Sachi Goes International!

Sachi dumped her sidekick and tried her hand at international travel, taking a 13 day trip with the folks to her momma's homeland of Japan.  With Paipi out of the way, Sachi went to visit her grandparents (Baachan and Jiichan), auntie (Mikichan) and fake Paipi (Takemoto's mini daschund, Daichan).  Here's the proof:

Farewell to her friend, with finger in eye while Paipi tends to his spit covered bed:

In route to Sasebo and passed out.  Check out the drool stains on the Baby Bjorn

Arriving at the Takemoto house and eating solids

Going to the shrine!

A little R&R in the hotel room at a mountain resort.  Sweet view!

Baachan, Jiichan and the family paparazzi

Sachi and her pops woke up early for the NFC Title game - Bears vs. Packers.  Sachi dressed in her typical Bears one-piece and even donned her Bears hat.
Pregame when spirits were high:

Post game...not so high:

Conveyor sushi!

One the way home.  Passed out in a hotel in Fukuoka before a 7AM flight.

 Cold chillin' in coach.

Passport Baby!

For her 6 month anniversary (yeah 6 months already), Ms. Sachi Chiharu was cleared for international travel thanks to the good folks at the Beachwood Post Office and Hillary Clinton.  She got these sweet credentials about 31 years faster than her Uncle Kedar!  

Attempted Christmas Card

By now, you've probably noticed that you didn't receive an Xmas card from the Oza household.  It's not because we didn't try.  2 weeks before Christmas, our home computer crashed and died, limiting our ability to get photos off of our camera.  However, more trying was to get our two stars into a photo that wasn't a trainwreck.  Have a look at our comedy duo: