Kai's Ocean Baptism

Just a little note that this post is image intensive!! I sized them all for the web so hopefully it won't take too long to load...

Kai was baptised at Baby Beach, our favorite spot. Peter collected the sea water and Uncle Earl blessed it. It was important to us that he be blessed for the water in which he was named as Kai means "The Sea" and in this very special place.

Peter and I aren't overly religious... we're trying to figure out exactly what we are, but we do believe in a higher power - a good higher power - and wanted Kai to be blessed just as his sister had.

Here's our entire group

The Dagupion Family (minus Uncle Patrick and Landon)

The beginning of the blessing

Kai was very curious!! He was such a good boy through the entire thing.

Baptized with the Sea water

Group shot with Uncle Earl

Then Auntie Shayna did a beautiful Hawaiian chant for Kai. I wish I had a recorder to tape it. It was beautiful.

Kai enjoyed it too!

The challenging this about being at the beach is that Ry and Kai desperately wanted to play in the water. Ryenne skipped along and she and I checked out a washed up coconut.

Kai is definitely a Mama's Boy!!

We decided to get some shots of us walking together. This is my favorite one.

And then we figured, "Well why not just get all the way in already?"

Another of my very favorite images from our trip. I think this one is going on the wall!

Isn't this light amazing? He was touching his reflection.

Our wet family on the beach for a beautiful sunset. Hard to beat...

A big, HUGE, GIGANTIC mahalo to Debbie and Martin Wyand for coming out to be a part of Kai's special day and for photographing this for us. We are so happy that you both are part of our lives and our kids' lives!!