Kokochi

my cupie doll

I was reading Cherry Blossom Adventures the other day, and found a perfect picture of Cupie Doll. See the resemblance of the faux-hawk and thunder thighs (as Katia aptly coined them)?
Speaking of Tesla's faux-hawk, we decided to take advantage of her fabulous asset and create a fun punk Holiday "family picture." I won't post the final photoshopped version to keep it a surprise, but you can see Tes here with her true mohawk. See our punkshirts too?

a few Tesla tidbits

Yes, Tesla is still growing like a weed. Even for us, we really can see her change everyday...more interaction, more babbling, better coordination. I can almost imagine her as a little girl. Here she is up against Katsuo. She's just beginning to beat him in size, and remember how small she used to be? She's gonna be a terror to them soon! The other pictures show her in a sweater I brought back from Japan. I went through some old boxes of mine containing favorite stuffed animals, etc. One of my bears was wearing this grey sweater. Ian and I used to wear it when we were babies. It's so weird to remember dressing my bear in it, and now my daughter has it on! p.s. Tesla can now roll from tummy to back, and back to tummy. I just watched her roll over and over and over, about 3 feet across the living room!

First skirt

She's a big girl now!

Spofford or Ross?

Back in June of 2005, I posted a picture to the Guess Where SF pool on flickr. It was of a tiny alley in Chinatown. Folks guessed its location, but I somehow completely missed confirming the answer. Then recently, I got a new comment that said, "Kokochi will never answer this one anyway." Oops! But by then I realized I no longer remembered...so this morning Dav and I went to Chinatown for Dim Sum, and checked out both Spofford (1st pic) and Ross (2nd pic). So Ross is the correct answer. : )

Dim sum breakfast

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Calling for Tokyo Santas

If you're in Tokyo, and are so inclined, I highly urge you to participate in this. Last year I was pregnant so had a sober Santarchy. It was still quite the event and totally fun. Let go and celebrate! Tokyo really needs this, so participate: "No spectator, YOU ARE GOD!!!!"

early evening cuteness

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[the video is on night mode so when Tes moves, she gets a big blurry...]

Turkey

We went to our neighbors Michelle and Jeremy's for Thanksgiving. It's so nice to hang out close to home. I made appetizers, and we just had to carry those a few houses uphill with Tes, and we were ready! Tes didn't want to sleep for quite some time. When she finally dozed off, I put her in Sophia's playroom to sleep. What I didn't know was that the room gets quite chilly. I checked in on Tes, but didn't touch her. When she woke up around midnight and started crying, and I finally picked her up, she was chilled cold!! I felt SO bad, and immediately bundled her in my arms and brought her into the living room where we all were. Poor thing... Other than that, dinner was excellent. I'm kinda getting used to this Thanksgiving thing. I wouldn't mind if I didn't sit down to such a meal since I didn't really grow up with it, but the warmth of sharing a traditional meal like that is rubbing off on me. For every holiday that goes by, I wonder what kind of traditions Dav and I will celebrate with Tesla. We aren't into holidays just because they are holidays, although we always appreicate the day off. We don't care much for Christmas for example. But with Tesla, she won't want to be left out. So what will we do for her? I couldn't help myself and already bought cheesy ornaments to make one of our indoor plants festive this year. I found a chubby snowman that reminded me of Tesla, so he's dangling for the upcoming season. I really wanted some decor for her. Birthdays are nice. But what about say the whole tooth fairy tradition? I didn't have that since kids throw lost teeth over the roof in Japan, and there's no gift from the fairy. I'm sure we'll figure it out, but maybe we'll mix some regular holidays/traditions with our own made up ones. p.s. that isn't a fire on the dining table. It's just some candles but taken with my camphone's night mode : )

OK, back to babies

I just had to upload all these photos of Tes lined up with her second cousins. There have been 4 babies in the Callaghan family this past year. The oldest had a flu and couldn't come to this past Sunday's gathering. So Tesla was the oldest and BIGest. She could easily roll over Aidan who is just 1 month old. She got held by all her great-aunties and uncles. Of course, we HAD to line them all up and get pictures even though the babies couldn't care less. It was quite a hilarious scene.

Laughing Squid Decade 2 party

So, as you can see from the previous 2 posts, we successfully went out on Saturday and had a blast. I finally have a few pictures that aren't about Tesla and are taken past midnight! I unfortunately caught a slight cold thereafter so am uploading late (perhaps I had too much fun?). More pics of the party are here. I am so proud of Tesla. Apparently, she didn't cry a bit. The babysitter was a very experienced lady who works at the day care place where our neighbor's daughter goes to. So we shard the babysitter and went on a fun double date. I fully expected to be called back before midnight, but gradually I was convinced Tesla must be snoozing away, so I thoroughly enjoyed myself. T'was fun to finally dust off our old party clothes. Nice to have friends see us and say, "hey, Dav and Mie are back!" Tesla, thank you so much. You are the best baby ever!! And thank you to Michelle and Jeremy for setting it all up!