Thursday night Asuka was finally able to come home!! Yay, she told us that she will have to go to work the next day but will be able to come home and was able to take a day off on Saturday to go with us to the airport... So on Friday my mom took us around for some last minute shopping... I was able to find really cute sandals finally on our last day and a magazine to read on the plane, g-ma got Madison another cute pair of squeaky sandals, etc... For our last meal together we invited my g-ma and met up with Asuka for some rolling sushi:-) After dinner Madison went home with my parents and g-ma and I got to ride with Asuka to do some shopping for Dave at Uniqlo... We got to Uniqlo around 7:30 and I guess it was closing at 8 so I quickly looked through their selection of printed tees and was able to find a cool pacman tee:-) Thank you Asuka for buying that for Dave along with a Onepiece tee...
土曜日の朝お母さん側のおじいちゃんとおばあちゃんが見送りに来てくれて９時頃に成田に向かって家を出発しました。日本に旅行に来ればすぐ分かると思うけど、日本ではサービスエリアに結構ちょくちょく停まるのが当たり前です。なぜかと言うとそこにしかない食べ物やそこの歴史など読んだり見たり出来るからです。そのせいですぐ着く場所にも結構時間がかかっちゃうんだけどね...小さい頃にちょくちょく停まっていたのが懐かしいなー。アメリカのサービスエリアもただマック置くんじゃなくてもっと日本のようになれば良いのに...今回はマディソンのお昼寝を使って空港まで行く予定だったから２回しか停まらなかったんだけど、楽しみました：）マディソンはあのカワイさと新しいキュッキュするサンダルでどこに行ってもみんなの気を止めていました...
On Saturday my mom's side of g-parents came to see us off and we left the house around 9:00am for Narita International Airport. If you are ever in Japan you are expected to stop at different service areas on highways because you will get to buy/taste/see what that specific area is famous for... We used to stop at every service area that existed growing up so trips took about twice as long than it actually is, but that's what people look forward to here... I wish American highways were a bit more like the ones in Japan, no McDonald's in every service area! Well this trip it was all about Madison's schedule so we actually only stopped twice, but it was nice:-) Madison was getting everyone's attention with her cuteness and new squeaky sandals...
グループ写真撮りまーす...はは、間に合わなかった！
Trying a timer group shot... Okay, I didn't quite make this one!
Trying a timer group shot... Okay, I didn't quite make this one!
間に合った！マディソン，良い笑顔だね!!!I made it! Good smile Madison!!!
ひいお婆ちゃん達！まだまだ若いなー...:-)Great Grand Mothers! Looking very young still...:-)
As soon as we got to the airport I checked in so we can get rid of our big luggage... My suit case was over weight as expected, but since I have Madison I am allowed 3 checked luggage so they gave me an empty box to lighten my suit case... What a service! What's more great is that I was able to be moved to the first row of economy seats and got a bassinet for Madison! the nice lady told me that there is an empty seat next to me so she will try to keep it open as long as possible! Wow this is a great start!! After lunch we browsed shops for a little bit and it was time to say good bye... This part NEVER gets easy and I know Madison makes it even harder for us all...:-( So I won't write too much of this part since it will make me sad again...)
１ヶ月間，お世話になりました！とーっても楽しかった：）また帰って来るからね！
Thank you for taking good care of us for 1 month! Had a great time:-)
親切なチェックインの人の計らいにもかかわらず，残念ながら最後に飛行機に乗って来たのは４人家族！その内の一人は私の隣に...ガーン！その家族の子供２人はアンマリ気に入らなかったけどその子達の両親は良い人だったから、お願いしたバスネットもあったしまあ結果的には大丈夫でした。
Well the lady couldn't succeed and someone ended up next to me but the family was nice except their annoying two boys and I did have a bassinet I requested so it wasn"t too bad... Actually Madison just made it under bassinet qualifications... When I first asked for a bassinet the lady asked me how old Madison was and after hearing her age she told me that the baby needs to be under 10kg... Thanks to my g-pa I weighed Madison at the hospital while waiting for a nurse to check something on him and we saw that her weight was 9.95kg with clothes and shoes on! So I was able to tell the lady that she is under 10kg for sure. The bassinet was actually too short for Madison and I know that she is a shortie for her age so probably the bassenet is good for babies under 12 months or something but I was glad to be able to use it. Both flights went well in fact the second flight went too well and we arrived at LGA an hour early after leaving Chicago on time!! Crazy right? So when we got to the baggage claim Dave wasn"t there because he was still trying to get to us thinking he still had enough time... So I didn't get to film the emotional meeting scene between Daddy and his daughter but oh well, sadly I was slightly annoyed that he wasn't already there to pick us up and Madison went all shy on him so there you go!
あすかだよ〜♪♬
ReplyDeleteとうとう、日本にいた時に話してた I Pad を手に入れたんだ☆★
だけど、まだ使いこなしてないから、もうちょっと勉強しなきゃ(^0^);
お姉ちゃんとマディソンが日本にいる時で、私の知らない写真がいっぱい載ってるから、毎日楽しく読んでるよ。
ネットが身近になったから、いっぱいコメント入れるね♪♩♫
だから、お姉ちゃんも、いっぱい写真載せてね♥♡
凄い，凄い，凄〜い！！良いなー，羨ましいよー：）でも，どうやって買ったの!? 長野まで行って買ったの？そっかー、じゃあがんばってどんどんブログ書くからねー：）読んでくれてありがとう！ところで、名前が変わったのは何故！？前のでログイン出来なかったの？
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