Meimei & Chichi
Mona'a a star now, and it's not hard to see why. The television crew made their last visit (or so they promised us) last Friday to get some shots of us at home with Mona- some soft-core action of Tomoe giving chichi (breast feeding) her, and hard-core video of me struggling to write decent caligraphy of her name for the traditional "meimei" - what you do when you give a child a name.
The large paper (all of which Tomoe and I made in the traditional methods of this area, which is famous for its high-quality paper) is one that I wrote with the cameras pressing down on me. I also wrote one of the smaller postcards, and Tomoe wrote one of the smaller postcards after I challenged her when she was laughing at me. It would make me happy if no one can figure out who wrote what.
Despite the poor caligraphy, she seems to be happy with the name.
Comments
Beautiful pictures of a beautiful baby, Kevin. Tomoe has got her swaddled so snug and warm -- that's reassuring for a baby.
Posted by: Nils | February 4, 2010 11:57 PM
Congratulations to both of you on Mona's birth. The pictures are darling.
I'm curious, though, to know what Mona's last name is registered as.
Sorry, Kevin, but I could tell that the left postcard was yours, even before I scrolled down to see the closer shot of that one, with your KWC hanko visible.
Posted by: Kamoshika Bob | February 5, 2010 05:00 PM
Yeah, the left one is yours. You did better than I would've anyway;)
Posted by: Mårten | February 7, 2010 12:16 AM
It would make me happy if no one can figure out who wrote what.
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