We spent the week of Memorial Day in St. Kitts (eastern Caribbean) with Grandmom and Grandpop. While the boys' "grandparents" (as Harrison now calls them) wisely booked their seats in the exit row of the plane when they found out that we had requested the back row of the plane :), they were hands-on the whole week and gave Mama and Dada a nice break! We all stayed in the Marriott Vacation Club, which meant we had a condo with two bedrooms plus a kitchen, living room, dining room, laundry room, and two patios. Except for the 5am wake up calls from Hew, it was fantastic! Here's a sample day...
Early morning walk
Hewitt's slogan : "Sun is up at 5am, so why shouldn't we be?" I have no idea why he turned into such a disgustingly early waker-upper -- the room was pitch black, there was no time change, he did not go to bed 2 or 3 hours earlier than usual, and it was quiet. The early wakeup time is not a solvable riddle, so just give me your condolences instead of trying to figure out why it happened. Walks include...
General milling about while Mama and Grandmom get their legs to function...
Resting from strenuous milling about and crab-hunting (couldn't get a picture of any of the crabs -- they were quick little guys)...
Inspection of coconuts that fell the previous night...
Hewitt : The strongest baby in the world!
Oh, what a nice tree!
But when you take a closer look, you find these big guys (a few inches long and as fat a a finger).
Monsters!Beach
Some team sand-play...
Some relaxing in the shade...
Some toy clean-up...
I think I will take this blue thing...
...and put it in this basket. There -- much better!Some napping -- either in the water or on Mama's lap...
Yup -- He's asleep!
And of course some sand-eating...
Clean baby.
Dirty baby.After a busy morning at the beach, we made our way back to the condo for lunch and naps. This was the quickest way...
Tidied up the condo a bit...
And selected the afternoon's swim gear (this is what ladies in the 1800s would have worn, right? Or too risque given the bared ankles?)...
Pool
Most afternoons were spent at the pool. We splashed in the fountains...
Sun-bathed (his fingers, since they're all that's exposed to sun!)...
Lounged...
Jumped off the sides (we have a video of Harrison, too, but the file is being quirky -- so that one will be up soon)...
And went to happy hour!
Relax -- it's a fruit smoothie!Special events
Hewitt's first birthday -- happy birthday, Hewie-Dew!
A surprise visit by some family who happened to be on the island for a cruise (Grandpop's brother Kurt and his family -- wife Kelly, daughter Monika, and son Austin)!
A Gammom-Gambob-Harrison outing! No commentary here because Mama, Dada, and Hewitt stayed at the resort, so there is no telling what wild times these three had while they were unsupervised. :)
I think there are some thumbs up here?A Pop/Jeff-Rachel-Chris outing!
Leaving. Boo. :(
Thanks again for such a fun trip, Grandmom and Grandpop -- count us in for the next adventure, too!
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