Baby's FIrst Day Out

I took my first real trip outside of the house yesterday! We got in the car and headed out to Alameda (where Auntie Karen and Uncle Roman live) for a little family dinner. It was quite a little adventure just to get ready for our trip. Mom and Dad spent quite a long time in the morning deciding which stroller to bring, which bottles to pack, how many diapers, etc. The car was pretty much full with all my stuff for our little 4 hour outing. Time to buy a bigger car?

What a great time we had last night. Im a big fan of Chinese food. The highlight for me was definately the 2 crabs cooked to perfection. We love crab season! Grandpa Huen and Grandpa Kimotsuki shared stories about how they decided on my Japanese and Chinese name too.

Shinichi (新一) :My Japanese name was partially chosen because when the name is written in Kanji, it has one of the same characters as Daddy's name (the first character). It also happens to mean first son.

Yi Tian (义天): My Chinese name was partially chosen because it sounds like Ethan in Mandarin. Here is the meaning of the words in the name:

• 义 means justice, righteousness, honor,and right moral principle.
• 天 means heaven or god

Anyway, dinner was a lot of fun for the Huen and Kimotsuki clans. Here are some more pics below. Check out my shirt (Nuts about Grandma).