It's been about 2 months since Clara was born so we decided to push the envelope again and take a trip to Hawaii to visit the Muench family (Dad, Mom, Nana and Uncle Mike) and a good chunk of the Sasson family (Michelle, Kash and Haze...and Marley the dog). We also brought with us Leslie (Yvonne's sister), Karl (Leslie's husband - arrived a day after us), their son Cole, Wendy (Leslie and Yvonne's mom) and Angela (Clara and Hadden's nanny). Quite a pack. We all stayed at the Sasson residence because (1) it was the only place that could accommodate us all, and (2) it's completely fabulous. You should know it's for sale; if you want to make an offer check here.
So, we were in Hawaii for a week and staying at a fabulous place with 5 kids: ages 0 (Clara's 2 months), 1, 2, 3 and 4. As a group we are closing in on the Von Trapp family although none of the five knows any Sound of Music tunes. However, Hadden does sing the ABC song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and several Spanish songs (although I must admit he doesn't even know all the words - like me trying to sing a Cheryl Crow song). It was an absolute zoo but it seems like they all loved their time together (even though there was a lot of "mine" and "he took my car" and "I wanted to play with that" kind of stuff).
Clara was introduced to the Muench family and behaved wonderfully (apart from some gas, a few belches and a poop or two). It was great to have other people hold her for extended periods of time - not that we don't love her. Right now, Clara is 2 months old and has achieved the following milestones (hey, they're milestones for a 2-month old):
- Has taken the GRE (but scored poorly)
- Can hold her head up
- Can "stand" with support for balance (not really a bid deal)
- Can smile (a big deal)
- Does a bunch of cooing and other baby noises that aren't crying (that's nice for mom and dad)
Uncle Mike is still running insane distance races (e.g., 100 miles) and has now written 3 books (1 novel and 2 collections of short stories). I intend to read them this year. Nana is doing well and was happy to see her latest great-grandchild (she has 4 now). Mom and Dad are doing well and the mango margharitas are great at the Muench house. We even managed to sneak in a dinner at Alan Wong's restaurant without the kids (fabulous). Also, we did one Mai Tai at Pinky's near the Marine Base (becoming a "must" Hawaii activity for us these days).
Hadden is also doing well and returned to the location of his "finger incident" and did just fine. He was more interested in playing with the toy car and soccer ball in the back yard. He also wanted a mango margharita but we were out of mix so he settled for a mango smoothie.
Well, now we're back in Seattle and the weather is still great but it's not Hawaii so I'll leave you with a few images from the islands taken by our official vacation photographer (Wendy).
Clara sports her new sassy Hawaii hat
Hadden finally does the Slip-n-slide(only after we turned all the water off - he's wouldn't go otherwise).
Cole: "Hi Hadden, want some sand?"
Kash looking super cool riding his Spiderman bicycle.
Haze the future heartbreaker.
Kash doing the slip-n-slide (by Whamo) standing up!
Cole swimming with the hlep of inflatables and mom. Okay so he's not really swimming.
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