Christmas Eve 2007 Quiet..I think I hear someone in the Living room eating cookies!

Surprise! We're Pregnant! After a long night of opening presents we opened the biggest present of all, in the smallest of packages. Michael and Marsha gave us all small boxes to open up at the same time. Mutually puzzled, we all pulled out of the box a small baby bottle with a rolled up little picture inside. It was an ultrasound photo of a future baby Scimo! What fantastic news and what a great way to culminate Christmas Eve! I think the photos capture the moment best.

Gonna need lots of these soon!

Maisey Mae on her Lello Kitty cell phone she got from Santa too cute.....

Future Mother with her Nephew and future playmate for him

Knyte at 4 months

Knyte is now 4 months and he is huge in my opinion. He is 27 in long and 15 pounds 12 oz. Here are a few very cute photos we have taken of him recently.

Madilyns First Haircut

Today the 7th day of February 2008 Miss Madilyn got her haircut. She was OHHHHH so excited and was so very still for Keiko San who cuts my hair as well. She now has an undercut bob haircut, and she is oh so very very cute. It swings as she does when she walks and skips. When she trwirls she loves how it feels on her cheeks. I love it and wish i would have done it months ago. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I do.

Christmas 2007 and the Polar Express

Surprise from Uncle Michael and Aunt Marsha! After a short drive through the San Fernando Valley, we arrived in Fillmore CA and boarded the Polar Express! We rode the train north on an old original line that ran from San Francisco to Los Angeles in the 1800's. Along the way the Troop and Omi enjoyed chocolate milk and cookies, sang Christmas carols and got a visit from the Big Man, White Beard himself! After the choo choo took us through orange, lime and lemon orchards we arrived at a Christmas tree orchard, grabbed a hand saw and hit the rows. Once Uncle Michael and the boys found a good one they commenced to sawing that bad boy down. We dragged it back to the train, loaded it up on a flatbead in between the caboose and passenger cars and after some rollicking in some bails of hay we loaded up and headed back to Fillmore. We stuffed the tree into the other Polar Express (sprinter van) and headed back to the Scimo Chalet. More to follow.

Christmas 2007 cont

We arrived at Uncle Michael and Aunt Marsha's home in Brentwood, where the Troop was treated to a view of an incredible house with a gigantic Birch tree out front. Painstakingly wrapped in white lights by Uncle Michael himself...with a little help from Santa. There we had several nights at the Scimo Casa where we were enjoyed an Advent evening and some relaxing time out on their Loja (outdoor patio complete with fireplace?). During the mornings the boys and Madi (disheveled) would have oatmeal at the kitchen bar then play out back in the yard/garden/orange-lime orchard/barbecue oasis. More to follow. 

Christmas 2007

I know it is already February, but we have alot of pictures from our travels and vacation in Southern California. It took us quite awhile to sort through everything, but I think you'll find it was worth the wait. Our journey started on 19 Dec from Naha Airport here on Okinawa. Where we caught the "Pokemon Express" to Tokyo. It's one of several Al Nippon Airline planes painted like the famed cartoon creatures. The Troop absolutely loved it, Nikolas in particular. Once in Tokyo we took a bus on a 2 hr. ride through the city from one huge airport to the other. Then we boarded our UA flight bound for Los Angeles USA, where Logi found several unique methods for sleeping comfortably in economy seats. Mama and Dada had packed several fun activities in their backpacks for the trip so they had plenty to do on the 9-10 hr flight. Note: Anne and I noticed a distinct difference in service from the Japanese flight attendants to the American ones. We were very happy to arrive in LA and get off the plane, where the Troop was greeted by Omi and Uncle Michael and the largest Sprinter van on the west coast (aka Polar Express). After throwing our bags into its cavernous back cabin the Troop was loaded up in car seats and treated to the movie "Polar Express" on the 17" screen complete with cordless headphones! Off to Uncle Michael and Aunt Marsha's house in Brentwood where Santa will have to figure out which of the three chimneys to come down!