So.... a couple weeks there was a girl's night out in our ward and we got together to play video games, Rock Band, DDR and the Wii. I had only played Rock Band once before but after playing it again, I realized that it was really kind of fun. Eric had been trying to convince me since the first time we played it in LV that we needed to get it. So that night after I got home, in my moment of weakness, I conceded and we purchased it on Ebay. My life has been ever changed since the day that the box landed on our doorstep.
I love the guitar! I am not a good enough singer to like the mircophone and I stink on the drums, but that guitar makes me feel like I am a real rocker. It makes me think that I could actually pick up a real one and bust out some awesome tunes. That's not really the case, but the fact that it makes me feel that way is great.
I have never been good at video games, just ask Stephanie, who played many rounds of Mario Kart with me, or Desi, who knows that I am terrible at anything on the Wii. Seriously, I lack major coordination. But I am getting better at the guitar. If I'm feeling adventurous I might even try the Hard setting. I also feel like I am expanding my musicality (I might have just made that word up). I finally know some songs that the Rolling Stones, Garbage, etc sing. And I am figuring out the words to the songs too (Instead of just singing what I think they're saying).
Anyone who knows Eric, knows that he is having a hayday. He loves rock music, old and new, knows all the words, guitar solos, etc. But he is best on the drums. He even has started playing some songs on the expert level. Yeah, I can only do the Easy setting.
So we've started our own tour, our name is White Hot Winter. Ha ha. If Eric doesn't have too much homework, after Lillie's asleep, we rock. It's a ton of fun and we've had a few neighbors stop by already and I know we'll have more once the word spreads. It finally makes me feel like having a 360 is not the worst thing in the world.
4/12/08
Random Info
So, there have been a couple things that I've been wanting to blog about but they aren't very long or exciting and so I'm combining them.
Today we went to the beach. Normally I'm not very excited to go...weird huh? But let me explain. The beach requires a lot of packing. Sunscreen, swimsuits, sunglasses, blanket, umbrella, towels, boogie board and food. And it's not that it's a pain to pack it all, but to lug down to the water as you are sinking in the hot sand and to unpack it all at the end of the day when everything is COVERED in sand. I never get in the water because the ocean is FREEZING and it is usually windy. And TRAFFIC, don't let me get started about LA traffic. I'm a big whiny baby.
But today the weather was HEAVENLY! It was supposed to be in the 90s at our house and was still about 80-85 on the beach. Lillie was so good and it was fun to sit and chat with friends and watch my hunk of a husband boogie board. What a fabulous day.
Not all family trips this week were great though. We went down to D-land on Thursday and Lillie had her biggest meltdown to date while on the train that goes around the park, so we couldn't get off and it's not just a short ride. I could tell the people around us were not very happy about the SCREAMING baby. She was dead tired and all the CRAZINESS around us was too much. It'll be a while before I'm brave enough to go back.
Lillie has been progressing by leaps and bounds lately. She is still such a little talker, it was sometimes hard to hear General Conference over her yelps. She now looks at all the toys dangling above her on the play gym and intentionally bats at them. She can grip things now and often has my hair, clothing, necklaces, etc in her tight grasp. I need to get her a rattle. She is much better at sitting up in her seat and even tries to sit up when laying down, she can do a mean crunch. Her favorite thing in the whole wide world is sucking on her hands. She can now bring them up right to her mouth and tries most of the day to fit them down her throat. Some times a single finger slips in and she gags and gags until Mom pulls it out. Honestly, it's kind of nice, she doesn't need her binky as much and can keep herself happy for quite a while.
She has finally gotten a ton better at going to bed at night. Thank goodness. I was about to admit myself into the hospital for sleep deprivation, but she's getting better. I won't say she's good at sleeping until she goes through the night without waking... still a long way off.
Eric has finals week coming up...yikes. We BOTH hope that they go well. It's just gonna be tough not having Daddy to help out much this week. On Friday we will fly out and spend the next two weeks in WA and MT to visit family. We are all so EXCITED!!! Lillie hasn't met her cousins and I can't wait to meet Haylee, Lillie's cousin that is about a month older than her. I am already getting giddy at the thought of going home. I'm almost a little afraid because I think that it will make me homesick after the break.
Today we went to the beach. Normally I'm not very excited to go...weird huh? But let me explain. The beach requires a lot of packing. Sunscreen, swimsuits, sunglasses, blanket, umbrella, towels, boogie board and food. And it's not that it's a pain to pack it all, but to lug down to the water as you are sinking in the hot sand and to unpack it all at the end of the day when everything is COVERED in sand. I never get in the water because the ocean is FREEZING and it is usually windy. And TRAFFIC, don't let me get started about LA traffic. I'm a big whiny baby.
But today the weather was HEAVENLY! It was supposed to be in the 90s at our house and was still about 80-85 on the beach. Lillie was so good and it was fun to sit and chat with friends and watch my hunk of a husband boogie board. What a fabulous day.
Not all family trips this week were great though. We went down to D-land on Thursday and Lillie had her biggest meltdown to date while on the train that goes around the park, so we couldn't get off and it's not just a short ride. I could tell the people around us were not very happy about the SCREAMING baby. She was dead tired and all the CRAZINESS around us was too much. It'll be a while before I'm brave enough to go back.
Lillie has been progressing by leaps and bounds lately. She is still such a little talker, it was sometimes hard to hear General Conference over her yelps. She now looks at all the toys dangling above her on the play gym and intentionally bats at them. She can grip things now and often has my hair, clothing, necklaces, etc in her tight grasp. I need to get her a rattle. She is much better at sitting up in her seat and even tries to sit up when laying down, she can do a mean crunch. Her favorite thing in the whole wide world is sucking on her hands. She can now bring them up right to her mouth and tries most of the day to fit them down her throat. Some times a single finger slips in and she gags and gags until Mom pulls it out. Honestly, it's kind of nice, she doesn't need her binky as much and can keep herself happy for quite a while.
She has finally gotten a ton better at going to bed at night. Thank goodness. I was about to admit myself into the hospital for sleep deprivation, but she's getting better. I won't say she's good at sleeping until she goes through the night without waking... still a long way off.
Eric has finals week coming up...yikes. We BOTH hope that they go well. It's just gonna be tough not having Daddy to help out much this week. On Friday we will fly out and spend the next two weeks in WA and MT to visit family. We are all so EXCITED!!! Lillie hasn't met her cousins and I can't wait to meet Haylee, Lillie's cousin that is about a month older than her. I am already getting giddy at the thought of going home. I'm almost a little afraid because I think that it will make me homesick after the break.
4/7/08
Bumbotastic!!
So I got this little seat for Lillie to sit in to make her neck stronger so that she will be able to start holding up on her own without any help. She's getting pretty good at it, but she only likes sitting in the chair for five minutes at a time. Eric thinks the seat is stupid, but I know that she's gonna love it eventually.
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