Amelie

Some photos I am proud of

2007-08-16T18:41:00.001+10:00

Kangaroos and Koalas

2007-08-16T18:27:00.000+10:00

Feeding Kangaroos at Lone Pine (very excited)
For those who remember Sachiko, she came to stay this month with her Mum.
Amelie as Hello Kitty!

Hi Folks!

Amelie is now trying to run. We've been battling sockness the last 3 weeks and I think we're finally at the end of it. yay!

Amelie is trying to talk more. She can say Mama and Dada, Ta, Baba (for grandmother) which she says whenever the computer is on, hoping to chat with Baba and Jiji on skype. She also says baba for bubble. i know the difference because bubble has a sign to go with it. and then there is Baa instead of Boo. she says that whenever something appears. for peek-a-boo or when her hand pops out of her sleeve or when she finds something that was hiding. cute.

yeah. all is well.

ps. Alena if you are reading this, could you get in contact with me? You too Meghan. Please.

Catch up

2007-05-29T18:01:00.000+10:00

Climbing into the picnic basket
on her favourite horse at the park
Amelie and her mama in their pyjamas

Hi! Sorry for the lack of contact. All is well, Amelie is walking, not yet talking but doing her best to communicate more and more everyday. Today she was trying to wink at her grandmother, but it was more like a snarling squint. She is doing more and more sign language to communicate with us. Her latest sign is 'baby' where she is meant to rock her imaginary baby but it looks more like she is crossing her arms, homey style.

She is full on and very energetic but a lot of fun to be with!!

Family pic.

2007-03-25T14:01:00.000+10:00

This is my Japanese family.

Going back to Oz

2007-03-25T13:46:00.000+10:00

Hi! We've had a great trip and Amelie has grown up a lot in the time we've been here. She can walk!!! Just a few steps but she's getting more and more confident. She isn't talking yet but making lots of 'da' 'ta' 'aya' noises and she gets her meaning across. She can also do the sign for milk with her hands and she can point to her nose, ears and head. Funny girl.

2007-02-22T10:27:00.000+10:00

Amelie is her father's daughter alright!
Playing Playstation
On the slide with Dad
Playing together with Uncle Rai-rai

Amelie in Tokyo

2007-02-22T10:16:00.000+10:00

Amelie's 1st birthday cake!
Showing everyone how she can clap her hands
Amelie's 1st trip to a Japanese playground with her new cart. Looks like her Uncle ben when he was a child

for ines to see the gate

2007-01-18T20:22:00.000+10:00

for ines!

Jan 15

2007-01-15T09:13:00.000+10:00

Thoughtful pause while she listens to the Gecko
Pulling faces at us through the window on Christmas Day
Getting excited at a photo of herself! This is her new way of showing she is excited/happy.

All is well here! Amelie is getting bigger and cheekier everyday! Right now she's looking at a book with her Dad. She was showing us this morning how she can put her (my) hat on when we say 'hat on!' and she takes it off when we say 'hat off'! So clever! (at least we think so.)
Yuki and I are making a photo album of her 1st year to take with us when we go and visit her Grandparents. She has grown so much!
She hasn't started walking on her own yet, but she gets around pretty quickly crawling and clinging onto whatever is closest. She is showing her teeth more. She doesnt just smile - she grins and pulls the funniest faces.
We're so interested to see what 2007 will bring us!

Long time no see! (ひさしぶり！）

2007-01-09T12:21:00.000+10:00

長い間にアメリの写真を入れなかった、すみません。今日アメリはすごい元気です。一人で遊びました。今寝ています。
Haven't written in a while, sorry all. Amelie is sleeping at the moment, so I can finally update! She just turned 11 months old!! YAY!

Australia Zoo!

2006-12-12T07:45:00.000+10:00

looking at elephants!
Baba feeding a kangaroo
Scary Camel!

Underwater World!

2006-12-12T07:34:00.000+10:00

In the tunnel!
Amelie loved looking at the fish!
Serious face while watching the Otter Show!

Baba comes to visit!

2006-12-12T07:21:00.000+10:00

Amelie and Baba at Noosa beach!
Joey's baby - Kirra Jay (1 day old in this photo)
meeting again at the airport!

beach babe!

2006-11-12T19:30:00.000+10:00

Oiiiieee!

