Too Good To Pass Up

Today I made a return to Old Navy but decided that I should make a quick walk through to see if there was anything cute. Lillie has really been needing some pjs, we've still been putting her in some 6-9 mo ones (she's 14 mos), and I noticed that their pajama sets were dirt cheap. There were tons of pjs that were $3.49-4.99! Some of them were from Christmas (get some in larger sizes for next winter), but others were not holiday specific. There were ones with long sleeve tops and long pants, short sleeve tops and long pants and short sleeves and shorts. I think the sizes start at 12 mos, but because they're so tight, you could go up a size or two and then just roll up the sleeves. I got four and I wish I had got more. You should really go to your local ON and stock up on cheap pajamas. Just thought I should share my hot deal!

Week of Milagros

So we've had a great week, which was much needed because the week before, Eric's midterms, was the worst ever.  On Wednesday, Lillie and I made our first trip to Disneyland alone.  We've been countless times, but it's always been with Eric.  We hadn't visited the "happiest place on earth" in a while and needed the pick me up, so off we went.  It was a lot of fun, Lillie gets so excited about all the goings on.  There weren't any meltdowns (I'm still scared from that incident a year ago) and it made for a quickly passing day.

Later that day when Lillie was napping, I was blog hopping and happened upon a blog that explained how to make these darling little chiffon skirts.  Being the idiot that I am, I ordered the fabric that I would need to make one for Lil.  So I have spent many hours this week shirring chiffon and satin charmeuse.  Honestly it turned out surprisingly well for my lack of sewing skills.  It's going to be Lillie's Easter skirt.

If you have kept up on my blog entries you would know that last week was horrible, with Eric being gone long hours preparing for his tests.  Then, after taking his test, he came home feeling terrible about how it turned out, saying he ran out of time and that it was the worst thing that he had ever turned in.  It was hard for me to hear because I knew how many hours he had worked preparing for it.  Well, he got the results back from his test this week, and while the part he thought he did bad on, he really did bad on (so did pretty much everyone else in the class), the other section of the test he passed.  So with both grades averaged, he did pretty well.

And then the last miracle was last night.  Eric and I went down to the Staples center to watch USC play UCLA in the semifinal game of the PAC-10 tournament.  We were definitely the underdogs and there were a lot more Bruin fans there than Trojan fans, but we won!  It was such a close, intense game.  Tons of fun!  Loved it!  I don't care if they don't go any further, there's something extra special about beating your rival school.  Go Trojans!

I am so grateful for the awesome week we've had.  Oh and today we are getting a new stove, YAY!!!

1 Year Photos

Our good friend Shanell's sister, Amanda, came to visit and to take pictures of Hallie and Lillie. I am so glad that she came, she did a great job. Lillie wasn't behaving very well, she didn't want to hold still and definitely didn't want to smile. But the photos turned out fabulously! I am so happy with them. Thanks again, Amanda!

Fun on Slide

I LOVE the face that Lil is making at the end of the slide. She is just really not sure whether that was fun or not. Which is crazy because she has been all about going down the slide for the past month but then today was scared of it. Oh well. It was fun having Eric there with us because he's been SO BUSY. Lillie only saw him for one hour between Monday through Wednesday, so it was good for her to spend a little more time with him today. It's midterms for him, which is hectic and very stressful for Eric and very lonely and stressful for me.

Oh and did you notice the bongo drums as the background music? There was a homeless guy just banging away at his drum the whole time we were there. Crazy California. There are always homeless people hanging out in the parks. I guess they have every right to be there that I do, so whatever.

One down...Many Others to Go

 

Eric has had these crazy bumps since high school. They are the weirdest thing ever, just random deposits of encapsulated fat, all over his body. Anyway, they're called lipomas.
Today Eric got a very large one on his forearm removed. After being stabbed with a needle full of lidocaine about 8 times, the doctor cut a small ring of skin away about the size of a pencil eraser. She then proceeded to separate the lipoma from the surrounding tissue and pulled it all out of the small hole in chunks while squeezing it like a large pimple. Too graphic? Sorry. He only had to get two stitches and has a little bruising, but is fine.
I am so excited. I wish he could go back tomorrow and get another one done. But then, I am not the one having it done to me. I know he wants them gone too, though. I wanted to be there, that's the kind of thing that I ate up (not literally) while doing my practicum in the OR. Sigh. Sometimes I really wish I was working as a nurse. Now I just need to convince Eric that he can't do this at home. DDS is not an MD.