Aloha and Aaaachooo!

We all survived our trip to Hawaii! Of course we have the souvenir that keeps on giving, colds :( Hawaii was beautiful (and hot and humid), and it was nice spending quality time with Kevin's parents and Aunt Pat. We missed Kevin during the day as he was in class, but we did get to spend two afternoons with him and he was able to swim in the ocean once. We took a lovely drive around the island, visited the Dole plantation, the Pearl Harbor memorial and a Hawaiian history museum. We ate a lot of pineapple which was delicious and enjoyed some great restaurants. Joey did so well on the flight to Hawaii that other passengers made comments about how impressed they were...I should have known that would jinx us for the flight back. I started to get sick on Tuesday, was really sick on Thursday and Friday and ended up in the ER Saturday night with a severe asthma attack...apparently I am allergic to Hawaii. Joey seemed fine, he loved the Hawaiian breeze and spending an entire week without socks. Then, on Saturday he had a bit of a fever. By Sunday morning he still had a mild fever so I gave him a bit of Tylenol and then he promptly spit up his bottle all over him and me :( Obviously that Tylenol didn't get anywhere. I decided to wait until we were at the airport to try the Tylenol again. Everything seemed fine after the next dose and his temp was coming down.
So, we board the plane and take off. Joey drinks his bottle, everything is fine...until I decide to burp him! About ten minutes into the flight, I put him up on my shoulder where he promptly projected the entire 6 oz all over my back, the seat and the two people sitting behind us!! I was mortified, but they were so nice about it (I'm sure the flight attendants giving them free wine helped ;) Joey was such a trouper, he fell right to sleep after the "incident" and slept through most of the flight. Kevin and I have decided to stick with car travel for a while ;) Joey is still fighting his first cold but is on the road to recovery. Here is your reward for reading this long post...

at the San Francisco airport waiting to go through security

on the plane


finally arrived at the hotel and immediately got down to just the diaper...it was HOT

First sunrise in Oahu (we were still on California time)

walking around a botanical garden


on the train at the Dole plantation

two minutes later...

relaxing in the shade

can you see where Kevin stops and Joey starts?

Family potraits




With Grandpa

Group shot (Joey was asleep)

testing out the waters




Aunt Pat "wearing" Joey

Stopping for drinks at the Royal Hawaiian

Joey and Diamond Head


Lounging on a walk

Visiting Pearl Harbor

on the boat to the USS Arizona


Tired family

At the Hard Rock


He loved the mirrors in the hotel elevator

Our last dinner







Aloha!