Amelie's 1st trip to the beach!! She wore her sunglasses all afternoon! So cute!

November 12 update

2006-11-12T19:18:00.000+10:00

Just before 1st swimming lesson. She was a little bit "freaked out" (scary).
She wouldn't smile or look at me. All through the lesson she was so busy watching the other babies, that she didn't notice that she was swimming!

Lovely family shot! I think this is one of the 1st pictures of us all together. Amelie is showing how she can clap. She claps when she is excited and happy but also when she is mad and frustrated!

This is Charlotte Lily. She is now 5 months old. There is another photo of her on the blog when she was about 2 months old. Her family has just moved into the same street as us, so its great to have a friend as a neighbour! Charlotte may be 4 months younger than Amelie, but she is 500g heavier!! wow!!

Almost 9 months old!

2006-11-02T22:22:00.000+10:00

Big brown eyes!

Playing in the tunnel

Looking Funky! (Thanks Mari!)

Crawling into October

2006-10-03T08:14:00.000+10:00

crawling baby, here comes trouble!

2006-09-30T11:27:00.000+10:00

A blue tongue lizard that I almost ran over!

Amelie, restricted to the box to give us a break from crawling

Asleep!

Mei when she came to visit!

only photos

2006-09-18T19:37:00.000+10:00

We had a very lazy day hanging out with Joey. Amelie's crawling is getting pretty fast!

2006-09-17T19:17:00.000+10:00

its been a while!

2006-09-17T19:06:00.000+10:00

sorry I haven't written in ages. Today Amelie started moving forward! I wouldnt call it crawling, more sliding, or slithering or Army crawling, but she can now move and pretty fast too! Yay! hopefully it will be less frustrating for her! i promise to update more, soon!

Hanging out at home

2006-08-29T10:22:00.000+10:00

hi all! We've been fairly busy lately but we'll be taking it slow for a little while for both baby and my sake. Got my assignment to do this week. Amelie has been good! Not waking up so much - or not that I have noticed, Yuki's been helping me out more at night and at least I'm sleeping better. She only woke 3 times last night so thats a start. Yuki and I have been talking to Joey and thinking its about time that we start getting life into a bit more of a routine. Its a difficult thing to do because it means I have to be organised! and do things when Im supposed to instead of procrastinating. Anyhow we'll see how it goes!
Here's Amelie in the Jolly Jumper! she loves it!

Visiting

2006-08-27T11:21:00.000+10:00

Yesterday Amelie, Yuki and I went to Mei's house to play. Yuki's boss Koichi and Nami were there too with their son, Kosei who is almost 9 months old. Here's a photo of them playing. The other photo is Amelie sitting in the bassinette after a walk with Dad. Amelie is getting really good at sitting up. She can't crawl yet but can go backwards and is very good at roilling and angling herself so she gets around. Very quickly too!

cutie!

2006-08-23T20:57:00.000+10:00

Eating Dad's wallet!
Making not happy face

With Uncle Ben

We're Back!

2006-08-23T20:41:00.000+10:00

So sorry I haven't been blogging lately. We've been really busy and both Amelie and I have had a cold. Amelie wasn't so bad, mine is getting better now. So the Masaoka family is back on its feet and eager to get blogging!
So much has happened lately! Natsumi my host sister from Osaka came to stay for 6 days and it was good to see her again. I think she had fun this trip to Oz and enjoyed playing with Amelie.
I met Erika today, her baby Talita is looking bigger and so cute! It's amazing how small a baby is when its new.
Joey's belly is getting bigger and we're all looking forward to her baby being born too! Its due in November, so we have a while to wait.
Uni is going well, I havent missed a lecture so far! My first assignment is coming up so I better get on with it but it has been good to have something completely removed from babies to concentrate on.
Amelie hasnt been sleeping very well for the last 2-3 weeks (part of the reason why I got sick I think) and so we're trying to figure out the possible reasons for that. It could be teeth, introducing food to earlier, not introducing enough food, change in behaviour or sleep patterns... so many things - so we're trying to cross them off the list one by one. We'll get to the bottom of it though!
Anyway, will write again soon. Here's so more pics!

