Happy Valentine's Day

Let Lucy pick her own cards. I was a little surprised she picked My Little Ponies, just because there was Frozen and Princess cards too. She was pretty happy with her choice. I had her sign them herself which I have to say was pretty stinkin' cute. She wanted to sign all the Princess Celstia and Rainbow Dash cards first.

Winter Carnival

Hoping to find the sun we headed up to McCall to see the winter carnival. We struck out on the sunshine but we still had a good time. Lucy was a trooper. I knew she'd be good but I was a little apprehensive that I would end up carrying her. She walked up and down the streets and loved every minute of it. She would stomp through puddles and any fresh snow that we came across. There were a few sculptures she said were scary but over all I think the giant cake and snowman were her favorite.
We walked through town and then went ice skating. We went around the rink 3 times in 45 minutes... so she's not the next Michelle Kwan. But we had a good time. At one point she laid on the ice and asked me if we were done yet. unfortunately we had to get to the other end of the rink to the exit but she skated along and had a good time.
We went to a little sandwich shop and made a stop at the candy store. I let her pick out a treat, she was so excited but couldn't decide what she wanted. It took a little bit of running back and forth between the cases of chocolates for her to decide on a chocolate covered marshmallow with a red heart on it. She then proudly carried it through town, ate all the chocolate off of it and handed me the left over marshmallow and stick, telling me she was sharing and I could have the rest. (lucky me, I know) 
It was a great day, nice to get away from town.
Past times I felt like it was everything I can do to appear "normal" like everything was under control and I wasn't stressed out of my brain. But recently I feel like we have found our groove. The stressers and worries are there, but there is acceptance, things are what they are and we will get to where we need to be, when we need to be there, and that brings a feeling of calm. No, I don't have it all figured out just yet, but things are coming together and our little life that we have now is good. We're gonna be fine.

February

Another month has some how snicked up on me! 
This little girl is a busy one! 
It is funny how quickly things change. Last year we would go to the park and I had to climb and slide down everything with her. This year, she could care less what I am doing as long as I am at the bottom of the slide to catch her.
She sings and sings. It is crazy how fast she picks up on lyrics. My music or Disney's.
She has also started to name things. In the past a baby doll was just a baby. and a stuffed animal like a bear was just "bear"
We've started night time potty training. And.....its.... going. The other morning she woke up and in her sing song voice and says to me "mom, guess what! I didn't pee in your bed!" It diffidently beats waking up damp.
She likes to try and "braid" my hair, which normally ends up with my hair in knots and 10 mini rubber bands in it. But it makes her happy- who knows maybe we have another cosmetologist in the making.
Lucy talks about everything! I mean everything and she picks up on things I say as well, even when I don't think she is paying attention she is.
Had a mini accident at the ice rink this month. She had her finger stepped on with a skate. Sliced her little finger and freaked me out! She was a trooper. Didn't really cry and when I did she said, I'm sorry mom, I'm okay- I always think I can keep my cool in any situation but this threw me- well the blood is what really through me. Her fingers have healed very quickly. There is one nail that is on the verge of falling off, she talks about making sure it stays on every now and again. 
Lucy learned how to ski this month. Her dad took her up a couple of times and from what I hear she is a natural and she loves it.
She also dresses herself. Sometimes with my help, but she generally knows what she wants to wear- which still doesn't include tights or leggings.
The other day after watching Frozen I asked her who was her favorite, She told me it was Elsa- So I asked her why and she said- because she has a sparkly dress- obviously. (That's totally how I pick my friends too)
I figured out that she does not like surprises. She has always done well with a schedule, and even now for the most part if I tell her what we are going to do it goes a lot smoother, and that I have to follow up on what I say we're going to do. The other day I said we would go for a run. Come to find out later the stroller has a flat tire so I told her we wouldn't be able to go till I got it fixed- which she didn't understand. So we went for a run anyways... in the wind with the flat front tire, which makes the whole stroller wobble like crazy! But I got in some good resistance training so no complaints-