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Tour of Kaiser's Moanalua Labor and Delivery Ward
Aug 4th
With Masako approaching her 8th month, we wanted to see the facilities where we plan to deliver our new son. For our first child, Mason, we were with HMSA and delivered at Kapiolani on Punahou. It was a fine delivery, very nice room, great staff, no problems. 
So, after we switched health plans to Kaiser we wanted to see what theirs was like. They recently had renovated the Labor and Delivery Ward, and it shows. It’s really very nice. We joined a tour of the facilities with about six other couples. (Note: if you take the tour, be prepared to stand for a while. You may want to bring some water with you also.)
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So many new sights, words, and smells…
Sep 13th
Our son, Mason, was born this weekend, happy and healthy! Six pounds 10 ounces, with a lot of hair, and the tiniest fingernails I’ve ever seen. He’s a “hapa” — half Japanese, half haoli (Caucasian).
Lots of new sights and smells around our place, and words to describe them, like “meconium”. We bought a “Dekor” diaper pail at Baby Emporium (thanks to a very generous gift from my co-workers) to help with those new smells a bit. But, baby seems to enjoy “passing gas” as often as possible.
I’ll update this blog more, once our schedules have calmed down a bit. (Mason wanted every-hour feedings and burpings last night! 
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