My 24th birthday

I woke up the day of my birthday by Charlie licking on my face, I open my eyes and saw this:

I laughed so hard, he looked super cute. After getting up from bed, I opened up my gits and I got some really cute stuff that I loved. Nils and I went out to get breakfast together at our favorite place "The pancake house" and it was yummy. Unfortunately, Nils couldn't take the day off work, so after eating some delicious breakfast he took me to a nail salon to get my nails done for my birthday and he went to work. After I got my nails done I couldn't get off the phone. Alot of people called me to wish me a happy birthday and it felt really good to feel the love. I didn't notice how long I was in the phone for until I heard Nils opening the door and realizing it was almost 6pm, time to get ready to go out to dinner to Benihanas.Nils invited Tiffany, Tore, Angel, The Hullingers and Shaun who was in town for work. We all got together and got some really good food. It was nice hanging out with everybody.

Thanks everyone for making this birthday so very special.

California trip

Last week I went to California by myself for my best friend's baby shower. I got to LA on Thursday and hung out with my friend Andrea who picked me up from the airport and took me to the beach close to her new home. It was a beautiful sunny day and we walked on the beach and caught up with each other's life. I was so happy to see her and hang out with her, she's awesome!

On that afternoon my cousin Tata picked me up and took me to his house to meet his newborn baby Gia. We hung out for a couple of hours, and at first his older daughter, Giselle, was a little shy, but eventually she became my best friend. Giselle and Gia are super cute and I really enjoyed spending time with the Rivera family.

That night my brother Pablo and my Dad picked me up and drove me to wonderful Murrieta, where my family was waiting for me with a chocolate cake (my favorite)! My dog Bruno was super excited to see me and couldn't stop jumping on me and licking me. I've never seen him like that before so it was really cute, I wanted to bring him home with me. The next day my cousin Alejandra came over to pick me and my brother Pablo up and went to get her sister Kaddin who is living in the San Diego area. We all went to Pacific beach to eat some lunch at this cute little restaurant by the beach.

After a nice walk on the beach and going to see Alejandra's new place we headed back to Murrieta. That night, the girls and I went to downtown Temecula to meet up with my friend Alicia and her friend Tiffany and got some dinner together.

The next day was already Saturday, baby shower day : ). In the morning my Mom and Ale went to do some shopping for the baby shower. My mom and I were planning to go together to the baby shower, and so we did. We had a good time, even though it felt like it only lasted about an hour. I feel like every time I visit time flies by waaaayyy too fast. I was very happy to see my beautiful friend with her cute belly and hang out with her, I also got to hang out with Jazmine, who I haven't seeing in a very long time. Jazmine took her son and so I got to meet him too, he is 2 years old and super cute. I was in charge of the games and helped out taking pictures of Alicia opening her gifts. She looked so happy and had a good time, all her friends were there and it's always good to know that she enjoyed her baby shower.

After the baby shower, my mom and I went out to dinner to one of my favorite restaurants "Daphne's" that they only have in California. After eating dinner and spending some lovely time with my Mom, we went home to pick up my Grandma and Bruno to go for a walk.
Sunday morning, my Mom and Grandma had to sing at church so I went with them to the spanish branch and saw some people that I really miss. After church we went back home and hung out with the family. Alejandra and Kaddin went over to say bye. My Dad made ceviche and my Mom made chicken and rice. We ate all together and took some pictures. After eating, it was already time for me to pack my stuff and go to the airport. This time was a little harder to say bye to my Mom because we grew so close to each other and I don't know when I'll see her next. It's kind of weird to live so far from each other, I really do hope that changes one day. I loved seeing my family and I wished I could have stayed a little longer but my husband and puppy were missing me too so I had to get back to them. I always love to go to California and see everybody. It was an amazing visit and I hope to go back there again soon.