Dag 9 / Day 9
Weee, the flowers smell so nice!!
Today was Junya’s first time outside if you don’t count the few minutes he was outside when we transported him home from the hospital. The weather was great and Junya totally enjoyed the experience. The warm air with the nice smell of plants and soil, the slow breeze, the birds.. Although he probably cannot make any sense of it, it was obvious that he was interested in all the new input.
As you can see on the photo I tried to keep him out of the sun. His eyes are not ready for direct sunlight yet, and he tends to “misse med oejnene” (squint his eyes) whenever we take him near a window.
Today was also the second day to play music for him. Although it seems like he is listening, it doesn’t really make him stop crying. If he is hungry then nothing can make him forget about it, not even Debussy. Only daddy’s index finger knuckle can serve as a temporary substitution for the real thing 
Around lunch time I went down to the yakuba (the local city office) to hand in the shussho todoke the paper where we declare what we want his name to be. This has to be done within two weeks of the baby being born, so there is no time to waste. In Denmark it is 6 months, which seems a bit more sensible. But since we were certain of what we wanted to call him, it was ok. At the same time I got a lot of information about various types of services we can apply for, including a monthly allowance of 10,000 yen for the first three years (as long as we stay in Japan).
We can also choose whether we want the local TV station to mention his name in their evening news program. It is free so I thought, why not? If we do it I will see if I can record it and put it online. We can also get the local newspaper (more like a small weekly or so magazine) to show his name and birth date. And it is all free. Sugooi.
Finally a peaceful photo of mum and baby in an intimate situation
September 9th, 2008 at 20:53
Hi Thor and Takako,
Mochiron, kurasshiku ongaku ga daisuki desu kara 
(Watashi mo!!!) Totemo genki na otoko no ko desu. Thor to Takako, umareta o-akachan wo omedetou gozaimasu!!!!!!
I am really soooo uncountless happy to see that everybody is happy with the birth of little Jun’ya. I have read all your comments, and followed the daily happenings…
Watashi wa hontou ni ureshii desu nee… Jun’ya chan wa kao ga kawaii desu…. Me mo mimi mo hoho mo hana mo guchi ga kirei yo :)) Jun’ya chan wa amari nakimasen sou desu kara, shizuka de shinsetsu na kazoku ni narou to omotteimasu
Ki wo tsukete!!!
Richard!
September 13th, 2008 at 15:07
Dear Richard,
Thank you for your message, and for your email earlier!! I am so happy you are looking at my blog! I will show your comment to Takako also.
Yes, he really is cute isn’t he. Everyone say he looks like like my father (the eyes), but there are definately parts of his face that are more mine. The nose is big, but still looks a bit like Takako’s. I hope he will get the best parts of both of us!