-She decided that she wanted to be potty trained the week before we went home for Christmas. It was quite impeccable timing to be honest. The three days before our 4 1/2 hour drive and whirlwind trip she decided she didn't want a diaper. I shouldn't be complaining because it was pretty amazing how fast she did it. She had a few accidents and that was it. We found at first that she did best without wearing undies because she thought her diaper was on. So she went commando for the first few days and it worked. We're still battling the pooping issue, so technically she's not fully potty trained yet. She tells me when she has to go and then proceeds to freak out until I put a diaper on her. I'm not pushing the issue right now for a few reasons but between the craziness of the last few months and having some serious constipation, we don't want to traumatize her for life, so it is what it is. Someday she'll decide to go.
-Now that she's semi-potty trained, she likes to use it as leverage. For instance, after we put her to bed, she screams, Mama, have to go peepee! Mama, have to go peepee! over and over until I come in to let her go to the bathroom. She's figured out that it's a good stall tactic. She can climb out of her toddler bed if she wants but thankfully I think our threats have worked so far.
-She's really into singing songs these days and likes to talk to her stuffed animals in her bed. She definitely has an imagination which is so fun to watch develop. She says the darndest things sometimes.
-Her favorite movie switched from Finding Nemo to Little Mermaid. Unfortunately you can't buy Little Mermaid unless you want to spend a hundred dollars to get a black market copy because good old Disney likes to hold the copyright and then release old movies for an ungodly amount of money every few years. Hopefully Little Mermaid will be coming out soon or else we'll spending a buttload of money at Blockbusters renting it continuously. Memere and Pop came to the rescue for now though, they sent an old VCR tape of different Little Mermaid movies. Not the original movie but a close replacement.
-She's a very determined little girl and doesn't forget ANYTHING, especially if I tell her she can do something. She will not let it go until I let her do whatever I said she could do.
-We've been implementing timeouts a lot more lately. But thankfully they have been working (for the most part). It's crazy that I can put her in a spot and she'll scream and yell but won't leave where I put her. Let's knock on wood that it will last.
-We are such good buddies. She's really a blast to hang out with these days. There are definitely challenging moments and she knows how to get her way pretty well but overall she's a wonderful little girl.
-She still LOVES running. We spend A LOT of time outside still. Who says if it's rainy and nasty that we have to stay inside. With the right clothes, we're good to go. The trails out here are limitless. We've taken her for quite a few hikes this winter.
-We had a huge (for here) snow storm the beginning of last week and it was such a blast! Ryan's work was closed for the day (we had about 5-6 inches of snow and you'd think we had 5-6 feet of snow) so we went sledding, built snowmen, and he built an igloo that he turned into a sledding jump. It was so much fun! We played like kids all day long. Sara freaked out at first when it was snowing really hard but once it slowed down she didn't want to go inside. It was a nice treat for all us.
The pictures aren't in order because I get sick of trying to format them. So bear with me. This is the view from one of the hikes we did a few weeks ago. That's the Olympic Mountain range in the distance.
Gotta wear the tutu to go hiking.
That's Mt. Baker in the far left corner.
She hiked all the way up this ridge and way back into the trees along the cliff. It was crazy how far she went on her own. The girls got some endurance.
Our new favorite hair-do. It's the only way she'll let me get her hair out of her face :-)
Ryan's parents came to visit a few weeks ago and it was a blast. We went for another hike while they were here and Sara did that one too. Lots of fun! Ken was taking the picture so unfortunately we didn't get everyone in the shot.
She likes to ride this trike down the hill as fast as she can and then have us tow her back to the house with Tyla's leash. She's had one crazy endo fall but thankfully she just hopped up and laughed. Phew, crisis averted.
She hiked all the way up this ridge and way back into the trees along the cliff. It was crazy how far she went on her own. The girls got some endurance.
Our new favorite hair-do. It's the only way she'll let me get her hair out of her face :-)
Ryan's parents came to visit a few weeks ago and it was a blast. We went for another hike while they were here and Sara did that one too. Lots of fun! Ken was taking the picture so unfortunately we didn't get everyone in the shot.
She likes to ride this trike down the hill as fast as she can and then have us tow her back to the house with Tyla's leash. She's had one crazy endo fall but thankfully she just hopped up and laughed. Phew, crisis averted.
One of her many outfits she creates with her bag of junk. She loves putting toys in bags, purses, boxes, you name it. My little carpet bagger.
Random pic. While we were in Yakima over Christmas she had her first hair cut!
That's it for now. I have a ton of pictures from the last few months but I think I've posted enough for now :-)
That's it for now. I have a ton of pictures from the last few months but I think I've posted enough for now :-)
