents. They live very far from us, so they cannot meet Miyu so often. So they are looking forward to meet her.

See you (* v *)!!!!

Miyu is growing up!!!!

She is 10kg now, the biggest baby around us.

After the earthquake, our life has a bit changed.
First of all we see lots of scenes of the disaster in TV every day. And they tell about the accident of the nuclear power plant.
I don't afraid of it too much but I'm worrying about the people who works in it now.

We have less electric power because the nuclear power plant and also we lost some thermal power plants.
So we have less trains and shops has less lights and close earlier than before.
The life with less electric is a bit inconvenience but we can notice how it's important for us.

But we still enjoy our life so much.

I teach how to sew baby wears to my friends.
We've already sewed a pair of pants,

a smock,


and a hairband.


I didn't expect that younger mothers want to sew. But now they enjoy sewing so much.

These days I frequent a big house where babies and elderly people get together.
Because we live far from our parents, I want Miyu to meet elderly people as much as possible.


After the earthquake the place got more important for us because we don't want stay home alone. We can talk with other mothers and eldery people so we can relax and forget the disaster.

I'm happy with many people around me (* v *)!!! Of course, with you all!!!!

Earthquake

Hello,
Thank you very much for your comments and e-mails.
Our city, Yokohama is far from the focus area. We and our house are OK.
Because of the earthquake, we are facing power shortage so we're trying to save electricity.
I often wake up because of frequent aftershocks.
But we have enough food, water and safe house and I'm with my dearest family.

We're worrying about the disaster area. I've never seen such a huge disaster in Japan.

Now what I can do is to save electricity and stay with Miyu.

See you.
Thank you very much again.

(* v *)!!!!!

Baby massage

We take baby massage lesson once a month and I massage her every day.
She likes it very much. When I massage her on her sole, she relaxes and smiles a lot.


I began Yoga with the same teacher of the baby massage. During my lesson, Miyu lies by me and watches me. When she cries, I should carry her. So I cannot do all of the poses... But because of thelessons, now I could lose weight (* v *)!!!!


These are the dolls for girl's festival, at the 3rd March. My parents got them for Miyu.
In Japan most of girls have one set at her first year. We display it for about one month till the day.

Now I'm thinking of sewing her a new diaper cover.
Last week, we met some mothers who use cloth diapers and are trying EC. They have cute handmade covers and they stir me up.
I couldn't take any pictures at that time but I'll post about them after our second meeting.

See you!!!!!

Happy new year!!!!

Happy new year, everyone! We are doing well.
But at Miyu's first Christmas, we all three caught a cold and she had to go to the doctor. And we couldn't do anything but stayed on the bed.
Instead of it, we went to some new places during my husband's New year holidays.
She liked the acqualium the best.


Every day we learn something new from her. Whenever I cannot see my husband well, Miyu reminds me that. Whenever I get too busy, Miyu and my hubabnd make me laugh.
We're growing up with Miyu.

Two weeks later we'll visit both of our parents. Both live very far from us so they are looking forward the days.
For me it's the chance to take a few days rest (* v *).

Now my husband is making dinner for me. I'm taking a rest with Miyu sleeping in my arm.

Her potty & diaper life

Do you know EC (Elimination Communication)?
I'm trying "omutsu-nashi ikuji" and it's like EC.

I first began it at her first month. At first I let her free from diapers, but not always, only when I could see her. Put cloth diaper under her hip and see how and when(how often) she eliminates.

Then I got a chamber pot and when I notice her sign (move, crying etc...) I put her on it.
From the first time, she could pee. At her second day with the potty, she did a poo three times in it.


Now she uses paper diapers when she goes out and sleeps, cloth diapers at the daytime and the chamber pot 5-7 times a day. Because it's so cold, she doesn't want to sit on it so often these days. But every morning, she does a poo in it soon after she wakes up.

I enjoy it very much. Because of it, I can communicate with her more deeply. I have less diapewrs to wash. Usually I have no diapers with a poo.

Now my mother knits her diaper covers and wool soakers (* v *)!

Today we took a class of baby massage and Yoga. We enjoyed it for two hours and now she sleeps on my lap.


She likes the sea.