Ruffles of Blue

I don't know what's gotten into me lately...oh yes I do...Pinterest.  It's got me thinking I can DIY anything!  With that attitude, I decided to DIY a pillowcase. 

 

Remember the skirt from my last post?  I used the lining from an old skirt as the base to sew the ruffles, and what do you think I used the outer part of the skirt for?  That's right...my pillowcase!  I also used some material one of my friends gave me.  The stuffing was from an old pillow whose case ripped.  That means my pillowcase was F.R.E.E.

 

 

 

(Don't worry...I DO still watch my daughter.)

I've Got an Itch

We're poor...student poor. 

Not that I'm complaining, because my life is good.  But mama said there'd be days like this when I would think back on my life pre-husband and kids.  Those were the days when I could spend my money on all sorts of frivolities, like coverings for my feet, ornaments for my neck, and all manner of fine silks to wear.

 

Nowadays, I have to spend my money on essentials like toilet paper, comet, and dryer sheets.  (ugh)

 

Thus, in my desperation for new threads, I've begun looking for inspiration in new places...like the left-over fabric from the quiet book I made.

 

Oh, why yes, yes I did make this skirt.  Thanks for asking.

 

 



Dad vs Mom

This is a competition of Dad vs Mom.

 

Who picks the better toys???



 

Dad

 

Mom

 

Dad

 

Mom

Dad

 

 Mom

 

Dad

 

Mom

Dad

 

Mom

 

Actually Mom and Dad, I can pretty much just take care of myself.

 

 

Boom-dee-ah-da

Am I a camper?  No.  Did Luis convince me to go camping this weekend?  Yes.  Did we take our 7 month old daughter?  Another yes.  Did we have fun? YES!

 

There's a lake 1 1/2 hrs away called Big Bear that we've always wanted to check out.  So, when Luis got a day off school, we made reservations at a campsite called Serrano and went.

 

We started out with a hike, which we LOVED!  It finally felt like hiking in Utah, which I miss.

 

We then set up camp, which was a lot less work than when I went to Girl's camp.  There were no impossible army tents to set up...just our tiny Coleman tent.  The area was smooth, which meant we didn't have to clear away the rocks and sticks.  And as far as trench digging (remember how we always had to dig trenches?), Luis just laughed when I suggested it.  It was super easy!  (Especially because my job consisted of holding Raquel - nice!)

In our preparations, we bought some wood for a fire, but as we drove up, we saw signs indicating the fire danger for the day was VERY HIGH.  So, when we checked in at the campsite kiosk, I told Luis to ask about whether or not we could build a fire.  After he posed his question to the grizzly old woman, she said, "Don't ya see the logs I'm sellin'?" and pointed to the stacks of wood next to our car.  We have never felt more stupid.  Sheepishly, we just smiled and moved along, but what we should have said was, "So...is that a yes?"  THAT would've been classic.



 Of course, being a non-camper with a never-camper baby, I worried how things would go.  Raquel, however, was a natural camper.

 

Unfortunately, this is the last of our pictures, because for the first time in my life, I got a migraine... at least I thought it was a migraine.  I hardly ever get headaches, so maybe I don't really know, but whatever it was, it was TORTURE!  The worst part, was that my first aid kit, which I thought was fully equipped, had no medicine whatsoever.  Thankfully, after a donation of medicine from our camping neighbors and a priesthood blessing, I recovered just in time to be woken up to my screaming baby.  Apparantly being a natural camper doesn't include sleeping in a tent.

 

Sadly, I also didn't get any pictures of our camping buddies, the Fale family.

 

Conclusion:  Yes, I had fun and surprisingly, YES I would camp again.

Siete Meses

Luis said to me last night, "She's growing up so fast!"  How many times have I heard people telling me that my baby would grow up fast?  It doesn't seem like it from day to day, but looking back, it DOES seem fast.  Just barely, she was a tiny little thing, and now, seven months later, she's a dramatic, pre-toddler.

 

 

Raquel at 7 months

• She's a whopping 27 inches and 14 lbs.
• She can sit up by herself for up to 15 seconds.
• She loves all food we've given her to try, but her favorite is carrots.
• She is learning "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and loves the part where "...down came the rain..."
• She loves anything that has to do with her hands, so we like to play pat-a-cake or sing "Open Close Them" or "My Hands."
• She can move herself around in a circle, but not forwards or backwards yet.
• Her favorite toys seem to be the ones daddy finds, such as spoons or tupperware lids.
• She is learning the power of her voice and has channeled her "inner Amber" (aka she screeches a lot).
• She really loves the pool.
• She has her two bottom teeth and seems to be on the verge of obtaining tooth #3.
• She doesn't seem to like church much, other than the compliments she gets from the ward members.
• She's now officially darker than her mother.

She puts her feet on EVERYTHING.

She's also very tricky.

 



All I want for August is...

I already posted about our weekend visitors and how Raquel was a bit cranky all weekend, and now we know why...she earned her first tooth!!!  Of course you can't see it here, but I had to attempt anyways.  It's her bottom right front tooth.  Then, 6 days later, her bottom left tooth appeared. 

Now with teeth, everything's changed.

What Do You Do with a Megan and a Blake?

More visitors.  This time it was Megan and Blake.  So what did we do?  We did what we do with all those Utahns...we headed to the beach!

Megan and Blake KILLED IT on the boogie board. 

Raquel fell asleep to the lulling sounds of the ocean.  See her grabbing her ears?  She does that now when she's tired.

Throughout the weekend, Megan & Blake tried convincing Raquel to like them.  Raquel loved flirting with Blake, but Megan kept thinking baby woman wasn't an "aunt Meggie fan."  After hours in the car singing, "The Wheels on the Bus," "Open Close Them," and "Old MacDonald," Raquel seemed to warm up to her. 

On Sunday, we visited the Redlands temple, which meant Raquel got her first temple trip.

On Monday, we spent the day at Sea World!

It was a quick weekend visit, but I'm glad Raquel got to meet another "favorite" aunt and uncle before they moved to Texas.