Thursday, June 30, 2011

JT and Kevi get married!

Jessica and cousin Kevin's wedding was beautiful! It took place at the Hyatt on Kauai and overlooked the ocean. It was such an honor to be a part of it and welcome them into the married club.

A very handsome groom waiting for his bride


Mr and Mrs Kevin Holmes

Proud Mama

Proud Brothers

My Handsome Husband

Dad officiated! It was his third time and he's getting quite good!

Mom and Dad

Oma and the flower girls Hazel and Sadie

MK, Sadie and I enjoying the gorgeous view!

GGMA who's about to turn 94 didn't miss a beat!

Felix taking a cat nap

Kemia and Colin made it all the way from DC and hung out w/ us for the entire week!



The cuzzies w/ GGMA


Baby Felix 1st wedding!

He slept through the ceremony but managed to stay awake for an hour at the reception. It was a very special wedding full of some of my most favorite people!

Friday, June 17, 2011

The Luau

The wedding festivities kicked off w/a Luau, which was a huge hit w/ all of us!

Kevin, JT (bride and groom), and Papa

The little cuzzies were enjoying the Hawaiian punch!

The dancers were actually quite impressive, particularly the fire dancer (no pic shown)

Levi was memorized by it all

The whole week was spent just hanging out w/ dear friends. Jane and Nick are close friends, who have a son who now lives in London (and is one of my cousins best friends). They're like family to us; we can't get enough of them!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Aloha Kauai

We made it to Kauai rather smoothly and checked into our fabulous house that we shared w/ the cousins (the view from our terrace)


The 1st morning was a bit rough as Levi woke up at 5am, but managed to snuggle in w/ John for a few more hrs.


Once all awake, we quickly did some exploring around the backyard, which was definitely a highlight for Levi!


We spent our 1st day touring the Kauai Plantation railway, where we learned all sorts of interesting facts about the island, rode a choo-choo, AND fed the farm animals!

Felix 6 weeks old

This little piggy loved Levi

Levi feeding the animals

The boys both wiped out after our train ride adventure

Our first holiday w/ the 4 of us!

We headed to Hawaii for 8 days to celebrate Kevin and Jessica's wedding. Despite all of our travels w/ Levi abroad, we still managed to fill 3 suit cases w/ the four of us. We definitely looked like a bit of a circus, but it was well worth it once we arrived!



Felix 1st flight at 5 weeks old...and he did beautifully!

Morning snuggles with the boys


It's definitely my most favorite moment of the day!

Group effort

Bathing baby Felix is becoming a family effort as he loves the water and it's so fun to watch!
It's amazing how a newborn can even slow down a toddler. Each of us find ourselves just being mezmorized by little baby Felix. He's just so precious!





Tuesday, June 14, 2011

A play date


One of my oldest childhood friends brought her darling 1 1/2 year old Grace over to meet Felix. We had an afternoon full of trains, dolls and snuggles w/ Felix and Hank!

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Felix is nearly 4 weeks old!

Felix is 1 day shy of 4 weeks and is such a sweet baby. He's still super mellow and loves to just hang out and be a part of the chaos. Hanky now splits his time between Levi and baby F.

Cozy time

Ever since Felix was born, Levi has been into 'cozy time,' which consists of snuggling w/ Felix, Mama or Dada, or three of his blankies (oh, and his binky too). We're LOVING it....



Levi, The Drummer Boy

We took Mom and Dad to see a graffiti exhibit at MOCA and not only did they have Banksy pieces, but they had a kit for all to play. Levi took to it immediately!






Levi on the drums!