It seems I’m on another oyabaka (doting parent) tear, posting a lot of photos of Kaika recently. So here’s one that I think serves as a good picture-next-to-dictionary-entry for oyabaka.
Let’s see if I can peel the layers for you. First there’s my mobile phone, which features a picture of Kaika as my screensaver. I put the phone as it displayed that picture, next to Kaika’s hand and took a photo with my digital camera. Then, using the digital camera’s LCD screen, I displayed said photo, and took another photo with my mobile phone camera showing Kaika (sort of) looking at it. Lastly, I then used my mobile phone to display that picture, put that again next to Kaika’s hand, and took the picture you see above with the digital camera. Phew! Did you follow all that? It all started with the simple idea that the phone would be a good “ruler” by which to show how small Kaika’s hands are, which I still ended up doing, so if the above was too convoluted, you need not worry. Kaika’s hands are still oh so tiny, and here’s the proof.
I’ve got good news and bad news for you, Kurt. The bad news is that oyabaka is incurable, and as far as I can tell, it never goes away. The good news is that it is harmless and often quite charming, as your case illustrates. Overall, I’d say your prognosis is pretty good. 😉
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New heights, Kurt, new heights.
You’ve lost it, man. But at least it’s over a good thing.
They are all precious!
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Hmmm. There’s definitely some doting parent action at work, but I think there’s a little doting new phone owner thrown into the mix as well.
Both are beautiful, it must be said…
I have tried to resist, but I give up. Your son Kaika is just too beautiful for words. I and my wife (she is Japanese), are now just jijibaba at home, and spend a lot of time with our 4 magotachi. 3 boys, 1 girl. Girl is 1 month old, last boy is 4 months old. We are still like you, oyabaka, but it is more fun when you are jiji and baba. We can spoil them and noone can stop us.
Welcome to the oyabaka-club! 🙂