Park Day...Finally!

We have finally gotten some good weather!! I have been waiting since March for the nice, sunny, warm spring weather that Osaka is known for! Today was the day and it is supposed to be nice and warm this whole week! Whoo hoo!!! We went to the park today for a picnic with Dana and her kids, Megan and Mykel, and Kumi! Preston was soooo good. All he did was eat and lay...my two favorite activities!


While we were there, JayLynn asked to hold Preston. This little boy is so curious about him....He loves holding him and asking questions about Preston. I think it is really cute and it is good for him. While he was holding Preston, he looked at me and said, "Michelle are you having another baby?" I said, "No, no I am not." He said, "Yes you are; I can see that it is right there in your stomach." He proceeds to touch my post-pregnancy roll that is hidden by my shirt showing that the baby is right there. I could not help but laugh and tell Dana what her child said to me. This is the same child who was disgusted when he found out the the baby wasn't wearing diapers or underwear, when he was "inside" of me. He could not believe that the baby just pooed and peed inside of me.

The Whole Group

Baby P

Kumi and Preston

Our old favorite restaurant...

We used to go to this sushi place all of the time, when we lived here a couple years ago...It is farther from our house now, so we don't go as often. This is a very standard way to eat sushi..It is called Kaiten Sushi, which means conveyor belt sushi. We had to take my mom here, just to experience it. Each plate of sushi is only 100 yen...It is sooo cheap!!!!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Mykel sang her favorite song to Preston!
And, if you are looking to get a easy to use video camera...GET THE FLIP....It is so easy!!!

It's Official...

1. We are coming home on the 8th of June. And, 2. we are taking a family vacation on our way home from here! It's a Happy Mother's Day, a Happy Father's Day, and a Happy Anniversary present.  We are going to Maui! The flight is booked! 3. Emily is coming to Japan!!! Whoop Whoop, can't wait!!!

Mr. P's many faces...

Mr. Circle Mouth

Mr. Circle Mouth with Tongue

Mr. Full Tongue

Mr. I'll Give You a Slight Smile

Mr. Tongue to the Side

Katie-This one is for you!!! I wonder who he gets this face from.....

Psycho Mom, I know... I am obsessed!

First and Last Poo Post...

So I know no one wants to read about baby bowel movements but it wouldn't be a Francis blog without out some talk about poo....Preston is a crazy pooer...He poos all of the time, everywhere, all over everything...We are getting new diapers because the ones we have right now do not stop his poo at all....Every night he poos through his clothes and it is annoying to change at 3am...The other night I woke up and changed him.  I was sooo happy because the diaper was just wet...No poo...I woke David up (I am sure he was annoyed) and said, "Oh my gosh, he didn't poo through his diaper tonight, YEEEAAAHHH!" As I said that, poo started spraying out into the clean diaper, all over the bed and shot out onto my leg...It was a mess; it was disgusting; it was 3am.....We don't have the pee-pee problem that most people have with boys...Ours is spraying poo.....

Also, yesterday it leaked out of his diaper, through his clothes, onto one of our pillows, onto my stretch pants, through them, to my underwear....It was bath time immediately for both of us....

All you can do is laugh.....Thank god babies are so darn cute!!!

First Doctor's Appointment...

Preston had his first doctor's appointment on Wednesday. He is exactly 3 weeks old. The doctor was very impressed with his weight gain. He weighs in at 9 lbs and is 21.5 inches long. He looks monstrous compared to the Japanese babies...Some of them looked like they had not grown, since they were born. We had to retire his first newborn outfit because his is just too long for it....His little legs can't kick all the way out, when he wears it.  He has jaundice, which is fairly common in breastfed babies. The doctor was not concerned at all; however, we do have a jaundice expert in the family, who keeps worrying about (all I will say is that it is not me). The only thing that was concerning at the appointment is that one of his blood results for the metabolic diseases screening was abnormal, so he had to get retested. We will have the results in 2 weeks....Obviously, this is very concerning, but we were told that false positives are very common, so we are remaining positive.

At the hospital, there were soooo many mothers and babies there...I left my house at 11:30 for my 12:30pm appointment and did not get home until 5:00pm...It took forever (socialized medicine but it only cost $10) and while I was waiting, no one fed their babies...It was so weird. Babies were crying everywhere and mothers and fathers were walking around with them but not feeding them. They had to be hungry! Thank god for my Hooter Hider....I use that thing all of the time.

On our way out

Preston undergoing treatment for his jaundice/sunbathing ;)