Aloha!

We had quite an eventful last few days! It has been a nice excursion from the real world.  Syona was surprisingly really good on the plane ride to Kuaui, another mom even stoppped by to tell us she was the star of the show! We have a small fridge in the hotel and have been refrigerating her some gerber baby food, applesauce and sweet potatoes and feeding her breastmilk and rice cereal and oatmeal as well. This week she tried bananas for the first time too and really liked them! Going to the beach was quite an event! It took forever to get her dressed in her wetsuit, with sunblock, her swimshoes on, her sunglasses and sunhat, and when we got to the sand Paul took about an hour to set up the beach tent haha. Once we were all settled we took Syona to the ocean and had her play with the sand. She kept trying to eat the sand so we had to watch real close. She was wary about the waves, but once we took her to a kiddie pond she was much happier swimming there as it resembled a pool and was nice and warm. Last night we went to a Luau at the hotel and got Syona dressed up for the occasion in her first luau outfit, thanks to uncle alok and auntie thoral. Syona received many compliments on her ensemble! The pool has been really fun here too. We have Syona in her own floaty floating around the pool, she loves it!

 If I never took her out of the water, she would stay in it all day. Unfortunately, Syona caught a small cold last night, so we're having a relaxing day to rejuvenate, nap, play and read with Syona.

Syona Lei'ed in Kuaui

It's been a couple of days in and just hard to justify getting on the net. That said, wanted to get a couple of pictures up for those interested in catching a few glimpse of Syona and her adventures on the Garden Island of Kuaui.

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Above at the top of the Waimea canyon (Grand canyon of Hawaii)

Above at the Sheraton resort (near Poipu Beach)

Syona the Queen

It was a friday afternoon at the Santana Row (SR) park and a day off for Mama and Dada; but we all know who really runs the show... Syona starring as the queen of the board (she's taller than the king, just like in chess pieces) and threatening to start a chess game with a worthy opponent.

Instead of the match, we settled at the SR benches, where chubby Turkish girl was playing nice and making friends with Syona.

Syona Dunking!

Here is a video of Syona swimming! Thanks Lauren for showing us how to edit the movie!

Syona Eats!

Lately we have been feeling bad eating in front of Syona because she gives us her cute blank stare with big bunches of drool dripping from her face as she watches us take each bite. Sure, we have given her a couple tastes of frozen yogurt and icecream because she so badly wanted a lick here and there, but this was her official first food! Two Sundays ago, JP and I mixed 2 small teaspoons of rice cereal with a little bit of expressed breast milk and put it in a small bowl. My dad was over and he sat Syona in her little chair. It was very fun giving her first food! She gobbled it all up and wanted more! I breastfed her a little before and then after as well. It was super fun and spontaneous when we decided to feed her. We had fun taking lots of pictures and movies. I fed her the next day as well, but then noticed a rash so decided to hold off. Our doctor and Rupal both think the rash was probably more related to a heat rash, so we tried not to bundle her up too much a nites and the rash has subsided now. She is now back on a rice cereal food schedule.