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Introducing Baby Kaleya!

April 14, 2015

Last Updated on November 12, 2021

Exactly a month ago, on Pi Day 3/14/15, our baby came into this world.

We named the little explorer Kaleya, meaning “filled with joy” in Hawaiian, and indeed she’s already filled our lives with so much happiness. Motherhood is challenging and I’m still struggling to learn the ropes but she makes all the difficulties worthwhile.

Coincidentally, we just found out that her name Kaleya also means “journey” in the Spanish Asturian language. It can’t be more appropriate. Even before she was born, she’s already been to seven countries, walked the Camino and went paragliding! Now she’s proving to be quite a trooper, loving car journeys and being out and about with us.

She’s already changed our lives completely and I’m excited to see how she’s going to grow and blossom into a little brave soul.

I leave you with some photos of Baby Kaleya that we’ve shot over the past month – you can already see how much she’s grown. A huge thank you to everyone who has showered us with so much well wishes!

Two hours after she was bornWhen Kaleya was born…

Kaleya in her favorite poseHer favorite pose

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Alberto and babyAlberto is completely smitten by our baby girl

NewbornAt one week old, she was already making funny faces

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Kaleya vs the worldKaleya vs the world!

Photo of Kaleya 1She’s going to grow up to be an explorer!

Nellie with KaleyaThat’s me with Kaleya out in the country. Can’t wait to bring her on a hike!

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Nellie Huang

Nellie Huang is the founder of WildJunket. Originally from Singapore, Nellie has traveled to over 150 countries across 7 continents. As an accomplished travel writer, she has written for BBC Travel, CNN and Rough Guides. She is also the author of five travel books, including the latest Lonely Planet's Mexico guidebook. Read more about her here and follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

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  • jodi
    May 30, 2016

    Just wondering where u found the name. I named my little one Kaleya Ann. She will be 28 June 22.

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    • Nellie Huang
      jodi
      June 2, 2016

      hi Jodi, what a coincidence that you named your girl Kaleya too! Originally we wanted to name her Kalea, which is a Hawaiian name and it means full of joy. I added the ‘y’ to make it more unique and I prefer the way it’s spelled. What about you? How did you come up with the name? Is your girl turning 28 years old???

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