Sakura Sakura

Yes its cherry blossom mania again this year blooming a couple of weeks ahead of schedule. They were supposed to be Mankai March 27th so we ordered Kiwi kitchen and headed up to Aruisagawa with a pose of mums and babies. It was a bit nippy but had a lovely picnic although C was puffed out by 1pm having played the gracious hostess and been excited about the picnic since the night before offering everyone banana cake! We hit Teian Art museum park too on tuesday with Loretta Jackson, Lize the girls, Rachel Ashling and Saori and Daiki came in from Kawasaki first time to see them in years since we worked together at ANA. We had a lovely sunny morning the place is a sun trap and then headed back to home where C slept daiki played and we ate take out sushi that was actually oshii for a change.
Have been watching weight after Sakamoto sensei tells me I am having a "chubby chan" I kid you not those were his words, and that I need to curb the carbs as the baby is heading towards 4 to 4.2 kilos... I tested negative for gestational diabetes and was all fretful for a while but when I look at my total weight gain I started at 64 kilos and now am 73 and will deliver May so that is only a total of 9kilos so I dont think its anything to do with what I am shoving in my mouth!!! He has been very wrong on size front before too so need to think carefully. Also I have been mega active this pregnancy hardly sat down and the killer hill I do at least 4 times a day so don't know what to think except perhaps EPIDURAL please!!! Still cant decide on names cliff likes things such as Tilda, Kiki, Penelope, Heidi.. I like Stella, Frederique, Serefina, Delphine etc. We cant agree really except for a boy Henry or Harry is ok nothing either of us feels passionate about. Still need to work out how to cope with 2 kids with no help. Cliffs mum is noway coming out and my dad maybe not either sigh. Maybe I can convince my brother to come but he has no idea what to do with babies or willful toddlers. Looks like we may have to bite the bullet and pay for a helper at least while I am in the hospital so someone to take care of Charlize. Its going to be an expensive year the birth alone 12 grand and we are not fully covered insurance and have to pay up front. Better make sure we have the money in the bank then! Looks like ramen for dinner for the next 3 months!! God this country is insane and school fees are crippling us. Number 2 goes straight to Japanese kindergarten none of this international school malarkey!!! Charlize development wise is tall and gangly and speaking like a 65 year old woman!!! Very stubborn, but has us twisted round her little finger. Her Japanese is coming on even though she is not attending Japanese school yet she plays well with Japanee kids in the park and will use her limited Japanese with them. She goes up introduces herself and just slings out words that she knows to get the job done. This baby bump is sitting very low ( does that mean I have NO stomach mucles whatso ever now?) and moves ALL THE TIME. Happy the weather is warming up. Still to sort plans for the summer. Dont know if I will even be able to make Europe with 2 kids this year will have to talk to cliff sensibly about that.