First outing with big girl undies

We went to Costco with Olena in big girl undies. She was just fine. She went potty in the store and everything. She had them all day pretty much until mommy and daddy forgot she had them on and forgot to put her back in the potty. Then we had an accident and derick wanted her back in pull ups because we were finishing packing. I we are at the beach and I want to have we just in big girl undies by the end of our trip for good. We will! I know we will.

O'lena's New Bedroom!!!

We spent last week working on O'lena's bed room.  We put her in the toddler bed and I thought it would be a good time to turn it in to a little girls room and not a baby room any more. I found this art work at Target that gave me the concepts and most of the stuff I got from Old Time Pottery, Target, and AC Moore. Oh and the Dollar Tree. It was a lot of fun decorating. I think she really likes it and I do too. She comes in and talks about her butterflies and her princess bed.

The picture that started it all! I fell in love with it!

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The big butterfly I got at Old Time Pottery and added extra colored ribbon. The other little butter lies and birds are from AC Moore and the flower stickers are from the Dollar Tree. Yep, they were a dollar. Best dollar spent! The quilt hanging up is from our friend Linda. It has been hanging there since she was one but it went with it so I kept it there. The pig my roommate from college made it. It just has been a part of the room from the beginning and keeps being part of it. The little scare is made from another friend of the family Susan Webb and the bed was given to us by the Strykowski's.

She has been doing okay with the bed. We have had only one night where she had a hard time going to go to sleep, but every morning we wake up to her asleep on the couch. She doesn't come into our room to wake us up, but just moves out there to sleep. I think she gets scared of the dark. I really need to get her a night light. We have been leaving the hall light on for her but it isn't enough.

This is a video of her going into her room all done. She had helped me with it most of the day, but I put on her new princess bedding and added a few little things. She had also been wearing big girl undies all day. We went though about 10 pairs but she knows when she needs to go now. Most of the time we dont make it but we will keep trying ;)

Fun Picture

So FGCU host a President's Gala that my parents get to go every year. And since I cant remember how long, I have secretly wished that I could get to go too. (I just love dressing up and looking fancy.) Derick and I got asked to go this year!!! I couldn't have felt more special. We had a blast and Derick was totally cool knowing many people and hobnobbing with the big shots. The best part was the photo booth. I love this pictures! We also won two of the silent auctions. One is a round of golf for D and the other was Everblades (hockey) tickets and a weekend stay at a local hotel. Can we say Statecation!!

Big girl bed!

O'lena got her big girl tonight! As of right now she still there asleep. She was very excited. I did get her some new decorations at target today but still need some new bedding. If she has her choice it would be Dora the explorer. If it was my choice it would be princesses. We shall see who wins.

Beach day!

We had a great time a the beach on Wednesday! Olena loved the ocean and is floating with her swimmers like a champ! I have three goals for her this year . 1. Swimming with no floaties 2. Potty trained 3. Into a toddler bed
We are doing great on all three!