Monday, October 31, 2005

Halloween



Travus dressed up as his favorite character: Green Majiranger! This is a TV show that pits good against evil (what children's show generally don't?!). Note that the Green Majiranger's symbol is the LONGHORN (in reference to me having gone to UT)!!

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Sunday, October 30, 2005

looking cute...


looking cute..., originally uploaded by altusp.

looking cute...

halloween at the mall


halloween at the mall, originally uploaded by altusp.

halloween at the mall

Saturday, October 29, 2005

Camera Freak...

Shinkansen Station (Odawara)

Sunday, October 23, 2005

brah gets married!


brah gets married!, originally uploaded by altusp.

brah gets married!

fuji-san and torii

taking austin to get blessed at the shrine

taking austin to get blessed at the shrine

Saturday, October 22, 2005

beautiful sunset


beautiful sunset, originally uploaded by altusp.

beautiful sunset

at starbucks


at starbucks, originally uploaded by altusp.

at starbucks

i'll eat this one


i'll eat this one, originally uploaded by altusp.

i'll eat this one

sushi for lunch


sushi for lunch, originally uploaded by altusp.

sushi for lunch

Friday, October 21, 2005

wada and i on the floor


wada and i on the floor, originally uploaded by altusp.

wada and i on the floor

Thursday, October 20, 2005

my favorite broker


my favorite broker, originally uploaded by altusp.

my favorite broker

farewell drinks for mike


farewell drinks for mike, originally uploaded by altusp.

farewell drinks for mike

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Update on Austin




Some pictures to see how he's been doing.

Austin is a real trooper! Six weeks since his birth,and he's been a delight to take care of (relatively speaking of course!). He now pretty much sleeps 5-7 hours in a stretch, with about 3-4 hours of wake time every day. Means we only have to wake up once in the night (generally around 2-3 am) to change diapers and feed him. I find that sometimes I have to wake him up in order to ensure he has clean diapers, and gets fed so he can keep the weight gain going (remember, he was an underweight premie at birth). He's now just around 4kg (8.8lbs), and is actually putting on weight at a faster clip than Travus did (comparing notes between the two)! Very *low* maintenance baby! How'd we get so lucky?! Travus was the same way when he was a baby. Must be a lot of that uptight Type-A personality from me rubbing off on the two of them. Austin is blood-type 'AB', and Travus 'A', so that makes me an 'A' or 'AB' (don't know which), since Chizuko is a 'B'.

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Weekends at the Beach




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Hit the beach several times both before and after Austin was born. Took Travus to the beach several times out in Chiba for some "quality time with Dad". This was to help him adjust to Austin being in the household by showing that he's still special to us, and that we care enough to get him out to go play and do the things he (and me!) like to do. Seems to have worked quite well, as there has been almost no visible problems with Travus adjusting to his new baby brother. Found an *awesome* hotel in Chiba that is unlike anything else (for the money) that I've stayed at before in Japan. Never going to Tatado again after finding this place. So much better overall as a place to hang out and surf!

Monday, October 10, 2005

in the lobby


in the lobby, originally uploaded by altusp.

in the lobby

texting to his girlfriend


texting to his girlfriend, originally uploaded by altusp.

texting to his girlfriend

talking to grandpa via the computer

talking to grandpa via the computer

Sunday, October 09, 2005

lunch time


lunch time, originally uploaded by altusp.

lunch time

house hunting


house hunting, originally uploaded by altusp.

house hunting

Saturday, October 08, 2005

at the beach


at the beach, originally uploaded by altusp.

at the beach

7-11 in chiba


7-11 in chiba, originally uploaded by altusp.

7-11 in chiba

Sunday, October 02, 2005

breakfast with bro


breakfast with bro, originally uploaded by altusp.

breakfast with bro

by the pool


by the pool, originally uploaded by altusp.

by the pool

Saturday, October 01, 2005

at the beach


at the beach, originally uploaded by altusp.

at the beach