Hair, Food, Bed

Raquelita's hair is growing and growing, but one thing she hasn't OUTGROWN, is her ducktail (as Grandma Ferguson calls it).

This was her first ponytail ever.

With the right bows, her ponytail is even better.

And these are her wild locks after the ponytail comes out.

First experience with pears...

and apples.

This is frequently Raquel's sleeping position whether she's alone or in between Lu and I.  When I was a young tike, Amber and I shared a bed and like to use bedtime for playtime.  Because of that, Dad would often come in and lay between us until we fell asleep.  The problem was, I couldn't fall asleep very well because I was on the very edge of the bed and had to hold on to stay on.  I feel like those days are back.

Her other favorite position.

Stars & Stripes

Thanks to awesome friends, we got to have two BBQs for the 4th of July.  We spent the first part of the day as just the Moreno 3 and then the second half with our pals.

Cinco Meses

My Raquelita has hit her 5 month mark.  I want to cry!!!  My little baby is becoming a little lady!

I love her attitude in this picture:)  Hey!

Raquel at 5 months:

• She is 12 lbs. 6 oz and 25 1/2  in. long.
• She still has NO sleeping schedule, other than she now wants to go to bed closer to 11 pm than 8 pm, much to her mother's dismay.
• She has enough hair now (3 inches in places) to put it in a little ponytail...kinda.
• She loves sucking on my sleeve when I'm holding her.  I love having a wet shoulder.
• She's great at helping me turn the pages in her books.
• The song that currently helps her calm down is "Wheels on the Bus."
• She's big enough to lay without support in the bathtub.
• Lately, she loves staring at her hand as she turns it back and forth.
• Also, look at how she sucks her thumb.  So cute!
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Our Mini to Sea World

This past weekend, we went on a mini vacation to Sea World.  It was Raquel's first trip away from home, and it was epic.

First, we arrived to our hotel.  It was your run-of-the-mill cheap hotel, so we tried to be there as little as possible.

First, we had dinner at a pizza joint that had an awesome mascot.

Then we found a doughnut lady who directed us to a nearby park.  Aren't doughnut ladies the best?
Check out Raquel's mohawk.

On Saturday morning, we got up and went down for our free continental breakfast.  The choices were limitless.

Oh wait, there was more.

Needless to say, Luis and I stuffed ourselves.

Next stop: Sea World

Quick story about Raquel's hat.  We decided the night before we left, that we needed a hat for Raquel to protect her head from the sun.  There are a disappointingly small amount of baby hats on the market, but we finally found this adorable polka dot hat.  The bad news, is that it did not match the outfit I had already picked out for her to wear.  So, Luis had to help me go through all Raquel's outfits for...I'm gonna say 30 minutes... until we finally found a matching outfit I was happy with.  Poor Luis.

Oh yeah, and this is one of two toys Luis and I bought at Sea World.  We're such shmucks.  It is semi-hideous, but I'm finding those are usually the best liked toys.

Eeeeeeee!

Normally, I wouldn't post pictures of my child's gifts MONTHS before giving them, but I can't resist.  I found this idea on pinterest to make Old MacDonald puppets and decided to give them a try.  That's right...I sewed these!!!  There is an Old MacDonald puppet too, but he's not my favorite, so I didn't make him.  Also, Luis helped me change the horse's face to look a little horse-ier.

 

Aren't they cute?  I'm so excited that they turned out so adorable.  (So excited that I'm making my excited noise...eeeeeeeeee!)

 

This is where I got the idea and instructions:

http://go.tipjunkie.com/hm/444/zitzmanfam.blogspot.com/2010/09/old-macdonald-puppet-tutorial-and.html

Dia De Padres y La Playa

Raquel was really excited to celebrate her first Father's Day, and so was Luis.  So excited in fact, that they were a bit cheesy about it.

 We decided to get Luis a croquet set, which will = lots of fun and free date nights for the three of us.

The day before Father's Day, we got to go down to the beach for the first time as a family.  I wanted a nice, warm, relaxing day, but it turned out to be COLD!  So much for relaxing.

Bumbo Chair

Seriously, am I really dedicating an entire post to Raquel in her Bumbo chair?  Why yes, yes I am.

 Look how tricky she's getting...she can do thumbs up with her toes, just like her mama!