Tokyo Stars

2006-08-09T09:35:00.000+10:00

I thought it was time to show everyone photos of Baba and Jiji in Japan. Baba is coming to visit in November and we all can't wait! The other photo is from Melissa's house last week. Amelie was checking out the xylophone with great interest! It won't be long before she can crawl. Even now she is starting to go backwards and getting frustrated that she can't move.

Star of the show!

2006-08-08T09:19:00.000+10:00

Amelie and Dada
Enjoying first feed of food!

Wanting more the next day! Yum!!

Playgroup

2006-08-06T18:01:00.010+10:00

This is James and Mizuho
And this is the chubbiest baby I've seen so far, Kyra.

Sorry we've been a bit absent this week. On Wednesday Amelie and I went to visit Melissa and she had also invited some other mothers over. There were children and mothers everywhere! I already knew a Japanese lady named Mizuho and her baby James. There was another Japanese lady there called Nao with 2 of her 3 children - Kai and Kyra. Very cute.

On Friday Alex, Mei, Amelie and I went to Japanese playgroup at Wooloowin State School. There were so many Japanese mothers & it was a little intimidating but they were friendly and it will be good practise for my Japanese and Amelie. We're going next week too.

Other big news is that yesterday Amelie ate her first food!! It was baby rice cereal (crushed up rice mixed with breast milk)! She loved it and was very eager to have some more today! We were very surprised at how much she seemed to enjoy it. Yuki is very pleased because finally he'll get the chance to feed Amelie more than just the odd bottle. Yay!

just some photos

2006-07-30T16:35:00.000+10:00

Ines and Romy
Talking to Baba

Asleep in the car

More Visiting!

2006-07-30T16:24:00.000+10:00

Charlotte Lily! She is almost 8 weeks old. So happy in her rocker!
Madeline and Amelie

Hi! On Friday Amelie, Grandmother & I went and visited Madeline and Charlotte Lily. What a lovely baby! and so much hair!! She gets it blow dried at night time!! Madeline looks well and she is enjoying motherhood!

Today Joey and I went to a baby market. So many bargains to be had. There is no reason to buy brand new baby stuff when so many people are trying to get rid of it! We had lots of fun and bought some books and swimmers and toys! Everyone was commenting on how happy Amelie is! She just loves going out!!

When Rochelle is away.

2006-07-27T21:50:00.000+10:00

Look!! She got teeth!! No, she is not mutant.
Yes, she is a real Queenslander.
Wow, She looks like she had a bad day. Amelie, I can see you're angry. calm down.
Can you introduce me? Um. Is she ok??

Hi everyone!This is Yuki. I know everyone believes Amelie is quiet, clever, and a good girl. Yes. That's very true. But, sometimes when I spend time with her, I see the real Amelie. yeah, yeah, she has Yuki's genetics. yes. exactly "release your sillyness and come to the funny side."

P.S. people, I'm just being silly. Half photo was taken by Roch!! trust me! I'm not the only silly one!!

Some good pics!

2006-07-27T21:08:00.000+10:00

Not much else is different from last week but we took some lovely photos of the babe!
Oh! One event of the week was Yuki and I celebrated our 1 year marriage anniversary! What a big year it has been!!!

In the 1st photo, Amelie is holding onto Ruby Red Shoes - a very cool rabbit.
The middle photo is Amelie grinning in the sheepskin rug in the lounge. The last photo is Amelie in her sleeping bag - we call it the cocoon!

Welcome Talita!

2006-07-27T20:54:00.000+10:00

On Wednesday Mum, Amelie and I went to visit Erika and Adam and their new new new tiny baby Talita. She is so small and sweet - very well behaved and the spitting image of her father! She was born last Friday at 8:30pm. 6.2 pound and 46cm long. She really is a tiny little baby!!

2006-07-25T10:19:00.000+10:00

Been very busy! Saturday we planned to go too the Samford show but it was cold and miserable so we headed straight for mum and dads. We took Joey with us and it was lovely to have a weekend away!
Visited Penny and the Appleby's on the way home! It was great to see them all again and Penny sounds like she's enjoying her new job enormously!!
Yesterday was Amelie and I's first day of Uni - Oh! Shes so intelligent! Mum came with us to UQ. I had my first lecture - and it looks like its going to be a really interesting subject! Rhetoric!
Mum will look after Amelie on Mondays for me while I finish the last subject of my Arts degree. We had pizza and caught up with a few people and twas a lovely day out!
Today I intend to clean the place up a bit! Have been too busy socialising and the house is a bit neglected! Thats the plan anyway, not sure how long it will last!
Oh! and exciting news! Erika had a little (6.2 pound!) baby girl on Friday night! Mother and baby are doing well from all accounts! Cant wait to see little Talita!!

