Aloha!

Max got his first Lei made by Aunty Brooksie. It's little teddy bears and kui kui nut beads. He seemed to like it.

Max did great on our flights. He slept the entire flight from Albany to Chicago and for a lot of the flight from Chicago to Honolulu. We really lucked out on the 2nd flight. It was oversold but there must have been many missed connections so there were four empty seats in a row of 5. Before the doors closed a woman sat in one of the seats. So I asked her how many seats she needed and explained that we were traveling with a baby and didn't have an empty seat near us. She was so nice and let us take the four seats and she and her husband took ours. It was so helpful. We were able to let Max lay down on the seats when he slept. It was great.

Max met several of his aunties, uncles and cousins but there are more to come. Pictured here - Max's great aunts and uncles - Aunty Brooksie, Aunty Bobbie, Uncle Bobo - and Tanya (Marcy's cousin).

Cousin Jade and her friend Tara learned to do the hula. They were pretty good.

Max went to his first beach. We went to Ali'i Beach on the North Shore. Unfortunately, we were only there for about 10 minutes before it started to pour.