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Simply put...my mom is the best. She took the morning off work to make us our favorite breakfast, chorizo con huevo and banana pancakes, and to see us off.

We definitely had a fun filled trip and I so needed the break and the family time. Leila was a champ the whole vacation, especially when it came to falling asleep in the car. But the plane ride home was a different story...she cried the ENTIRE flight home, no joke! She just couldn't sit still or get comfortable. It made for a horribly long flight. Luckily, the guy sitting across the aisle had noise cancellation headphones.

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On our last night home, my parents watched the babe while us kids spent quality time together...at the movies.

We looked through old family photo albums and laughed about old times. Those cheeks of Leila's where it looks like she's always storing food - yeah, well those came from me. I realized that Leila does look and didn't just get her daddy's genes. 

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Eric left for his workshop in Concord and won't be back until tomorrow night so Leila and I are just chillin' at home with the fam. We invited the Calderon's over for dinner and had my mom's delicious pozole!

 Leila and Abuelito were having a ball playing with bubbles.

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It's no secret that Eric and I both LOVE to shop.
We devoted all day to shopping in the city...and snapping some photos.
Some of our favorite spots include Haight Street, Painted Ladies, Union Square, Marina, Golden Gate Park, Fisherman's Wharf, Palace of Fine Arts...pretty much the entire 7x7 miles that is San Francisco.

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Sunday drives in my family are a pretty regular thing. 

We wanted to enjoy the beach as much as we could during this trip so we headed out to Venice Beach at Half Moon Bay. 

Leila looks like such a chunk in this photo.

Every time we go home, my mom makes our antojos. Eric requested tostadas and tomorrow we'll be having my favorite pozole! Everyone does their fair share when it comes to making dinner...even Eric.

Ashlee (my fave and only niece) hogged Leila the entire night and wanted to keep her for herself...which is fine by us! Ashlee is more like my sister because we're closer in age than Ana and me...only 5 years apart. She's the 2nd to biggest brat I know (other than myself) and we fight like sisters but I love her to pieces.

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I rekindled my childhood wonder at the San Francisco Zoo today. It feels like just yesterday that I was here, running around and in awe of the exotic animals. I know Leila's young, but I enjoyed giving her the opportunity to learn about the animals. She was such a good little girl at the zoo and I know it's because she was distracted and intrigued by all the beautiful living things around her.

The great thing about having kids is you have more reasons to do fun things. Of course you can go to the zoo if you don't have kids, but it's much more exciting with your little one in tow.

This zoo makes me feel like I'm in Jurassic Park. There are gorgeous, mature trees everywhere and the park is so lush and fresh. Extra perk: it's right next to the Pacific Ocean.

My dad and his bolo hat...gotta love it.

Look...Kellie turned into a spider and Leila a peacock!

When we came across the Lions, Eric turned to me and said "Mufassa". He calls me Mufassa when my hair turns into a fro (never pictured of course).

We ended the day at Fog City Diner where Leila had her first taste of truffled fries.