He can walk!!!

I can't believe it! My baby can walk! Sure he only took like three steps before falling but it's a start. Hubby stood him up and let go and he walked (okay, waddled) to me. It was the most adorable thing ever! We worked with him throughout the day and he's gotten much better. Hopefully in a few weeks he'll be waddling around fairly well. I know most people will tell you that you don't want your kid to be able to walk that they'll cause all sorts of trouble walking. Well, I don't care. I don't see how he'll cause any more problems than what he's already managed to do. I've been waiting for this day since he was born. Maybe because I know that with him walking I'll never be bored again. So, once again.... My baby can walk!!!

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I couldn't stop laughing when I read this!!!

Cynical Santa

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

You Can't Take Me Anywhere!

Sunday we took a tour into Tokyo that consisted of brunch at the New Sanno (yummy!) and then to the Hagoita Festival in Asakusa. Basically it's a bunch of booths selling decorated Japanese badminton paddles as New Year decorations.

While we were there Crazy made a bunch of friends and had his picture taken more times by strangers than by us.

Overall we had a good time until the bus ride back. I have a tendency to get carsick when I get even the littlest bit warm. Well, you guessed it, the bus was warm. So I'm praying that I can make it home without throwing up when I hear Hubby go, "Uh oh, that's not good." Crazy's diaper leaked and it wasn't pretty. Hubby was holding him in his lap and watched it soak through his clothes. I made it to our van but made the mistake of trying to put Crazy in his car seat. WOW!!!! He smelled sooo horrible that I almost vomited right there. Luckily I made it into the house before throwing up. You know what the worst part was though? As I'm heaving my guts out Hubby's standing next to me holding Crazy who is LAUGHING at me, I mean full belly LAUGHING!!! I, of course was the only one who did not find it funny. I was the one laughing a few minutes later though when we were changing Crazy and found out he had a terrible case of diarrhea, because Hubby was left to deal with that while I played the sick card.

Monday morning found us hitting the road for Yokosuka for my catscan appointment. That's right, I finally went! Basically I had to lie on a table with my head in a snug brace while the table moved back and forth inside a enormous blue doughnut. So I was hungry when I went to the appointment, but it did resemble one. The technician let me look at the pictures of my brain afterward. It was confirmed folks, I have a large genius brain, no doubt about it! Seriously though, my doctor hasn't contacted me about the scan which is a good thing, no news is good news in this case.

After my head checkup we drove into Tokyo to the New Sanno. We had a room for the night, a babysitter, and dinner reservations at Legato's. We arrived at the restaurant without getting lost, were given a great booth (crushed velvet, can't beat that), and ordered drinks. That's where it all went downhill. I started getting hot and nauseous. As soon as the food arrived at the table I was headed to the bathroom to get some fresh air, leaving Hubby to get the check and my dinner wrapped up to go. As soon as we explained to the kind Japanese waiter that nothing was wrong with the food or service I was just sick, we headed back to the hotel. I made it to the first train station before I smelled fish which sent me over the edge. Next thing I know Hubby's running to buy us train tickets so I can throw up in a bathroom (we couldn't find one outside of the train station). I had to wait in line to throw up, how dignified right? Well that all went out the window when I found myself vomiting into a Japanese toilet. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's basically a urinal they put into the ground. There is no dignified way to vomit into a Japanese toilet. Hubby had to drag me onto the trains and through the different stations. We finally made it to our last stop and had just emerged from the station when I'm rushing to the edge of the building to vomit again. That's right, I was throwing up next to a building dressed in a nice dress and the sexiest heels you've ever seen. Just when you think things can't get any worse we realize that I picked a spot 6ft away from a construction crew to heave my guts up. Hubby had to stand next to me to block their view. Leave it to the Japanese to be hard at work at 9pm. The rest of the night was spent in the hotel room vomiting every hour or two. We packed up and left first thing the next morning only to arrive just in time for Hubby to get sick. How unlucky are we?

Since today is Thursday we're both much better. The bug that we had has apparently passed. We've decided that we're not cut out for the New Sanno since that wasn't the first time we've spent an "unforgettable" night there. Although the last time consisted of Crazy screaming at the top of his lungs for 3 hours and us checking out in the middle of the night so we could catch the last train of the night. I think Hubby said it best, "Honey, I just can't take you anywhere!"

On the naughty list

Hubby came home today! Yay! He flew in right before the children's Christmas party. Which was great because that meant he got to be the one who waited in line with Crazy to see Santa. Crazy does not like Santa. This is his second time meeting the jolly ol' St. Nick. It didn't go very well at all.

See what I mean?

Poor kid... I however thought it was pretty funny. But we all know that I'm not exactly up for mother of the year, now am I?

Snow monkeys!

Last night I was emailed the upcoming tour schedule. I almost fell out of my chair when I saw the Nagano Snow Monkey tour listed. I'm heading over there this afternoon to reserve my spot to see some monkeys. Hubby and I have been talking about going to Nagano for quite a while now. When I emailed him the good news last night he was less than thrilled. Apparently we have a baby! Who knew? Well come to find out we would have a terrible time on such a long trip with a baby. Screw that!!! I'm going to see some damn snow monkeys!!!! Crazy will love the monkeys. He loves the cats, and monkeys look remotely similar, at least to a baby. They're both hairy and have long tails, right? I've realized that Hubby's problem is that he doesn't spend enough time at home. He's always gone on the ship so he doesn't understand that Crazy is just a little person. All ya got to do it give him a bunch of food and some toys and he'll be fine. Once we're all enjoying the snow monkeys Hubby will realize, once again, that I do know what I'm talking about.

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