My accomplishments in 2010

As I enter the new year, I'd like to take a moment to reflect on the things that I accomplished during the past year. Most notably, I have been walking since June and have been running for quite a while now, especially when mommy or daddy is trying to take something away from me that I shouldn't have. I like to eat a variety of solid foods, and more recently have decided to eat more, which has made mommy and daddy very happy. I do prefer to feed myself whenever possible, but also like to eat whatever I see anybody else eating, and will often reach my hand out and say 'hai', which to me, means 'please give me some of whatever you're eating!". One of my favorite foods is onigiri. Mommy will make them into little shapes for me. I also like to eat daddy's udon, and my favorite vegetable is broccoli! When I'm not hungry or don't like what I'm being served, I just spit my food out or throw everything on the floor, and mommy cleans it all up! I then give them one of my very cute smiles, stand up in my highchair and pretend that I'm going to climb out, which ensures that I will immediately be picked up. This shows that even though I can't say what I want yet, I still can get whatever I want!

I like to spend time at my babysitter's place sometimes so that I can play with her twin daughters, Hanaka and Manaka. They love to show me all kinds of things, like singing Japanese songs, and how to bow, and I really like to play with their tea set! I also like to play with my other babysitter's son, Rio, who lives in our building. He is always doing things that makes me laugh, and I like to play with his cars and trains, and musical instruments.

My other hobbies include pushing my shopping cart around, dancing and clapping to music, hiding mommy and daddy's stuff all around the apartment, playing on my electric keyboard, building with megablocks, stacking rings, helping mommy vaccuum with my vaccuum cleaner, watching the Peekaboo and With Mother show, going to the playground and climbing all the stairs to get to the slide, going down the slide, swinging on the swings, typing on my very own wireless keyboard which daddy finally gave to me (but i had to break it first), taking everything out of the cupboards and my clothes drawers, scrolling with the mouse when I'm surfing the net, talking on the phone, playing on the iPad, drawing with crayons, going for stroller rides, helping mommy in the kitchen by mixing stuff with plastic bowls and spoons, taking food out of the storage boxes, and going through her cookbooks; playing with wooden puzzles, stringing beads, playing with toys in the sink and the bathtub, wearing mommy and daddy's shoes (because I can't quite get my own on yet), climbing up on chairs and the couch, flipping through books, etc.

My very favorite book is the 'Ah - E -OOH - AY - O' book, which helps me study hiragana. I like to have someone read me this book every single day - I think it's very important if I'm going to learn Japanese. I also like to try and read it myself when everyone is busy. I also enjoy when mommy reads me the flap books and dr. suess books. And I love when daddy reads me my other favorite Japanese book - the daruma-san book.

I love to talk in my own language, which really entertains everyone around me. I wave my hands and laugh alot, which really gets me a lot of attention. My current vocabulary includes the Japanese words, 'nai nai ba', 'hai', 'dote', 'wan wan', and more recently, 'gato' (arigato) said with a little bow. My English words include, 'ma ma', 'da da' 'hello', 'uh-oh', 'wow', 'bye bye' (but pronounced 'dai dai') 'co co' (gramma and grampa's dog, and more recently, 'noooooo', which is a very useful word for me! When I'm hungry, eating something that I like, or when mommy gives me my daily vitamin, I say 'num num'. I also say some other words occasionally, but I say them quickly, which makes mommy and daddy wonder what I just said. They think they have heard me say, 'thank you', 'becky', and otou-san, for example. I think I'll keep them guessing a little longer!

I really love music, especially Japanese songs. My favorite song is currently 'Arigato', which is a theme song in one of the dramas that daddy watches. I enjoy dancing and clapping to songs on the tv, the ipod, or on my toys. Mommy taught me how to dance in circles and stomp my foot. She will frequently join me in dancing around the apartment, which is especially fun!

So, as you can see, 2010 has been a very busy year for me! I'm really looking forward to 2011 and all of the new experiences I will have. As such, one of my new year's resolutions is to update my blog more frequently so that I can keep everyone in the loop!

my friend

This is my friend Juliana! It was her first ever ride in the shopping cart. We went shopping at Babiesrus to check out the Halloween costumes.

