Big Girl Bed & Going on the Potty

This has been a very eventful weekend in the Kendall house and it's only Saturday morning. On Friday, Hadley moved into her big girl bed and gave up pull-ups! She has been so excited about the bed and has been talking about it for weeks. We did a countdown calendar and every morning she would wake up and remember that her bed was coming.

Yesterday she patiently waited all day until the delivery arrived after 4pm. She was really to jump out of her body when it was all put together and she could lay on her bed, FINALLY! She did a great job sleeping in it all night long and got out of bed all on her own this morning.

She has also been working very hard on potty training. She goes several times a day at school and for the past 2 weeks she has told us first thing in the morning and right before bed that she has to go and has actually made pee on the potty. So, yesterday we decided to hide the pull-ups and she stayed in underwear all day. She only had 1 accident late in the day; otherwise it was a success. As she played this morning she also told us she had to go poo-poo and she did that in the potty too!

We couldn't be happier and prouder of our little girl who has grown up so much in the last 2.5 years and even more so in the last 24 hours! Yeah Hadley!

Frank, George & Brown

Brown

Old Frank

Now George

Frank

Brown taking a ride in the stroller.

Brown having some milk in a sippy cup.

Last year when I decorated the house for the Fall & Halloween, Hadley was enamoured by several of the decorations. She got into Christmas too but Halloween was by far her favorite. One of the things she loved the most was a nerdy-looking Frankenstein. We called him Frank, back then. Frank has several adventures including having his diaper changed.

This year The Kendalls have a new Frankenstein courtesey of Cracker Barrel and this one sings "The Monster Mash." Hadley calls him Frank and last year's Frank has been renamed George. I have no explanation.

Finally, there is a black cat that we had last year (I have actually had it for several years) and Hadley also likes the cat. Last year she wasn't into it much; this year he has already been given a ride in the stroller, the shopping cart and was fed milk from her Cardinals sippy cup. His name is Brown. Again, no explanation. All I can say is that the decorations have been up for 3 hours and there have already been a number of fun times in the house.

Little Girls and Fancy Cars

On Sunday we went to a neighbor's house for a bbq. There were 5 little girls under 3 at the party and they had a blast playing together. One of the kids has a Cadillac Escalade car. The girls had a great time driving it around the cul-de-sac. It even has a working FM radio. OMG!

Before & After

We went to the zoo on Labor Day. What a zoo! The place was crazy. Hadley did have a lot of fun! Here are some before & after zoo pictures! Too funny! I guess she was a little tired.

Picaso Hadley

Hadley got a new coloring book at the grocery store that you can use with paint. She was very excited and concentrated with her work. She painted a couple of Wonder Pets and impressed mom & dad.

Business Woman Hadley

Hadley is very infatuated with her cell phones. A couple of Saturdays ago we found her in our room with an "office" and she was having a meeting. I guess we're raising a future CEO!

Park Date

There is a great park in Lake St. Louis that has all kinds of great toys to climb and play on. We have never been before so we decided to get up and have a "park date" after breakfast this morning. Hadley had a blast running around the castle-like park, swinging and climbing!