st. john usvi family vacation

for vday and president's day weekend, we went to st. john, our last caribbean vacation before moving to the west coast.  i have been there once before and absolutely loved so i couldn't wait to take my family there.  i picked the westin because it's voted best family starwood hotel.  there were definitely tons of families there!  like when we went to hawaii, it took some time to get into the groove but once we got into it, it was so much fun.  it's an hour ahead of nyc so maki went to sleep at 9pm.  that's when mik and i watched paid movies in the hotel.  :)  we caught up on so many movies (life of pi, silver linings playbook, skyfall, etc).  the only hard thing about being on vacation with maki is his food.  i didn't like giving him the packaged food even if it is organic.  he def prefers regular food already and we tried to give him some chicken, eggs, french fries and other stuff but still limited in what we can feed him.  by the end of the trip, he hated the packaged pouches!

st. john is part of the US virgin islands so our cell phones worked and we didn't need a passport.  although we'll need to get maki one soon for our mexican aguilar family vacation in july.  ay caramba!

here are some photos from st. john, our first alone family vacation:

movie mirror mirror by the pool with families watching while night swimming

beautiful westin pool

we forgot his bib in the room so papa improvised

must protect chubby cheeks from the sun

water QT with mama

sunshine!!!

hangin' with papa

vday dinner at la plancha

my cutie patootie

breakfast time

so happy

playing with mama

mesmerized by the ceiling fans

in beautiful trunk bay beach

love the powder soft sand - he even ate it

taxis in st john are very different from nyc yellow cabs

he's pooped

someone loves the water

someone doesn't like sitting through dinners with dim lighting

heart my little guy

a tad bit much sunblock?

"too sexy in my speedo"

for the complete st. john photo album, click HERE.  enjoy!

we had such a great time.  i would love to go back when maki is a little older.  such a great family resort!  i would also like to spend more time since it is such a trek to get there (need to go to the dock and take a ferry then go to hotel).