Little goals for the month of L <3 V E

It's February already. I feel like the days are just flying by because of all the busyness going around in our lives. It's a good thing time goes by fast, but it's also a terrible thing. What's great is it gets closer and closer to spring each and every day. However, I feel like my mothers time is limited so time is running out more and more. I just don't know what to think about her health anymore. I know what's going to happen, but we just have no idea when. There are so many ups and downs. But the good thing is that she has been feeling much better lately. 

We decided to make many little goals for her. We made it to their wedding anniversary without any major issues, and now we're looking forward to Valentine's Day without any changes in her health. She truly is the strongest woman I know. Any other person according to the text books would not live this far into the disease. All the literature I read said that almost a staggering 95% of patients die after three months of having malignant ascites. Here we are and it's February. She was diagnosed in September 2014. She may look weak, tired, and a crippled person on the outside, but on the inside she is so internally brave and strong. She just keeps marching on - some days are good and some days are bad.

We're trying to stay stable in our house these days. We continue to revolve our lives around her which is the way it should be. Other little projects are happening. We finally have a contractor in to do our bathroom. It is a well needed update. I have been busy around the house getting other odds and ends done. Finally, it feels like the house is getting pulled together for the last few of obnoxious tasks. The bathrooms were a high anxiety stressor for me. Mainly because we only have one full bath and to go without it for a week just gives me palpitations. But now that we've hired a professional who can do it quickly, I feel better about the situation. Yes the cost is higher, but it's worth the stress and aggravation in my life at this point. Photos will come to follow that transformation.

Other updates in our lives consists of Isla talking up a storm. She has become a little chatterbox. Making sentences, saying obscure thoughts out loud, and putting them all together. She's having a blast in preschool. Stellie is up cruising around and even running these days! I caught her climbing up the couch today. We're not big celebrators a Valentine's Day, but in light of the many little goals we're trying to reach, this one will be extra special this year. As a matter of fact, everything is much more special all the time. It shouldn't take a tragedy to make us feel that way, but we get so lost in the daily grind. 

Other photos from February 2015

Living in the land of little princesses. These girls love to dress up!

We have recently become very obsessed with frozen!

And building snowmen!

We had a blizzard weekend! 

...Which happened to be on Super Bowl Sunday! It was kind of a bummer since we hosted the past two years and expected to host this third year. We had fun staying inside all by ourselves, but we did miss the crowd, the food, and the overall excitement of the last football game.