Thurdy Rocks

It is official, I am now 30 years old. There was a time in my life where I seriously dreaded turning 30, but within the past year I have come to realize that the thirties are going to be the best! The twenties are all about trying to figure it all out- who am I going to marry, where are we going to live, what job should we do, yadda, yadda. Now at our thirties, we have all those things figured out and I am feeling great!! I am excited to conquer new goals and step it up. I am excited to enter the next phase with our kids-sports, family vacations without pack-n-plays & diapers... the thirties are going to rock. Now for my actual birthday- I was extremely sick, my kids were sick the week before and just when I thought I was in the clear- it knocked me down. Now, for a control freak such as myself- the old me would have been really upset that I was soo sick on my birthday and had to cancel beach plans with friends and a massage scheduled- I couldn't even answer my phone from friends and family because my throat hurt so bad to talk. I actually handled it pretty well-but did shed a tear or two. I don't do well with being sick- I value my health and don't expect this from my body-but we made the best of it and I still had my trip to San Francisco to look forward to. My birthday was Monday and we were leaving Thursday for our trip. The morning we were leaving, my head was still achy and my nose wouldn't give up, then Kalli was showing signs of sickness- I called Matt to see if we should just cancel- but I decided to go for it and I am sooo glad we did. So with one pink eye, a faucet nose, and no make-up on we headed to Nor-cal. We had the best time staying with Matt's sister Erika and the fam. They are soo much fun to be with and made my birthday soo special. The next day we took the BART to San Francisco to spend the day with our good friend from college- Jer. He literally took us all over SF, I LOVE it there!!! I won't bore you with everything we saw- but it was amazing- especially the food!! I just love seeing new places and how other people live. I still think we live in the best city in the world- but I did enjoy SF and how environmentally conscience everyone was. Anywho- here are a few pics from our trip... and I just want to thank everyone for your calls, cards, and texts for my big day- I was seriously feeling the love...Thurdy rocks as Hay would say!!!



My yummy Organic Dark Chocolate cake with the cutest nieces in the world!
Notice the Bridge...we are soo cool.

Matt & Jer



Wow, I am so mature now that I am 30...right.

Kalli's Blessing

We just returned from Vegas where we did Kalli's blessing. Matt did a beautiful job and the whole weekend was so much fun. We have the best family... including Matt's sista who took these pictures for us!! Once again we feel very blessed to have our baby Kalli- she is the happiest baby. I love her big eyes and sweet personality.

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN...

So the summer is here, my favorite time of year...and I have had some serious fun with my girlz. It started first with my beefer Monica Hite- who is getting married!!! We had an eighties bachelorette party for her and danced all night. We have been best friends since High Skewl, la la love this girl!





Next, my best girls from High Skewl did our "thirties" trip. It is so crazy that we are all turning thirty this year!! I was in denial for awhile, but now I am super excited- there should be some good times up ahead! Anywho- here are some pics from our girls trip to Pismo Beach.



Kathryn made the cake- she is amazing, as you can see!!!





Me: Kendra aka Kenny
Trisha aka Trish
Erin aka Spooner
Hayley aka Haybay
Dori aka Dorki Kathryn aka Kathy

Thirty Rocks!!

Kalli-girl

Kalli is now almost 2 months- the beginning was a little rough, but I am in love! She is the sweetest baby ever, I can see now for the first time why people actually like the newborn stage (still not my favorite though=) Kalli is growing so fast- she makes us melt when she smiles. She has made the transition to three easy for me! I am enjoying staying home with the kiddies- we are going to have a fun summer, then Keia will start Kindergarten in the fall and I will substitute teach a couple days a week. Here are some recent pics of the kids, I hope to have some more of me and boo, but I am usually taking the pictures!! Hope everyone is enjoying there summer- its finally here!! Oh- and I apologize for the non-professional pics of the kids... I seem to be the only left in the world who isn't a photographer... I'll keep practicing =)



My sister had her baby one month after Kalli. We love our new nephew, Jonas James







We went to San Clemente for Memorial Weekend



Mattix is really into being a super hero these days

Happy Birthday Bud!

