Maybe it’s just because I’m his dad, but Rikuto is getting more adorable each day. Take a look at these photos of him on his front. He used to cry after just a few seconds on his belly, but now he seems to enjoy it.
After looking at the last picture I posted of Rikuto, my Net Buddy was saying how quickly Rikuto is growing. Very true. Time is flying and it it won’t be long before he’s doing what one-year-old Prince Hisahito is now capable of.
I haven’t managed to snap a picture of Rikuto smiling yet, but I’ll keep trying. He’s got the best smile.
On a rather bizarre note, I came across this article by a guy in Japan called Nick, from England, who married a Japanese girl and had a baby boy in 2007. At first I thought it was something I had written myself, but no, it wasn’t me!
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. Just seen two of them. Will find the rest two.
Wow, I notice that he has seemed to gain a lot of strength in his neck! Babies grow so quick!
My wife and I just had our first in September. Reading that article you linked to was like deja vu. Even the part about the shrine in Hyogo (we live in Hyogo). I realized that I wasn’t the author when he talked about the baby staying with his in-laws though :). We took little Noah (乃阿) straight home after our 10 days in the hospital. He hates being on his belly now. I hope he’ll grow out of it soon.
Rikuto looks strong and genki!
Wow, so there are at least three of us with newborn babies in Japan. Rikuto was born in late July so he’s only a tad older than Noah (great name!).
And here I am married without kids …
How many pictures have you taken since Rikuto came home, Nick? Growing up, we only had a few hundred of our older pictures to look at. Kids now will have several thousand. Kinda scary to think about it ….
It’s the video cameras that I’m worried about. How would you like it if every embarrassing moment from your childhood was caught on film? I’ll take some short one or two-minute videos for sure, but I don’t want to watch my kid grow up through a camera lens. If you’ve ever been to a kindergarten concert, sports festival or graduation ceremony, you’ll know what I mean.
Rikuto is absolutely beautiful , Nick. I am so proud to be his granny.
You have a very cute baby. Keep taking his pictures as much as you can because a baby grows up so fast. It’s a good thing that digital cameras have been invented; you don’t have to pay so much for films, development and printing to enjoy your photos. My two kids are 20 and 21 and I am glad that even if I’ve spent so much documenting their childhood through prints, they would always have tangible reminders of how loved and cared for they were as kids. Photos also give our children connected to us, parents, long after they’re old enough to care for themselves and have their own families.