Summer in the States

Just returned from a fun-filled, action-packed trip home to visit our friends and family! We arrived in Michigan after an exhausting 24 hours of travel, and discovered that Tyler had been teething en route! This has opened the door to so many new food discoveries for our little pork chop, who has obviously been malnourished up until this point.

Tyler gets a smooch from his adorable cousin Caitlin...

Wagon ride in Muskegon...

Putting in some long hours at Beacon with grandpa...

Relaxing after work on grandpa's Harley...

Little skipper mans the boat...

Watching fourth of July fireworks at Muskegon Country Club...

Andy shows the beergarita who's in charge...

Cuddling with my new niece Addison Rose...

Wagon ride with Tyler's cousins, Aidan and Hadley...

Pajama time with Hadley and Aidan...

SRB and the Cincy boys...

and Cincy girls! We had such fun catching up with everyone!!!

10 months!!!

Our little monkey is 10 months old!!!

HK welcomes Uncle Fun and Aunt Beth!!!

We were so excited to host Brendan and Beth in June!  Beth truly deserves an award, 6 months pregnant, and was totally unfazed by jet lag and the ridiculous Hong Kong humidity!   

Dinner up on the Peak...

Riding the Star Ferry across Victoria Harbour...
Brendan shopping for a custom tailored suit... 
The boys on our patio...
Beth hikes HK...overlooking Repulse Bay
The end of our hike is near!  Our apartment complex, Parkview is on the right, view of Central to the left...
Beth and Brendan in Stanley...
Aboard the Aqua Luna!  We boarded in Stanley on the south side of the island, and cruised to Central.
Beth and Brendan in Kowloon, overlooking Central.  The Aqua Luna boat we took around the island is sailing away!
Luau dinner at Parkview...
Wet markets in Wanchai...
The grill masters manning the barbie!

Just another day in Paradise...

We celebrated our two year anniversary with a glorious vacation in Bali!  We stayed on the southern coast of Bali, in a town called Nusa Dua, and were absolutely blown away by the beauty and tranquility of the island.  The Balinese absolutely adore children, and Tyler was treated like royalty by the locals.   

The Grand Hyatt resort was incredibly family (and stroller) friendly, with a fantastic pool winding throughout much of the property. 

My dinner dates!
SRB riding the waves...
The boys catching some rays at the pool...
Winding down after an exhausting pool day...
Master T cruising the boardwalk for ladies...
More pool day fun!
Dinner on the beach...


Tyler in his speed boat...
Our new favorite vacation destination!

9 Months!

Tyler is 9 months old today!  This is a first that I'm actually posting the day of, but Steve is travelling in Dubai and it's amazing what I can accomplish while he is away!  So I had to cheat to capture this picture, as you can see from exhibit B, Tyler would rather eat the sign than pose for me.

We took Tyler to his first amusement park last week, Ocean Park, located on the south side of the island.  The theme park is home to a variety of animals, there is a Giant Panda exhibit, dolphins, and this is going to sound really lame, but an amazing goldfish display.  These suckers were huge, it was an entire room dedicated to numerous funky breeds of goldfish.  Tyler was enthralled!  

 

The ladies man with his good friends Lauren and Emily...

Phuket

Okay, so I'm a couple of weeks behind on this post (actually months, but who's really keeping track here!), so you'll have to read my previous post for my extremely valid excuse.  Honestly it has taken me several weeks of blood, sweat, and tears to recover all of our pictures after our computer crashed!  Long story short, I was able to hack in to our Apple Tv and get all the photos that had been synced prior to that ill-fated day.  Lesson learned, back up your hard drive.  

Anyhoo, by the time March rolled around, we started to get a little cabin fever and to borrow a phrase from our favorite tv series, it was time to get off the island!  We travelled to Phuket, Thailand, a short 3 hour journey from Hong Kong, for some much needed fun in the sun.  We stayed at the Sheraton Grande Laguna and had an absolutely amazing vacation!  The beach was lovely, and there were a dozen of fantastic Thai restaurants all along the stretch adjacent to our hotel.  The food was great, and unbelievably cheap, and the scenery was breathtaking.  

T getting the party started early...  

Did someone say hot body contest?
Our little pork chop...sunning his buns!
The open air lobby of our hotel...
Tyler's first speed boat!
Lucy and Lily, two darling elephants from our hotel...
Dining alfresco!
Watching the sun go down with my boys!
Tyler's feeding the fish!
Our boating adventure to some of the islands off the coast of Phuket...
The boys new playmate!
Another beautiful sun set!
Another dinner alfresco!
The ultimate vacationer!