Crazy Catch-Up With The Hubers!

I've fallen a bit behind, I'm sad to say, with my blog! It has been such a whirlwind for our family the last few months and now things have began to settle down....thank God.

So - I'll begin my backtracking!

In June, 3 weeks after moving back home to California, we took an AMAZING trip to Maui! We went with our good friends Tayva, Joe and their beautiful baby girl Ziva. We met Tayva and Joe in our baby/pregnancy classes that we took before Max was born and our kiddos were only born about a week apart from each other! They are too cute together. In Maui, we spent time on the beach, driving the 'death' road to Hana....well...actually the boys took us ALL around the island. Not only to Hana. We felt like we were in Mars, the jungle, about to die....the whole car ride. Thank goodness our families are both blessed with wonderful children :) We hit up the pineapple winery that is on the island - SO good. Brought a couple bottles back home just to enjoy and 'take us back' to Maui! We also took an awesome sailboat race on the water...so much fun....and we got SO wet! Steve and I did a lot of snorkeling while we were there - saw tons of beautiful fish and caught a glimpse of quite a few sea turtles. It is amazing to be out in the water with nothing but beauty around you.....although there is that ever growing fear of something trying to eat you!! Steve is quite the adventurer - and no catamaran boat was going to take us out snorkeling....NO way. He plopped our booties in the car and took us out on his own snorkeling adventure......and this is why I love him! Unsafe...yes. But oh so fun.
When we flew home from Maui we made a stop in Portland - spent a few nights on the floor - and worked on the house. We spent all day - everyday there - finishing up all the crap that we had to leave behind because we were on such a short schedule when we originally left. Steve drove another moving truck back to California while Max and I got to fly this time. It was only fair!

We celebrated Max's first birthday on September 3rd! Our little man is getting so big! We went to the zoo, fairytale town and out to eat. Then celebrated at home with a cupcake for Max to dig into....and didn't really enjoy. On Saturday we had a small family bbq, opened presents and ate more cake! Max did wonderful the whole day - but was sooo incredibly tired by the time everyone left.

Halloween was a blast - Max was a dragon and I decorated his wagon as a castle. Too cute! He had such a great time dressing up, going to the doors, reaching in the bowls for candy......but I don't think anyone had as much fun as his daddy!! Steve dressed up as a VERY big,VERY pink Frankenberry.......Ah, yes, I do love this man! Mr. Business by day/Frankenberry by night....this man keeps me on my toes! I bet his son will do the same :) Never a dull moment in this household.

And last but definitely not least, Max took his first steps last week. Now, this little guy has waited sooo long to walk - that there was no in-between period. He went from crawling to running in about a 10 minute period! My house has not been safe since. He is adorable - running here and there wanting to check out everything from his new found stance.