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We decided to name her Anouk. I always liked the name; after Anouk Aimée. Saori liked the name, too - in the end she convinced me it was the right name. The name is actually French and Dutch. What we like about it is the sound and that it isn't obviously from any one culture.

In Japanese her name is あぬく(anuku), it could mean "looking-up" or "warm".

We also found out it means something in Hindi: "pretty" and it's used as a name, too.

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Sunday, March 26. 2006

Peko's first day

Ok - she still is called Peko. We were almost decided on a name - but after 4 almost sleepless nights we had trouble thinking about something so important. Besides, we were just learning how to change diapers.

Little tiny baby.

Here's daddy with Peko.

Here's the real hero holding the Peko.

And Saori's famous baby photo, in one of the few moments when Peko wasn't eating or crying.

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Birth

Her first moment in the world. We didn't have a name for her yet, so we still called her by her nickname "Peko". She was born on March 25, 2006 at 03:16 (that's AM in American) This was just 4 days before her due date.

Sarah, the nurse was cleaning Peko. She was just learning to breathe.

She weighed in at 2.78 kg or 6 lbs 2 oz. Her head was 32 cm in circumference and 48.5 long. For a mother Saori's size, our baby was the perfect size, but smaller than the average Canadian baby. In Japan Peko was the average size.

Just 20 minutes old - already hugging Mommy. She also started to breast-feed, but I was too busy being happy to take photos.

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Saturday, March 25. 2006

Before the birth

Saori's belly while the baby was moving down into the birth position. We were surprised by the sudden change in her belly shape.

In between contractions there wasn't any pain, it was as usual.

But then a contraction came - each ten minutes getting closer together for two nights.

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Sunday, March 12. 2006

Robson Street, Vancouver

Here is Saori in Robson Square, beside a bored chess player and a couple of older debating gentlemen.

Saori in Robson Square, behind the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Saori took some photos with her Yashica Rookie. It's an old TLR (twin lens reflex) medium format camera that takes square photos. When they get processed and scanned hopefully she'll have time to post them.
We also spent the day with our friend Lau. He was shooting black & white film. Maybe we'll post a link to his photos, if he decides to scan them.

Posted by Tomas Svab in Family Stuff at 12:06

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