Happiest Birthday Mattix. My son just turned 3 a couple of days ago... yes all my children have their birthdays within a month of each other- next to Christmas, this will be an expensive time of year for us =). Mattix is our little boy- it is amazing to see how much he has changed in the last couple of months, he went from this sweet boy who loved to follow Keia around, to a crazy boy who is all over the place, thinking everything is funny!! He always reminds me to not take life so seriously- the kid thinks everything is funny- except when something isn't done a particular way. He has to have his socks on a certain way, he has to choose who prays, he has to open the front door to leave, only him can get the toothbrushes, he doesn't like when his shoes are velcroed a certain way... should I keep going?? From the minute Mattix was born, there has been a connection between him and Matt- we love having our son a part of our family- he has always brought us so much joy. The top three things I love about this rascal are:

1. He is a snuggler and the first to always say I love you. He is soo sweet and considerate of our feelings- if I am sad he will always give me a hug and pat my back.

2. Did I mention he thinks everything is funny?? He has a great sense of humor.

3. If I am laying in bed reading, he loves to bring me his books and read together- I love those moments!!

Happiest Birthday son!!

Introducing....

Kalli Faith Huffman. She finally arrived on April 22, 2010. She is our little Earth baby =). So I hit my due date and was starting to get impatient. I had a question about something for my doctor and he told me to come in and see him the next day (now 3 days late). He said it was nothing to worry about and sent me back home... I was sooo bummed! I took the kids bowling and ran some errands, but started to feel contractions every 20 minutes. I continued to have contractions every 20 minutes from 2pm to 5am- yeah, really fun! I basically didn't get any sleep- around 5am they started coming 10 minutes apart- my doctor said to come in when they were 5 mins apart. So I got up to shower and all of a sudden they started coming every 2-3 mins- I turned off the shower and told Matt we had to go now!! It was raining and I felt myself wanting to push in the car! I started to worry about two things: I wouldn't make it to the hospital and if I did, it would be too late for the epidural. When I got to my room, the nurse checked me and said I was at a 9... I asked if I could please have the epidural. I could tell she thought I was a wuss, but I really wanted the pain to stop!!! I got my epidural, then just sat back and relaxed talking story with my doctor. She came after 4 pushes. I think we got to the hospital at 6:15 and she came at 8:15am. She looked just like Keia. She weighed 7lbs exactly. The whole hospital experience was awesome- I didn't want to put her down. Matt and I feel so blessed once again to have a beautiful, healthy baby.

Anywho- the name. So for months we were going to name her Maisy, but then one day a few weeks before she was due- Matt said I will use any name except Maisy. At this point the kids were calling her baby Maisy and I was starting to tell people that was the name. I always liked the name Kalli- but he was never that stoked on it- but he brought the name up again. This time when he told people the name- he liked their reaction! I liked Kalli because we feel so happy to be back in California and know this is our home now. Also- we kept the girls to all be K's- cheesy I know! For the middle name- we didn't want to choose a family name because this is most likely our last child and Keia has my side and Mattix has his side- so I have always loved the name Faith. It seemed appropriate for Kalli since I had over 50 doctor appointments between the Swine Flu, getting the parvovirus, and the Thryroid specialist. It took a lot of faith and prayers hoping she would make it to us safely. Also- our move to California was a huge leap of faith for us- so the name stuck. Hopefully some cuter pictures will be on their way- our kids are always weird looking in the hospital =)

My baby girl is turning 5!!

I seriously can't believe Keia is going to be 5. We celebrated her and Mattix's birthdays at Disneyland, since the baby will be born right between their birthdays. We had a great time- Mattix loved the Buzz Lightyear ride, but his favorite was driving his own car with daddy. My son is obsessed with cars- he has to take at least two cars to school everyday and he has to sleep with them at night. You usually won't see him without a car in his hand. He is really into being a boy- he loves to tell me things that boys do, like how he and daddy get to stand when they go potty and me and Keia don't. Keia loved getting her face painted, she also went on Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain with Matt- she told me she is only afraid of rattlesnakes (random), not roller coasters. I am doing pretty good- I have only 4 more weeks until our baby girl arrives- I wish I could tell you the name, but Matt and I can't seem to make a final decision- but I promise we won't leave the hospital signing her card as "baby". I am feeling pretty good still. I have only 2 more weeks of work and can't wait!!!! Maybe I will blog more when I stay home.... maybe =) Life is good in San Diego. The next time I write I will be a mommy of 3- CRAZY!!!!


Twins??

Before

After

Keia got her first manicure and pedicure for her birthday, and we went out and picked new earrings (that she loves to change twice a day!) I just love this "big" girl!!