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Teo Day 1

They say the second child is easier, but Teo lived up to his “Gift of God” naming. He was so kind to mama — the delivery was so fast, we were all in awe. And for the first day he slept or nuzzled against Chika. Barely a peep. He still has the intensity of his older brother Kai, but somehow a bit more relaxed. At least that is papa’s wishful thinking. Like with Kai, we were so lucky to have Yukie and Meg with us to be part of the amazing event, and helping to manage all the things.

Here we go

Happy mama to be

Happy Family

German Precision 🙂

The full stats

Teo and Auntie Meg

Teo and Papa

Teo and Grandma Yukie

Teo

Teo

Teo

Looking at love

More Rides

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While Chika was shopping for the spring party, Kai and I took to the Alexanderplatz complex which always seems to appear when holidays land. He seems to have his parents same love for amusements.

Little Pele

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Brat Pack Returns

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It was our turn to host our friends threesome of kids. Perfect size for a rock-and-roll band. And if they only played this nicely together for the entire 4 hours, I think we would have been dreaming.

Kai Hairstylist

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Will the talents never cease? Now it seems that Kai does hair too 🙂

Kai Reading

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Kai continues to WOW us with his skills. While Kai has read parts of Brown Bear before, he can just about read the entire book cover to cover. While he may cheat a bit looking forward for cues about the next animal, mama and papa are both very proud.

P.S. Extra bonus for this post. We finally crossed 100,000 page views and we aren’t even publicly searchable.

Back in the Water

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Kai just had his tubes taken out of his ears finally, so we decided not to waste any time and found a central pool heated to Chika’s specifications at the Therman am Europa Center. It was more spa/onsen style than a real swimming pool, but a perfect entry to get Kai started on the road to a life at the beach.

Thermen Spa

Valentines Day @ Facil

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Every year we try to have a special meal on Valentine’s Day, and there have been some fantastic ones (we were discussing that Gilt was still the most special, maybe because we had just found out that Kai was coming). This year without much intensive research, we decided to try Facil in the Mandala Hotel. It is strikingly beautiful design, with fantastic service, and food that was delightful. It was a great relaxing time to spend alone — a luxury that will become rarer in the days ahead.

First Taste

Our Morning Surprise

Steak

Oishi

The Chocolate Dessert Cake

Trout

Sole and Oyster

The Prince in Disguise

Amouse Bouche

Ringo Starr

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Kai is not only about vocals and keyboards, but now has taken on the drums too!

The Pizza Experiment

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A few weeks ago, I decided to let Kai help make our fish for dinner and he enjoyed it so much I started looking for other “hands on” projects for us to do together. I remembered I had bought a pizza dough mix and thought this could be really fun. And it was. Although we had a great time making the pizza, Kai wasn’t a complete fan — although he did love the crust and ate up all the crusts from half the pie. Not a complete victory, but for a 1st time I’ll take it.