Saturday, 30 December 2006

We made it back to Brisbane in one piece early Christmas morning. It was a bit of a long trip because the only flight out of Japan we could get was through both Bangkok and Singapore. We left Takasaki at 3pm on Saturday and arrived at Narita by 6pm. Daisuke had arranged for us to stay at the hotel in Narita where he used to work which was great because we had to be at Narita by 7.30 the next morning.

After paying $330 excess baggage (don't ask!) we took about 35 minutes to walk to our departure gate! I was knackered before we'd even begun. So 7 hours to Bangkok, a 1 hour stopover, then 2 hours to Singapore, a 2 hour stopover in Singapore then 8 or so hours on to Brisbane.

We stayed with my mum for a few days and now we are down at the beach staying with Mark's parents. Mark's four nieces and one nephew are also staying so it's a bit of a full house. They spend most of the day swimming or messing around with a little boat down in the creek so you only see them when they are hungry.

Here are two of the triplets messing around with the boat - Laura is steering and won't let Jessica climb in the boat.

Here's where the creek meets the ocean - thankfully none of the kids have drifted out to sea yet.

17 December 2006

You'll be pleased to know that all is well in Takasaki. I haven't posted for ages because my hugely exciting news was a secret until last week. We've had slight change of plans and have decided to head home early.

We're leaving Takasaki at the end of this week because Mark and I are expecting a baby in June. Needless to say we are both equal parts incredibly excited and absolutely terrified.

So I thought I'd post a picture of my soon-to-be guest blogger looking remarkably alienesque.

This is the latest ultrasound - this was 1 December 2006 at 12 weeks and 3 days..