bad luck strikes again

Brad was working on his "new" car Sunday night and was drilling metal when a piece flew in his eye. I was woken up with him hysterically yelling he couldn't see. His eye was bleeding which made it hard for me to see anything. I took him to Waukesha where my insurance is through and he had xrays showing a piece of metal in the back of his eye that had lacerated his cornea and caused a cataract. He had surgery at the Eye Institute today to repair the laceration, remove the lens and blood and metal. The metal hit his macula which isn't ideal but not worst case scenario since the retina was ok so far. He will have at least 2 more surgeries in the next couple of months and we won't know the status of his vision for 5-6 weeks which is the length of the first healing period. We just know that it will never be "normal." We see the surgeon again tomorrow to get the patch off and eye gtts start. We are thankful that it wasn't worse and just have to now wait patiently for the best possible outcome.

So Brad found a diamond in the ruff at the car show Saturday and ended up going to buy it on Sunday. Not sure how I feel about it-it's hard to picture the end result...see for yourself.

We spent the day with Nana and Papa at a car show in Grafton on Saturday. It was a nice day and we all got a little too much sun. My allergies dedcided to come out in full force which was a little annoying and I was pretty spent by the end of the day. Jillian had a great time with the guys at the show and spent most of the day on the playground. We ate lunch and she loves to let me know that she likes hot dogs even though I have an aversion to them and can't be within 20ft of one! She thinks it is hilarious to eat them in front of me. She will never get one from me! The pic of her on the rock is her princess ariel pose (from the little mermaid)

Father's Day

We spent Father's Day at a car show- then made a stop at my dad's and then to Brad's aunt and uncle's house where his cousins (Molly:)) were since his dad was out of town. Brad took Jillian in the garage with him and Tommy so I could get some computer stuff done for work. She fell asleep quickly with all the fresh air.

Polish Fest/Swimming

On Saturday we spent a few hours in the afternoon at Polish Fest. My Grandmother looks forwad to it all year and kindly reminds all the kids/grandkids that we are all going:) It was hot to say the least - but we made the best of it. Jillian had a great time throwing rocks into the lake and was able to cool off in the fountain before heading home. Later that night we went to Brad's cousins house where the kids swam and I even got to see Rocky for the first time since we gave him to Joey. It was hard to see Jillian and Rocky together...

My Birthday

I turned 28 on Friday and I went to my favorite Mexican restaurant- Jalepeno Loco- with Brad, my mom and John. We had all worked/gone to school all day and were all a little tired-hence the not so good pics. It was nice to have just the 5 of us with Jillian. We had some margaritas and my mom even snuck in a shot of tequilla and tableside rendition of Happy Birthday in Spanish for me. Overall great night.

JillyBean and the JellyBean Factory

Jillian went on her first field trip with school today to the JellBelly Factory in Kenosha. Being the nerotic mom that I am - was not going to let her go because of all the bad things that could happen...I know - I'm nuts! Brad set me straight and told me that she was going and would be very dissapointed watching all the other children get to go. After a detailed discussion with one of the teachers I decided that I would buck up and let her go. I was the only mom that gave my camera to the teachers to request that I at least be able to share in her big day. (most of the other parents probably figured that watching 28 2-5 year olds was enough for the teachers but not me!) These are the pictures that were graciosly taken on my behalf. Good thing that I am busy in orientation at work so that I didn't have time to worry all day. For all of you that like to keep up with my job endeavors I decided that the OR was indeed not for me and that the ICU was calling me back - I was lucky to slide into a 0.9noc position in the ICU at Waukesha and can't wait to get settled in-they are very high acuity and busy but I am ready.

So I know posts without pictures are boring but I am kind of excited not to have pictures because that means that I had my first quiet weekend! Brad and I went to motorcycle races on Friday night and Jillian spent the night at my mom's house. Saturday we slept in until 9! It was obvious that Jillian was not there to wake us up:) We went to the West Allis Farmer's Market to do some flower shopping to find out we were 1 and a half hours early so we ditched that plan and went for a ride and grabbed some lunch. We finally called my mom around 4 to give Jillian back- then just relaxed at home. We had a sleepover on Saturday night in our living room and Brad headed out to an "all day" car show so J and I hung out. Very relaxing. Hopefully next weekend I will have some flower pics as we continue to take our time with planting.

Another Busy Weekend...

Jillian and I had the pleasure of attending Lindsay's baby shower on Saturday and had lots of fun. We can't wait to see what Auntie Lindsay has as she is also witholding the sex from us:) Lindsay, Maria and I go back to the fun-filled days of St. Michael's where we started our nursing career. We are all at different Hospitals but make it a point to KIT. Although the dress might suggest otherwise, I am the only one in the pic not pregnant-besides Jillian of course(she does tell me that her tummy is getting bigger every day and that she is having a girl-too many pregnant people in the family:) Sunday was our 3 week old nephew's Baptism - another great day. Jillian got to hold him for the first time and asked several times if she could pet him...I said as long as you are gentle. As my weekends are fun and entertaining my LONG weeks of work are getting more difficult instead of the opposite...we'll see what the future holds. I miss my days off during the week and miss all of my alone time with Jillian- the grass is always greener as they say.