Rita had planned to come to SF to visit her daughter Jeanne and her family and we thought it was a great excuse for a road trip! We love going to SF and were very excited to see Rita, Jeanne and family and our friends Chuck, Jessica, and Malina.

Our trip started off a bit rocky when we learned that our flight was a few hours behind schedule. This was a quick weekend getaway so we weren’t happy to have our time in SF cut short. While we waited to board the plane, we sat in the airport and watched the flights arriving. Gabe licked the entire window clean (yuck!) and both he and Zara were in great moods. Hopefully we are raising kids who like to travel!

Things started looking up when we got upgraded to first class! We even had an extra seat so Gabe took full advantage of the legroom.

We had a really fun visit with Chuck and Jessica. It was so fun to see Malina at 2 and imagine how hectic life will be when Gabe & Zara are walking and talking and have opinions! Gabe and Zara played in the sand on the beach for the first time. Gabe ate 3 handfuls of sand and would have gone for more if we had stayed longer.

We also met up with my former roommate’s brother and sister in law, who happens to live in the same neighborhood as Chuck and Jessica. It was nice to finally meet someone I had heard about for years!

We had a great visit to the Academy of Science. Gabe and Zara love birds so the Amazon exhibit was really great for them. There were butterflies and birds everywhere. The kids were so sleepy but had so much to keep them busy! They also got a kick out of the penguins exhibit.

We finished off our weekend by spending the day at Jeanne and Spencer’s house visiting with their children and Rita. We had an amazing day and a quick but yummy meal on the grill before heading off to the airport.
Seattle has been quite rainy this year so it was quite nice to be outside in some beautiful weather and it’s always nice to be in SF visiting friends!

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Gabe and Zara continue to grow and are starting to explore everything!! We often sit across from each other and have them walk to us. They still aren’t trying to walk on their own. Their favorite activity is standing at the glass patio door and looking for birds.

I learned this month that I must shake my head when I am saying “no no no” because Zara started shaking her head when I said no to her. It was actually pretty funny and hard not to laugh when she did it! They’ve also started purposefully dropping food off the side of their trays as well. When you tell them “no no no” Zara shakes her head (and continues to drop the food!).

This month, both Gabe and Zara started saying mum mum mum and da da. I’m pretty sure everything is a mum mum, but it still melts your heard when they say it!

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