These pics are Amelie after a bath in the cute towel from Baba in Japan! and Joey, Mum and I checking if Amelie has any teeth while she was asleep in the Genki house sling!

exercise class and visit

2006-07-21T17:19:00.000+10:00

Went to my class esterday. here's us on the ball.

Then we went to visit Alex and Mei. Arent they lovely?!

And Joey singing to Amelie today.

living doll

2006-07-20T09:59:00.000+10:00

Just about to run off to my exercise class! Thought i'd post these photos. tell ya more later!

catch up!

2006-07-18T17:18:00.000+10:00

Woah! I'm behind with my posts! On Saturday after visiting Yoshi we went to Mum and Dads mountain retreat. The grandparents were of course very happy to see the granddaughter. Some lovely pics. look at those eyes!
Yuki, Amelie and I then went shopping and we finally bought a decent rice cooker! yay!! Monday Yuki went to TAFE and I stayed at home and pretended to be a good housewife.　Today I went out with Erika to Carindale. Very brave woman! She's 3 days overdue and still keen to shop! But I'm glad she took me with her. Not much more really. Amelie is asleep at the moment. She didn't have a midday nap so I fed her to sleep, or she'll get over tired!!

Bushwalking

2006-07-15T09:33:00.000+10:00

This morning Yuki, Baby and I went for a walk in the bush in front of our home. It rained half way through so we had to come back. Amelie loves going out in the baby carrier! Right now she is swinging in the chair while Yuki researches the birds that we saw this morning on our walk.

Once we get ready we're going to visit Yuki's workmate Yoshinori. Then we'll go up the mountain to see Ma and Pa - and Busta!

Friday

2006-07-15T09:19:00.000+10:00

On Friday I hung out with Joey all day. Finally I have a photo of her for you all to see! She is 5 months pregnant and her belly is starting to stick out and she is beginning to feel the baby moving!! So exciting!
She lent Amelie her swing chair that she got for her bubba. But since her baby isnt even born, she thought Amelie could use the chair in the mean time. Amelie was in it yesterday morning and fell asleep.
At about midday Joey and I went to visit her cousin who lives in the house at the back of ours. She has a 3 month old little boy who has the bluest eyes ever! So it really is baby central here on Tranters Ave! The baby's mother Anita is very nice. She is half Swedish and so she is teaching her baby to speak Swedish! Wow!

Social Gatherings

2006-07-13T19:30:00.000+10:00

Yesterday Amelie and I went and met Sandra and Sarah at Carindale! We had a lot of fun talking and talking about everything! It was so good they could come and meet us!
Then Amelie and I rushed off to South bank to pick up Dad after his first day of TAFE. Sounds like it is going well so far!

Today (Thursday) I had my gym class - movers and shapers! We exercised ourselves silly while the babies sat (or lay as the case may be) down and watched us! Ines and Romy were there too! Then after class I went and saw Alex and Mei Watanabe. Alex's husband Yoshinori works at the same Japanese company with Yuki. Their baby Mei is about 13 months old and is so clever and cute! It is amazing the amount of things she knows and picks up on!
We've just had dinner and Yuki has put Amelie to bed for a nap...

We went to Erika's house!

2006-07-12T10:27:00.000+10:00

Yesterday Amelie and I went to visit Erika. She looks so good and seems very confident & positive about the upcoming event. We saw Adam too who tried really hard to make Amelie smile but she was tired and didn't really want to be happy. The sunset witching hour had begun. But it was great to see them both and I can't wait to see the new addition to their family when it arrives!
Also, Uncle Ben came to visit! Had a play with baby and stayed the night. Here's a photo of Ben and Amelie and Adam & Erika.
Today we're going to Carindale to meet Sandra and Sarah. They havent't met Amelie yet. She's wearing the lovely suit that Sarah gave her. What a spoilt baby! I'll post pics either this afternoon or tomorrow.

All is fine!

