Feb. 28. 3 months in a few hours!

Maya will be 3 months old in a couple of hours.

She is now ready for a bigger and better bed.

We went to IKEA to get a crib last weekend.

Thank you, Zhenya and Matt for the mattress.

Thank you, Andrew and Saurabh for the mobile. 

We're all set for Maya to grow out from the small co-sleeper.

あと一時間で３ヶ月目に入る真弥ちゃん。

とうとうベビーベッドの準備が整いました。

今晩から新しいおっきなベッドで寝てみることに。

She got a cool mobile from Toli's co-workers.
It not only plays music but also projects images on the canopy.
She is fascinated.

The bed is big enough for 5 more babies!
こう寝かすとあと５人は入れるね。

She is ready to invite boys over.
She got pretty cute smile.....  sigh

I ♡ MUSIC

This is how I go to sleep.

Ready for bed.

寝る準備完了。

恵子おばちゃん、チェブラーシカのソックス届いたよ。

ありがと。

今日はもう足閉まっちゃったから、明日履いてみるねー　：）

Thanks for the Chebrashka socks, Auntie Keiko.

Feb. 26. 復習

今日お友達のおうちでプレイマットに寝っ転がらせてもらいました。

手の届く高さにおもちゃを下げるともう遊べる事を発見。

うちに帰ってから真弥のマットで早速復習。

なぜか恐る恐るそーっと。。。。

Feb.26. Visiting Friends' Play Gym

nap time お昼寝

Feb. 23. Майя и медведи

You know.... the usual her cuteness.....

Feb. 24. Extreme Strollering

We visited Scott, Marni, Fletch and their 11 days old baby, Ford.

On the way there, we went to explore another spot for a good view of the city.
As we were parking on the street at the little trail entrance, I saw a young mom running down the trail with her stroller.
"Looks like we can bring Maya in a stroller.  She's sleeping so let's do that."...... I said.

Turns out, the view from the hill top was beautiful but the trail was not at all stroller friendly.
The mom I saw must be doing this everyday with previous knowledge of the trail.

サンフランシスコ界隈の絶景ポイントを探すのが好きな私たち。先週末も友人宅へ向かう途中「あの丘からの景色はどんなもんだろう？」とちらっと登ってみることに。
丘の上に続く散歩道のふもとに車を停めていたところ、ベビーカーを押してその坂を駆け下りて来るママが見えたので、私、軽い気持ちで「ベビーカーでも行けるみたいだよ。真弥寝てるし、このまま寝かしてベビーカーで行こうか。」

あのママがどうやってここをベビーカーを押して登って降りて来たのかわからないけれど、山の散歩道によくある木の階段やらゴトゴトの岩が張りでた道やらで、えれーこっちゃ。ベビーカーを担いで登る頑固な父親と、そのベビーカーの中で眠り続けるこれまた頑固な子供。そしてそれを見て「よくやるなぁ〜」と笑う無責任な言い出しっぺの私。

てっぺんからの景色は最高でした　：）

Waiting for her passport. USパスポート申請中

Maya has her first flight scheduled to go visit Babushka and Dedushka 

in St. Louis in two weeks.

She will meet many of her Papa's side family include her great-grandfather 

who Mama cannot stop telling her about.

Then in October, she will fly all the way to Japan to see Mama's family.

We applied for her US passport and it's in the process.

To take her passport photo, Mama tried to follow these requirements 

very carefully....

• Paper Photo Head Size Template

  
  
  • Photo must be 2 inches by 2 inches
  • The height of the head (top of hair to bottom of chin) should measure 1 inch to 1 3/8 inches (25 mm - 35 mm)
  • Make sure the eye height is between 1 1/8 inches to 1 3/8 inches (28 mm – 35 mm) from the bottom of the photo

Well Composed Photo Composition Examples

I think it turned out way better than those examples....

3 chosen photos among 100s others.