Momo did not quite know what to think of her first Christmas but she certainly had a fun time opening our presents and visiting the Waterman’s and the Steed’s households later in the evening.
A Very Momo Christmas
Yearly Archives: 2013
Thanksgiving 2013
We had a lovely turkey-free Thanksgiving and visited the Guggenheim to see the Christopher Wool exhibit and had the pleasure of seeing awesome Robert Motherwell early collages. We poked about midtown and ended up at a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf which is a very California-ish coffee shop that just opened in NYC.
Momo’s Fall Transitions
Momo is finally adjusting to life Uptown in our new home. From napping only once day for 30 minutes, has become, two solid naps, eating more, and talking more and moving a lot faster from Point A to Point B.
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Momo playing with Peter
Uptown and Standing Up
Getting settled uptown in Hamilton Heights Harlem in The Deerfield which is the first time we have lived in a building with a name. Tuesday of our second week Michi caught Momo standing up by her self in the crib. She can also scoot her way all around the edge of the crib.
uhoh.
Union Ave
More upper West Side Stories
Labor day weekend celebrations at Mike & Yuka’s whose place always possesses the best lighting for Momo photography.
Sunset Park after Dark
Some friends left us with their old Volvo 940 and while driving around looking for places to live we slid by the spot of Zechariah, who is also the owner of the flyest orange 70s Volvo wagon in Brooklyn. We had a nice little cook out.
Last exit to Manhattan
Momo’s motor skills are mildly improving as she enters her last month in the great borough of Brooklyn.
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August 2013
Governor’s Island
We all went to Governor’s Island to meet Etna and her mom Makiko-san for a Saturday picnic.
Momo in Ohio
Summer Socializing
Lots of early summer time socializing with Momo and friends, especially since the little one travels so well and is so great around both friends and crowds.
Momo 16, 17, 18 weeks old
Memorial Day
Super relaxing Memorial Day Weekend, in which we did very little. Michi had friends from California in one day but the rest all sleep and lounging and when the weather finally got nice, on Monday, we took a long walk to the East River.
Art for Momo
We purchased this serigraph by John Grillo from Pete’s job. It is an artist’s proof, 30 out of an edition of 200. Hopefully Momo will love the colors and shapes.
Mothers Day!
Mariko, Guest Editor
Upper West Side outing
We took a trip to Kinokuniya where we book shopped and ate lunch. We headed north to visit Mike, Yuka, Miwa and family and visited Central Park. Momo wore her first dress and booties too!
Upper West Side outing, part 2
Additional late arriving film photos.
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Noni!
Clarissa aka Nonni came into town and hung out with us for a week. Fun!
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Momo Punches!
Today brand new photos of Momo straight from Michi’s mobile phone. This is the newest, freshest photos of Momo straight from the momorazzi / mamarazzi herself.
Cousins
March Madness!
A tad bit behind on the Momo blogging but here are some photos from the beginning of March as Momo enters her 4 and 5 weeks. She also starts to take baths with her mom in the big tub.
Film Review
End of February
The end of February came fast with Mariko going back to Hawaii, sadly. We did have several new and returning visitors including Jeffery and Zechariah and Natalia. Trimming Momo’s nails by biting them off did not work out so we started to use a small emory board.
General Cuteness
These photos were taken between the 16th and 20th of February—Momo’s third week. Aside from cold weather, good food and lots of beer, Momo coming into her own.
Dance Party!
Figured out how to publish from the iPhone with all the images Michi texts me during the day.
Momo’s Second Week
Momo’s second week starts by Peter going back to work and the family falling into a routine. She began sleeping well, became more alert and traded off between looking more like her dad and more like her mom. Here are several photos from between Feb 11 and Feb 15.
First Weekend
Yuka and Miwa pay a visit to Momo on Saturday and the rest of the weekend was spent sleeping—both for Momo and the rest of the family. There was still quite a bit of snow on the streets but Pete ventured out on Saturday to retrieve sandwichs for MaMi from Salties on Metropolitan. Sunday was happy one week old Momo!
Friday night with Natalia
Auntie Natalia dropped by after work and took these great photos of the new family. Thanks Nata!
First Visit to the Doctor
The Rentz’s take off to Connecticut before the arrival of winter storm Nemo. Michi, Momo and Peter meanwhile take a walk to the doctors office for Momo’s first check up. All ok!
First Bath
Momo settles into Brooklyn and gets her first bath.
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Momo & Michi head home
Momo and Michi are able to leave the hospital and come home on Tuesday after 2 nights in Manhattan.
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2 days old
Michi and Momo spent the first night in recovery and the second day in a nice private room with a TV. And really bad food! Luckily the nurses were great, we were close to 1st Ave for bagels and coffee and the breast feeding class turned out to be helpful.
Introducing Momo Josephine Rentz Kobayashi!
February 3, 2013
840am
7lb 5.8oz / 20 inches
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Estimated Delivery Date
January 31 was the estimated delivery date and we had a last visit to the midwives as well as an early morning sonogram. Later in the evening we had a great dinner at Roberta’s Pizza with our friend Jeffery, who we ran into on the way there.
La Vara & 2 days to EDD
Mariko-san arrived safely from Hawaii last week, during a nice friendly 10°F cold spell and we have been eating, running around and having fun ever since. Michi was finally able to get reservations at La Vara and we met up for a nice dinner and took the train back home together, throwing some pepples at Dane and Chris’s bedroom window on the way.
Momo Shower
Our amazing friends and family showered us with love and, of course, material items in anticipation of Momo’s arrival. Special thanks to everyone, but especially Kevin B and Yuka H for hosting and planning.
