6 Months

"Every home should have a 6 month old baby, just for entertainment value. Chortling, responsive, feet in the mouth, reaching, grabbing- and still too little to climb into trouble or talk back! -Dr. Spock (guru of all pediatricians)



Kalli's 6 Month Stats: *16lbs 12oz *26 1/2inches

Kalli is still the best baby ever (for us). Her favorite thing is to sit on our bed and watch Keia & Mattix do flips- she laughs soo hard! This poor third child gets woken up everyday from naps to take her brother and sister places, but never cries about it. She has been sitting up since the end of her fourth month, and is now putting her face on the ground trying to scoot forward. Kalli at this point wants NOTHING to do with solids, we will try again next month =).



Check out these rolls, lets just say that Keia was 20lbs at one year and Kalli is almost 17lbs- hence why I am not too worried about her not liking solds.

It is officially Fall

BEFORE



AFTER


Even Kalli joined us to play in the rain..

Keia the Kindergartener

Keia was Star Student this week- I know everyone was dying to know this... however I have been meaning to write about Keia starting school. I really like her teacher and Keia for the most part likes school. I am volunteering on Fridays and love it probably a little too much. Anywho- here are some pics of my first child going to school... love it!!



Keia with her teacher, Ms. Contreras

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!!