jon on November 3rd, 2009

Exactly one year ago today, Yukari and I went to Hawaii and had our wedding there! It is also a public holiday in Japan, so I had the day off from work and had a lovely day with my wife.

We’ll put the pictures online later this week. We re-watched our DVD of the wedding with her parents and sister. Ahh… it was such great weather and a fun time. I can’t believe that one whole year has passed already. I guess time flies when you are enjoying it!

We thought it would be cool if Leah was born on our anniversary, but alas, she decided not to come out today. Only 11 more days until the due date, so should be anytime soon!

jon on October 31st, 2009

A few weeks ago I bought a camcorder so I can take lots of videos and show them to my family. I ended up going with the latest Sony Handycam. It can record in 1080i (wish it was 1080p, would make converting to videos for watching over the net better),  has 32GB internal flash memory, nightvision, 3-way shake canceling (I really need this!), and a GPS receiver so it can be used while traveling as a GPS map, and automatically convert to the local timezone. Here is a picture of what it looks like:

Sony HDR-CX500

I also ordered a web camera, so we can do video chats on the internet. I actually got it for free using some of the points I’ve saved up on Full Tilt Poker (Signed up with Rakeback at Deuces Cracked)

Here is what it looks like!

WebCam

So only a few more weeks until the expected date, but once the baby is born expect lots of videos :D

jon on October 26th, 2009

If you have seen my status on my facebook page, then this will be old news to you. But, I just wanted to announce it here as well.

After thinking about it and tossing around many names for a few months, we finally picked one out!

Leah Claire Keating

And in Japanese: 梨愛

That is all for now!