We had some film processed that was taken in February.
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.
Christmas 2012
A mild December turned cold towards the end. Visits from Toronto friends as well as local folks. We tried to stuff as much activity in the last couple months as possible since come Momo all our time will be Momo time!
Thanksgiving in Ohio
Going back to Honolulu
On our last day in Waimanolo we woke up early to watch the sun rise.
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Step Into Liquid
I know, I know, a super cheesy name for a blog post especially since the waves were hardly big but we did buy and did use a waterproof camera on our last day in Waimanolo.
Waimanalo in color and black and white
A video and more photos of Waimanalo and the surrounding mountains in both color and black and white. Truthfully digital color does the surroundings no justice so I prefer the black and white.
Lanikai
Thursday we visited Lanikai Beach—our marriage beach—to celebrate our 6 months of blissful, government blessed living. I forgot what we did on Wednesday but most likely went to the beach and drank beers and ginger ale. Sorry Michi! We also had dinner with Kouji at the Kailua farmer’s market and I really wish I would have taken pictures of the food.
Hawaiian Islands
We spent the first night in Honolulu at the Ala Moana Hotel and went to Michi’s cousin Kevin’s restaurant with friends from Japan. The next day we went to Waimanalo for the rest of the week. Waimanalo means potable water in Hawaiian and is named as such for the brackish ponds in the area. The old school folks must have come here for their drinking water. The area has super-nice beaches compared to Brooklyn, although, like Brooklyn, it has its share of colorful characters lurking about.
First Day in Hawaii, 2012
Honolulu! Wheww! Almost missed the plane because our driver got lost in JFK maze. We had a quick layover, which may as well have been a bounce at LAX and because of United’s Economy Plus seating, had a comfortable and relaxing ride to the middle of the North Pacific.
Week 24?
A walk at dusk
We took a walk in ugly North Brooklyn with fake siding and sun washed italian cultural center tricolor which looks more irish than red white and green. And finally getting used to our digital camera especially in low light.
Week 22
We finally splurged and bought a digital camera.
Last Days of Summer
Estrada family visit
My brother George visited NYC with his family, Bethsheba, Paul, Sal and George Jr aka Buddy. We ran around Manhattan, walked over the Brooklyn Bridge and water taxied to N Brooklyn. Paul stayed with us one night while the rest of the fam travelled to DC. He skated around BK and was totally stoked on the area and terrain and then left us some nice drawings.
Italian Cousins
Gabri visited from Torino and we took the water taxi from Williamsburg to DUMBO on the way passing the old GH studio and Domino Sugar Factory. We walked to the promenade and through Brooklyn Heights to a new bar where the primos had beers and Michi had ginger ale. Of note are the new condos and renovated buildings across the street from the apartment and glimpses of the new WTC in the photos from BK Heights.
Michi at 3 months
Michi wanted to start taking photos of the pregnancy in the same outfit in the same angle but sadly with only a film camera we lost track of when photos were taken. This is in August sometime.
Torrington
We broke the news to the Rentz/Bagnaschi family on a July trip to NW Connecticut for a wedding party at Uncle Bruno and Auntie Carla’s. Here are some photos from Burr Pond. Incidentally this pond is where I took my first photos 30 years ago with a Pentax MG.
Second Sonogram
First Sonogram
Momo’s first sonogram.
New Beginnings
Starting to collect all the first frames of rolls that cut off in interesting ways.
