Today was quite the day! We started off the day be singing Happy Birthday to Cecilia. Cecilia and I then went to have a nice "kid-free" breakfast by the ocean. When we got back, we immediately took off and went hiking at Ka' Ikena O Iao. It was a nice hike with beautiful views and a nice river to cool off. We spent a few hours there before heading off to the Haleakala "The Crater". This was the craziest drive ever as we had to climb an almost 10,000 foot mountain past thick dense clouds to get to the dormant volcano. But once we got there, it was majestic.
Day 4 was spent at the Ritz Carlton Pool. It was a little chilly for the beach and the girls seemed to be afraid anyways, so we went to the pool instead. What a beautiful setting. We just relaxed and drank our foo-foo drinks while the kids enjoyed the water.
Robert got a cold on the third day of our trip so we left him at the condo so he could rest. We took the girls to the Maui Ocean Center Aquarium to see some native fish and turtles. They loved it.
We started off day 2 by checking out the Ritz Carlton. We were on the same property so we strolled to grounds and the pool area. It was beautiful. We then spent the rest of the day at the pool at our resort. Tamara finally got her head under water and began swimming. She liked the pool much better than the ocean.
We celebrated the 4th of July in Oceanside, waiting for baby Solana to be born. We spent the next day relaxing by sleeping in, having lunch and dinner out on the town and enjoying the outdoors at the Arboretum. Good times!
After 29 hours of waiting and wating (in addition of being 2 weeks late) baby Solana Violet DeRobbio made her apearance in Encinitas California on the 4th of July! She came out with a bang!