Welcome Grandma Woodworth, Aunt Lydia, and Grandpa Arthur!
We're so glad to welcome our families to Japan and share our home and our new baby with them!! We've had a busy but very enjoyable week of traveling to various sights around the Tokyo area as well as lots of feedings, diaper changes, and naps. My mom and sister arrived last Thursday and Josh's dad arrived on Sunday. 
Since then we've gotten to walk around our neighborhood and go to several parks, see the surrounding area of Yokosuka, visit shrines and the big Buddha in Kamakura, drive to Hakone National Park to see Mt. Fuji and the surrounding area, spend the night in Tokyo and see several of big attractions there, have a tour of one of Josh's ships as well as explore the cave where he works. (Wow...that was tiring just to type all of that...no wonder I'm a little worn out!!) 
We actually caught our best view of Mt. Fuji at the very beginning of our 2 hour drive to Hakone - once we got to the Nat'l Park we ended up being stuck in a cloud for the entire day. We even took a cable car to the top of one of the peaks and it ended up being crazy windy and so foggy that we could only see a few feet in front of ourselves.
We're feeling blessed to have such a cheery and amiable baby - she lets us know when she's hungry, takes super naps, and is quite pleasant the rest of the time! :) Everyone seems to be enjoying watching and holding her (and Lydia has taken over most of the diaper changing responsibilities) so we're enjoying that too! (I'm actually a little embarrassed about how few diapers I've changed in the last few weeks!)
In other news: Elise lost her umbilical cord and got her first official bath. She's also managed to gain a second chin and her cheeks are even pudgier than when she was born!!
We're looking forward to having my other sister, Hannah, arrive on Monday! We do wish that all of our families and friends could be here to share this fun time with us...hopefully Christmas won't seem too far away!
Since then we've gotten to walk around our neighborhood and go to several parks, see the surrounding area of Yokosuka, visit shrines and the big Buddha in Kamakura, drive to Hakone National Park to see Mt. Fuji and the surrounding area, spend the night in Tokyo and see several of big attractions there, have a tour of one of Josh's ships as well as explore the cave where he works. (Wow...that was tiring just to type all of that...no wonder I'm a little worn out!!) 
We actually caught our best view of Mt. Fuji at the very beginning of our 2 hour drive to Hakone - once we got to the Nat'l Park we ended up being stuck in a cloud for the entire day. We even took a cable car to the top of one of the peaks and it ended up being crazy windy and so foggy that we could only see a few feet in front of ourselves.
We're feeling blessed to have such a cheery and amiable baby - she lets us know when she's hungry, takes super naps, and is quite pleasant the rest of the time! :) Everyone seems to be enjoying watching and holding her (and Lydia has taken over most of the diaper changing responsibilities) so we're enjoying that too! (I'm actually a little embarrassed about how few diapers I've changed in the last few weeks!)
In other news: Elise lost her umbilical cord and got her first official bath. She's also managed to gain a second chin and her cheeks are even pudgier than when she was born!!
We're looking forward to having my other sister, Hannah, arrive on Monday! We do wish that all of our families and friends could be here to share this fun time with us...hopefully Christmas won't seem too far away!
posted by Josh and Rebecca Arthur at Friday, August 10, 2007
1 Comments:
Little Elise is so sweet! I love the photo of her smiling - resembles photos of her dad's silly smiles! :) Great to see photos of the grandparents and last time I saw Lydia, she herself was in diapers! I'll bet it's wonderful to have family around. Glad everyone is doing so well. Take care, Calliope
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