The Mexi-Afri-American princess

True globalization at its best. Out little Mexican-African-American princess made a splash on her first trip to Mexico last week. We now need to start planning the South African trip for 2012.
We spent 11 days in Mexico (4 in Mexico City and 7 in Cabo San Lucas) and all I can say is that it was not nearly enough time to spend with the family in such nice locations.

Our little Lucia got initiated in Mexican culture by getting her ears pierced and a pair of lovely earrings her abuelito bought for her. Among many cultural differences, earrings are certainly one that I hadn't thought about until recently. In Mexico, it is a service offered at the hospital when baby girls are born (almost like the circumcision for boys). When my parents came to visit us for the first time after Lucia was born, one of the first things they notices was that she didn't have her ears pierced. So, one this trip to Mexico we went to our good friend Pediatrician Dr. Guiza (my friend Juan Carlos' dad) and had her little ears pierced in an initiation into true Mexican culture.

August was definitely a busy month for the Fernandez family. Uncle Malcolm came to visit from Cape Town, Grandma Glenda came from Savannah, Georgia, we had Lucia's Adventist dedication at Tabernacle Church in Portland and we had Lucia's Catholic baptism in Mexico City.

Lots of things happened on our trip, but the most notable for us was Lucia's growth. The first night after we came back we notices she barely fits in her bassinet and she no longer fits in her plastic bathtub. Our little girl is now 4.5 months old, 24.5 inches long (up from 20 inches at birth) and 15 lbs (up from 8.8 at birth). She's definitely growing and getting more curious about the world every day. She seems to love music, especially when someone plays it live in front of her.