Kohana's LIFE has just begun

Thursday, October 28, 2010

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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Monday, March 22, 2010

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.

Friday, February 26, 2010

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!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

心花が生まれた時のこと

みなさん

既に親ばかモードに突入のてつです。

女子が誕生しましたのでご報告させていただきます。

８月５日の朝８時頃から嫁さんに陣痛らしきものが始まる。　なんとなく今日産まれるのではという気配を感じつつも自分はその日も出社し、ちょっとそわそわしながら電話を待つ。午後３時ごろに嫁さんから「もうそろそろ」という電話が入り、速攻で帰宅。陣痛の間隔が３～５分になったのでお医者さんから言われたとおり電話。受付の人が対応し、５分後に担当のお医者さんから電話。担当医は安西先生という日本人の男性だったけど、その日は奥さん（イタリア人でこちらもお医者さん）から電話がありスパニッシュのようにアクセントが強く最初何言っているのか分からなかったけど、とりあえず嫁さんと話がしたいとのことだったのでスイッチ。すぐに病院に来るようにとの指示があったので、前もって用意していた大量の荷物を車に詰め込み、嫁さんとお母さんの三人でマンハッタンの東側（1st Aveと31st）に位置するNYU Hospitalへ。　なるべく車体が揺れないようにでこぼこ道をかわしながらゆっくり運転し、２０分後の午後６時４０分に到着。嫁さんのお母さんが車椅子に嫁さんを乗せ分娩室へ。　駐車したあと、俺は大量の荷物をかかえながら分娩室へ。とにかく大量の荷物。　ようやく分娩室に辿り着くと、お医者さんが入れ替わり立ち代り矢継ぎ早に似たような質問を嫁さんに浴びせており、嫁さんも陣痛の合間に受け答え。訴訟社会の悪循環を垣間見る。　担当医ではない別のお医者さんが確認し子宮口が８ｃｍ開いているのでもうすぐ産まれるなということで、担当医を呼ぶ。安西先生は会議中とかで奥さんが来てくれて確認。しかし８ｃｍというのは誤算で子宮口はまだ３ｃｍ。奥さんは残念そうに「また２時間後来る」と言い残し立ち去る。　なかなか子宮口が開く気配がないので、苦しんでいる嫁さんにお医者さんが頻繁に陣痛促進剤を使いますかとか、無痛分娩の注射打ちますかと提案されるも頑なに断る。　横からその光景を眺めつつ自分の嫁さんがながら「ほんとに強いなぁ」と感心しつつ、「こりゃ～男は嫁さんに一生頭があがらないな」と勝手に納得。　嫁さんは苦しみ、自分は睡魔に襲われながら午前４時ごろお医者さんが子宮口を確認すると８ｃｍとのこと。今から産みますということで、安西先生を呼び、その間若手のお医者さんが嫁さんに息を吸ってためて吐き出してと指示。自分は嫁さんの左足を抱えながら陣痛が走る度に「PUSH」と叫びながら「１０、９、８．．．２、１」とカウント。徐々に赤ちゃんの髪の毛（黒）が見え隠れする。心の中で「赤ちゃんも頑張れ」と応援。安西先生も登場し、１時間後の午前５時０２分、ぽこんと首から上が出てきたかと思うとそれにつられて体もするぬるっと同時飛び出し「おぎゃ～」と第一声を耳にする。　安西先生からはさみを渡され、お医者さん２人が左右両方から引っ張り、ぴんと張ったへその緒をカット。あぁなるほどテープカットはここからきたのかなと感心する暇などは全くなく、あまりの感動に声が震え、涙声でその場のお医者さん、嫁さん、赤ちゃんに感謝の言葉を述べる。　嫁さんの胎盤を取り出し針で縫って落ち着いてから、墨で足型をとられて黒くなった足の娘を抱える。　感動。　指も目も耳も手も足も可愛いお口もへそもそして松野家の鼻（嫁さんと、嫁さんのお母さんはマツノノーズと呼んでいる）を立派に備えている。みんなついている。さらに感動！これからどんだけ感動を与えてくれるか想像するだけで感動してしまいながら、娘のファーストキスを奪う。

体重3130ｇ（６lb＆13oz）、身長48.3ｃｍ（19inch)　　予定日より１週間遅れていたので赤ちゃんが巨大化していないか心配だったけど普通サイズで安心。

誕生日：　２００９年、８月６日（木曜日）、午前５：０２

日本名：　松野　心花（こはな）
英語名：　Kohana Rose Matsuno

名前の由来
嫁さんは日本語名にこだわっておりました。
外国人でも発音できるような名前、響き、漢字の意味（外見だけでなく内面も美しくなるようにという願いを込めて）、画数（全部２重丸）
ミドルネームはファーストネームに合わせて意味と響きが重なるように嫁さんがつけました。

生まれる前はなぜか道行く知らない人にまで男の子だと言われ続けましたが、無事予定通り女の子が産まれ、母子ともに健康で本日退院予定です。

これからもよろしくお願いします！

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