Our one year anniversary! April 28, 2010

It's so hard to believe it's already been one year since we brought Mika home and we became a new family! We celebrated our one year anniversary on April 28th by taking a trip to Tokyo Disney. It was so much fun to see Mika's reaction to everything, and to see Max explain all about Disneyland to her.
David and I also celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary in April, so it
was a double celebration family trip. Disneyland was deserted for the first three days we were there. If you look thru the window behind Max, you can see how empty the parking lot was. We were riding the Disney monorail and it felt like we had the park to ourselves.....then on the fourth day, the Japanese holiday "golden week" started. It was absolutely crazy and packed with people. Luckily, that was the day we went home to Okinawa, so our timing was perfect!

Max and Mika rode Dumbo first! She loved it.

Mika put the flower napkin ring on her head!

We went to a polynesian dinner show.











Max got called on stage to dance. It was hysterical!!

Mika met Cinderella and was speechless......for a moment.

She told Cinderella, "Cinderella is Mika favorite."

Max rode the Star Wars ride by himself and we waited for him at the exit. Mika was very excited to see him!

We enjoyed seeing the electric light parade.

This was the view from our hotel room on the fourth day when Golden Week started. People were running into the park!

We stayed at the Disney Sea hotel. We had a "triple room" wth three beds. I love this room! We could see the monorail from our room.

Mika watched a Disney movie in the lobby while we checked out. She's 3rd from the left.

Time to go home......

Look at the bicycle parking lot! Alot of people in Tokyo ride bikes.

We bought this Cinderella doll for Mika at the Disney store and surprised her when we got home. She was VERY surprised.

Happy Easter April 4, 2010

We celebrated our first Easter with Mika this year! We had so much fun coloring Easter eggs and trying to explain to her what we were doing. The phrase of the day was "WHAT'S THAT?" She's a very curious child and always has lots of questions. Unfortunately, it poured down rain all day, so we weren't able to join in the big Easter egg hunt at church. We improvised though and ran outside to hide eggs for her as soon as the rain stopped later in the afternoon for a few minutes. She hates the rain and will NOT walk outside if it's even sprinkling. David and I are convinced that she was left out in the rain at some point when ahe was little because she absolutely hates getting wet and will even cry if it sprinkles on her. We've learned to always have an umbrella in the diaper bag, just in case we need it.
Max did a wonderful job helping her color eggs and then look for them and place them in her basket. They both had lots of fun. It was a very happy day.

11 month anniversary and Mika's checkup with the doctor. March 28, 2010

We celebrated our 11 month anniversary today. We can't believe it will soon be one year since we brought Mika home!!! It's so amazing.
It's been a very busy month for us....David had surgery on his shoulder, we celebrated our anniversary with Mika, and we also took her to visit the pediatrician. We will have our last post placement visit with the Social Worker in April, so it was time for her to see the Pediatrician for a checkup. She likes her doctor, so we're thankful for that.

Our new house.....we're finally settled.

We moved into the new house on Kadena last month, but we just got everything unpacked and settled. We LOVE the new house! It's in a great neighborhood and is convenient to lots of shops and restaurants.

We lived on this base the last time we were stationed here in 2000, so we feel at home here. Max and Mika love the new house too, so we're all happy.

We also celebrated our "Happy Family Day-10 months" last month.