amy

Todd and Narumi went to Shiodome for the day, so Hiroko and I watched Amy. Standard Operating Procedure: Amy cries, Hiroko holds her, they both fall asleep on the couch, Amy wakes up and cries a little more but doesn't want any food. Hiroko eats a couple of hotdogs and Amy's watching the whole time. Now Amy's interested in eating. She chows down some yam and goes through half a bottle of apple juice (from Lucky Mama). Amy drinks out of the little tiny wine glass, and every time she drinks, I say "kampai!" (cheers) and she clinks my glass, then tosses back the apple juice in one shot. Just like dad.
After eating and drinking and getting her diaper changed, she was all energy and gigles. It was too cold to bother going outside so we wandered around the apartment until she discovered the bedroom lamp. It has a big round button on the cord that you push to turn the lamp on and off, and Amy was REALLY into that. Then she bounced around on the bed before going back into the living room. She was most fascinated by my feet (or was it my socks?) and before we knew it mom and dad where back.
Todd and I walked to Niku-no-hanamasa to get groceries and we had a big tonyu nabe; pork and tofu and veggies stewed in soy milk. Todd and Narumi went to check out the government housing in Shiodome; a big modern tower. The place they live in is also government housing, so their place is huge and cheap (you're welcome for my taxes.) The Shiodome apartments were interesting, but not entirely super-cheap. Todd also said some of the New Concept places were just weird, and from the pamphlets they look like they spent too much time worrying about how slick the bathroom door handles looked or the view out the window, and not enough time thinking about useful space layouts.