While Emily explored Amishiro park I put in a quick call to Julia, who was still in hospital. Baby Serafina weighed in at a whopping 4.3kg, though she was only the same length as 3.5kg Emily so must be very heavy boned. Apparently labour was all over in 3 hours but very painful afterwards thanks to 'Slasher Sakamoto' - no detail necessary!
We carried on for picnic lunch with Nick, which we had near the office as it was such a lovely day. After some downtime back at home I took Emily to Hon Shiba for a long play and a splash in the pools there. We had a much better day with no fighting, and she went to bed without complaint or tears despite being very weary. Definitely the way forward.
Lots of interesting news this week. Prime Minister Hatoyama resigned after less than 9 months in office. The main reason given was his failure to live up to an election pledge to get the Americans off Okinawa, but I think he had to go as much because of a funding scandal; his ratings dropped drastically in recent months on both issues. Then we heard about a shooting incident back home in Cumbria; the final body count totalled 13 including the gunman. If that was the US there would be renewed calls for every American to be allowed to carry arms in self defence, but in Britain I think it is more likely to go the other way and lead to stricter controls than ever. And then there was the shooting by Israeli forces of members of a 'peace flotilla' which was trying to break their blockade of Gaza. Much international opprobium was heaped on them but of course as long as America gives them such a long leash nothing will change.
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