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Hi everyone! I'm currently vacationing in Japan! I came here to see my Aunt Kumi get married - which was really cool! She was married at Meiji-jingu Shrine, which I hear is one of the most popular places in Tokyo to tie the knot. The day that she was married, 22 other couples were also scheduled to be wed at the same place. Each wedding was to last 40 minutes, to allow for all of the ceremonies. Aunt Kumi looked really pretty all dressed up in her kimono - just like a geisha girl. I want to get dressed up like that someday too! After she was married, we all went to restaurant at the Four Seasons hotel, where I watched everyone eat fancy-looking food made into really neat shapes. They also had a little baby bed for me to lounge in while I waited, which I must say was quite comfortable! After that, we were all pretty tired, mostly because of the jetlag, so we went back to our hotel (The Comfort Hotel), and went to sleep. Oh, I forgot to mention, when we first arrived in Japan, we all went out to eat at a restaurant that Sumo wrestlers eat at, in the town where they all live and practice the sport. That was really neat, even though we didn't get to see any sumo wrestlers while we were there. Everyone was eating 'chanko', which is the famous sumo wrestler dish. It has many vegetables and thin slices of beef that you cook yourself at the table in pots of boiling water. It smelled really yummy, but unfortunately, Masamune and I couldn't eat any of it, bummer! So instead, we just sat there and stared at each other.

On Sunday, the day after the wedding, I got to go to a really big baby store called Akachan-honpo. Mommy was so excited to finally go there - she heard they had lots of cool stuff. She kind of went a little crazy, and bought me a bunch of Anpan-man items. Meanwhile, I got to be pushed around in a funky little stroller-type shopping cart, where I got a birds-eye view of everything in the aisles. I can't wait to check out all of my new stuff when I get home! Yay! After the store, daddy and grandpa Matsuno went with mommy and me to a noodle restaurant in the train station. Another restaurant where I couldn't try the food - that is so frustrating! Anyway, mommy tried to give me a drink of vegetable juice from a baby juice box, but since it had a straw, I wasn't sure quite what to do. I sucked in the liquid through the straw but then somehow it all dribbled out onto my new shirt. I'm sure mommy was not thrilled about that since I had only been dressed a couple of hours ago. I guess I have to practice with a bib on next time! After lunch, we went back to the hotel and got ready to meet up with mommy and daddy's friends who now live in Tokyo (Kota, Mami & Yohei). They met us at our hotel, and we all went to Yasukuni shrine. Along the way, we walked by a famous area that everyone goes to, to view the cherry blossoms, but since we're a week or so early, we didn't get to see any. I heard that was a good thing since if there were cherry blossoms out, we apparently wouldn't have been able to walk through the area since it gets so crowded. While at Yasukuni, I got a little bored and so started to play with my socks. Next thing I know, one of them went missing.

Hai Hai

Hi everyone! I am now mobile, tee hee! Although I'm not quite crawling yet, I am able to get around by pulling myself forward with my arms. So far, I've gotten into some areas that mommy and daddy did not want me to such as, the inside of the dvd player! I love gadgets! I can't wait to get my hands on all of daddy's wires and electronic gadgets. My parents thought they could trick me by getting me a 'fake' remote control, but I knew right away it wasn't the real thing - you can't fool me! One day I'll be pressing all the butons on the remote so I can choose what I want to watch on tv instead that stupid olympics that mommy and daddy have been watching EVERYDAY for a couple of weeks now! My favorite show is the Peekaboo show the With Mother show, and Hell's Kitchen - my favorite chef is my daddy though!

Hmm, what else? Well, besides from moving all over the place now, I have been making a lot more noise recently. I quite enjoy squealing at the highest pitch possible. It really gets everyone's attention! And when I'm bored, I just make a continuous whining noise until someone picks me up! ;-) In the food department, I have recently tried sweet potatoes for the first time, and they were pretty yummy! Mommy just made me some organic pureed pears last night in her new baby food maker that grandma and grandpa gave to her. She's really excited about it - she keeps talking about how she can't wait for summer so that she can make some different fruits for me and combine them too! So far, I've tried peas (not a big fan!), carrots (they're okay), sweet potatoes (as I mentioned), pears, apples, and rice cereal (both American and Japanese style). But when daddy gave me the okayu (Japanese rice cereal), he made it too thick and I was constipated for a couple of days - my poop looked like cat poop, yuck! Mommy and daddy were kind of grossed out, haha! Nowadays however, nobody can change my diaper that easily anymore. Now that I'm able to move around, once the diaper comes off I just start to roll away. It's really funny because it takes them quite a while to get my new diaper on - I think that's a fun game! teehee!

Love Me

Hi everyone !

This is Kohana Rose Matsuno. I am only 6 month old and now I am able to write my own blog hehehe. Stay tuned for further info.