The most wonderful little girl

I know all mothers think that their children are the greatest, but all the others are just sadly mistaken. (Kind of like when I was little, I pitied all the other kids I knew, because I though it was sad that their moms weren't as good as mine. I knew some had ones that were better than most, but I knew I had the best). I really do have the most wonderful little girl. She is so funny and cute and comical and precious.

And what a girl she is with all her accessories now! Yesterday, we were at the mall (shocking!) and Rebecca had a wonderful time walking around in the ladies' department. She looked at so many social event dresses and analyzed all the details of sequins, beading, buttons, etc. In Baby Gap the other day, she picked out a dress that she liked. We weren't even looking at it, but she grabbed it, hanger and all and started checking out every detail of the flowers on it, fingering the buttons, turning it over and ooohing over it.

Ramy found out on Wednesday that he is going to be transferred to Pomona Felonies - YAY! As of May 19, he won't be driving 115 miles a day anymore. Instead, he'll be 5 minutes from work again. (He says he is going to tell them it is a hardship for him because I'm going to be working in Pomona and will be wanting him to have lunch with me all the time. ha ha ha, so funny).

We had a great visit with my mom. She arrived a little later than expected on Wednesday night, but we still made it to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Rebecca spotted her coming down the escalator and was reaching for her within seconds. She was attached to her like a little spider monkey for much of Grammy's visit. Thursday morning, Rebecca, my mom, and I had breakfast at Mimi's and visited our cousin Linda in Redlands and had lunch with her. We stopped by Gymboree for open gym on the way home. Ramy grilled steaks for us that night, and I roasted potatoes, and we watched Juno. Friday morning we went to Rebecca's Gymboree class and then picked up Ramy and headed into L.A. to go to the zoo. Rebecca loved it! The flamingos might have been her favorite, but she loved pointing at everything:



We ate at one of my favorite Italian places for a late lunch - Louise's Trattoria - and then had a late dinner with a very hyper toddler at Red Robin. Rebecca was wild with excitement and was running around and showing off...until she crashed and fell asleep on my shoulder! Saturday, Ramy took my car to get a new remote keyless key done for it (a royal ripoff, because both my keyless entry keys broke, as did my mom's to her Accord). Then he took the truck to be serviced, and we picked him up and had brunch in Claremont and walked around there for a bit. We went shopping and hung out at Victoria Gardens and had dinner at California Pizza Kitchen. Sunday morning, we went to mass and then to breakfast at Mimi's and to dinner at Black Angus (or Black Anus as my so-couth husband calls it). Yesterday, my mom and I took Rebecca to the doctor for her ever-worsening allergies. They put her on Zyrtec and are going to recheck her in 2 weeks and will then probably refer her to an allergist for allergy testing. Last night, we had dinner at BJ's, and then I took my mom to the airport this morning for her flight back. Rebecca cried when we left this morning, which is unusual for her - she is usually as happy as a clam with Nanny Rebecca. I think she knew my mom was leaving, and Rebecca is so attached to her Grammy. Rebecca shows so much love and affection - she gives kisses and hugs and pats faces spontaneously with the most adoring and affectionate look on her face. So, so sweet, and her Grammy is most assuredly one of her favorite people.

So it was back to the grind today. Next week is my last week at Chaffey. I have three more weeks at UofR, and then I'll be finished with my college counseling center stints. I have really enjoyed these sites, and I will miss them. Hopefully I'll be back at a university counseling center for internship though! I am looking forward to being done with my supervision for Chaffey after next week. My supervisor is known for crucifying people on their end of the year evals, so I don't know what to expect from her, particularly since I think she is annoyed I am not staying. Oh well. I have a meeting with my research advisor and the director of the UofR counseling center next week to nail down some details for my dissertation. I'm hoping it is going to turn out to be an even simpler project than I had thought, but we'll see! Even though I'll be finished with my Tuesday stuff next week, Nanny Rebecca will still keep coming, and I'll start devoting that day to my dissertation. I've gotta get my comp written and then get my proposal and IRB proposals done.

That's my long update for the last few days. My little precious girl is trying to decide whether her Zyrtec is making her sleepy or not. I'm voting for yes, but she isn't as convinced!