Adorable moment Obama calls a baby ‘cutie pie’ and kisses her on the forehead as he takes a short break from golfing in Hawaii
- The 44th president on Thursday took a break from the golf course at a Marine Corps base in Hawaii to dote on three-month-old Riley
- Obama joked he couldn’t feed Riley when she gave him a hungry stare and gently kissed the child on the forehead
- A video taken by Riley’s aunt Andrea Jones has gone viral since it was posted on Twitter, 1 million views
- Riley’s mom Tiffany Lewis, 29, who lives on the base with her husband and the baby said the family raced down to the course to catch up with Obama
- A second video of the former president meeting and holding another baby also surfaced on Sunday, showing the president holding Levi, a 9-week-old boy
A new video shows former President Barack Obama in an adorable moment with a three-month-old baby girl while taking a break from the links at a golf course at a Marine Corps base in Hawaii.
The 44th president is seen in the footage unable to resist approaching little Riley when he spotted her at the course on Thursday.
He asks to hold the baby, whom he calls ‘cutie pie’, and jokes he can’t help her when little Riley gives him a hungry stare.
The former president couldn’t resist the urge to dote on little Riley when he spotted her at a Marine Corps base golf course in Hawaii on Thursday
The 44th president asked to hold little Riley, whom he affectionately called ‘cutie pie’
At one point, the former president joked that he couldn’t help little Riley when she gave him a hungry stare
Obama is pictured just before he plants a gentle kiss on little Riley’s head
Obama then gently plants a kiss on the child’s forehead.
A video taken by Riley’s aunt Andrea Jones and posted on Twitter has gone viral with more than 1 million views, 12,000 retweets and more than 75,000 likes.
Riley’s mom Tiffany Lewis, 29, who lives on the base with her husband and the baby said the family raced down to the course to catch up with Obama.
‘I was just in awe’, the mom told Good Morning America. ‘I look back at the pictures and I look so crazy because my mouth was just wide open in shock’.
Lewis admitted she was an Obama fan.
‘I love him. I’ve read his and his wife’s books. I love what they’ve done, not just politically but as leaders all together’, said Lewis. ‘He’s one of the most influential people so I wanted to meet him’.
Little Riley apparently isn’t the only baby that met up with the president in Hawaii.
Little Riley apparently isn’t the only baby that met up with the president in Hawaii
A video taken by Riley’s aunt Andrea Jones and posted on Twitter has gone viral with more than a million views, 12,000 retweets and more than 75,000 likes
Little Riley apparently isn’t the only baby that met up with the president in Hawaii. An Instagram post made by insland_stars808, also includes a video of the former president meeting and holding another baby on Sunday
‘Hi baby’! Obama says to baby Levi (pictured), a 9-week-old boy whom he also takes into his arms
An Instagram post also includes a video of the former president meeting and holding another baby on Sunday.
‘Hi baby,’ he says to baby Levi, a 9-week-old boy whom he also takes into his arms.
‘How you doing?’ Obama asks the baby, bringing the child up close and while holding his small hand.
Levi and his mom, Krystle Ilar, met up with Obama on Sunday at the Mid-Pacific Country Club in Lanikai, reports the Huffington Post.
Ilar said in a post on her Facebook page that meeting Obama with her baby was a ‘bucket list’ moment.