2006-07-11T10:21:00.000+10:00

Yuki, Amelie and I went to the doctors yesterday and Amelie is fine. She had a cold in her nose and so couldnt breathe so well at night - hence the non-stop crying. But she slept really well last night and Yuki and I are feeling human again. She really is such a good baby.
I dropped Yuki at work today because I'm going to see Erika. She is very pregnant - due Saturday and I really wanted to see her before the baby is born. Plus I know what it is like to be at home pregnant with not much to do but wait.
Amelie is sleeping at the moment. She's a darling!
This is Amelie sitting up on her own. She can't hold it for very long but she is pretty proud of herself!

昨日由宇起と雨理と病院に行きました。雨理は大丈夫です。風邪引いただけです。夜にいっぱい泣いてたけど夕べは良い子でした。
今日エリカと言う友達の家に行きます。エリカは妊娠で予定は今週の土曜日です。私も待ってる気持ちを覚えています。
今雨理は寝ています。かわいいね！
この写真は座っている雨理です！一人で出来ないけど。

Picnic by the river

2006-07-10T10:14:00.000+10:00

Wow! what a busy weekend! On Saturday Joey babysat Amelie and Yuki and I went to the movies!! Yay! We saw Pirates of the Carribean. It was great but we both didn't understand what happened. Oh well, we had fun!
Sunday, Alena and I had a picnic by the river at West End. It was lovely and we could catch up heaps before she is taken away to Sydney. Here's a pic of Amelie and Alena. She says I'm her oldest and youngest friend! We've known each other since we were 8. So she's pretty much family.
Amelie has been waking up so much in the night we're worried something is wrong with her, so we're taking her to the nurse today - just to check. Mum thinks it is either teething or wind - and i think she's right.

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Dinner with Ines and Joey

2006-07-06T17:15:00.000+10:00

Today I went to exercise class and then my friend Ines came home with me. Yuki is making tempura for dinner and Joey is here too. We're all talking babies.

2006-07-05T10:27:00.000+10:00

Today we are off to Centrelink!! Yay! Just discovered I've been making some big mistakes and they owe us money! So I'm going to get it all sorted out. But the stupid place has no toilets and you usually wait for over an hour - which is lots of fun with a baby. Imagine with a toddler who is being toilet trained. Its so stupid! Anyhow, the baby is asleep now and after her next feed we'll go!
If I still have energy afterwards I'll go and visit Melissa who has 3 lovely children. The youngest is 9 months and he's crawling about everywhere. Its always nice to go and see them all.
The photo is Amelie having a look at Busta. Busta is jealous and pretending not to notice...

Tuesday

2006-07-04T11:12:00.000+10:00

I have modified the comments so now anyone can comment. Thanks for signing up to do so Meghan!
Not much happening today. I'm at home because Yuki has the car. We might go for a walk later. Keen to get some exercise. Amelie was asleep but has since woken and is just chilling in her cot.
I'll update later.
Here's Yuki with Amelie on the weekend when we went up to Mum and Dad's house. Do they look alike?

Out & About

2006-07-03T10:51:00.000+10:00

Lately we've discovered that Amelie likes going out and having a good look around. We have a great Baby Bjorn that was given to us by a lovely lady named Kim who has since moved to Mozambique.
Yesterday we went to the pregnancy, baby and kids expo with Joey our next door neighbour who is 5 months pregnant. There wasn't much to see but Amelie enjoyed being out!
This photo is a bit blurry so I'll make it small. This is Amelie and I last week on a trip down the driveway & back.

2006-07-03T10:31:00.000+10:00

Hello! now that the computer is co-operating I can post some photos! Here's 2 of our very happy baby! She loves the camera and is always posing.
Very cute!
日本語で書きます！パソコンがやっと直りました。だから写真が見れます。２つのとても幸せな赤ちゃんの写真です。雨理はカメラが好きでいつもポーズします。白いカディガンはとてもかわいいですね！

2006-06-30T12:44:00.000+10:00

Welcome!
Amelie was born on February 7, 2006. We are very very happy with our delightful baby and hope you can share in her progress with us!
Amelie is 5 months old next week. She is a very healthy 6.8kgs at last check and she can now roll over. When our computers are up and running better, I'll upload some photos.

Love to all!

Rochelle, Yuki and Amelie!