R.I.P

are the three letters that we use as we say farewell.....

Farewell to the CRIB, HIGHCHAIR, LITTLE POTTY, & PULL-UPS!!!!!

We have officially reached a new milestone in the Weite House...no more highchair in the kitchen (after 7 years), no more crib in the house (after 7 years), no more little potty by the big potty, and no more diapers or pull-ups. It's big girl and boy undies for everyone!!!!!!

Our third and final baby has definitely outgrown all of the "baby" items and is saying good-bye without looking back. And, over the winter break we decided it was the best time to make the transition. We figured if we were going to conquer one, why not conquer it all?!?!

So sad to see the highchair go...yeah right!!! Although we definitely got our use outta this one. It was a gift at Trey's baby shower!

Tay excited to be sitting in her spot at the table...

Yay!!!

Taking off a side of the crib & turning it into a toddler bed....not a king size, but she'll get a bigger one when Trey finally gets the nerve up to move to the downstairs bedroom. Right now, the girls are sharing the 3rd bedroom on the main floor, which doesn't have room for two full size beds....

Good job, Daddy! This whole transitioning was his idea! I just couldn't take the step...knowing that when it's all said and done, my baby days are over!

Sporting the new bed with big sis!!!

YAY!!! I'm so excited!!!

Way to go, Miss Tay!!! We are so proud of you and cannot believe how quickly you are outgrowing everything baby. You are such a big girl for only two years old!!! The night we put you in your toddler bed, you also said good-bye to pull-ups and haven't had one accident! Yay!!!! Keep it up!!! You are the best!!!

The first night....success!!!

We LOVE you BUNCHES!!!!

Sitting Pretty...

Tay-Tay is getting to be such a BIG girl and is doing such a FANTASTIC job of sitting up!! I cannot believe that the time has already come....

Way to Go, Taylen Jae!!!

See...no Boppy or assistance needed :)

You totally know where that zebra is going to end up....

Yep....STRAIGHT to the mouth!! Yummy!

Isn't she just the cutests little thing?!?! Love. Her.

Such a BIG girl...slobber and all!!

And, of course....after ALL that hard work, nothing sounded better than a sweet little nap with her big sis!! I'm sure this is the first of many naps they'll be taking together!!!

It's....BIG GIRL BED time!!!

So, I had to take the morning off work for a good old Dr.'s appointment, which just happened to be at 8 am. (and, I was home by 8:15...so the rest of the morning was MINE)....paid a few bills and was able to be home for the delivery of Miss Tylee's BIG GIRL bed!! I've been waiting since before Christmas break for this thing to arrive and Slumberland finally decided that today was my lucky day..Woo-hoo!! The delivery and set-up guys came around 9:45 this morning...leaving me just enough time to get all the bedding on and sort of set up for Tylee. I was so pumped to surprise her after school ;) Below are a few pics....

I thought the piggy bank on the headboard shelf was a cute idea UNTIL my hubby offered to drop six pounds of gold dollar coins on my head just to see how it felt...I quickly got his point and REMOVED the piggy bank!! Good thing for better halves that are always thinking ;)

So, after picking up the kids from school...we headed home and quickly sprinted upstairs...Tylee and Trey were just as excited as I was. Below are a couple of Tylee checking out her new bed....she LOVED it!! (And, made sure to tell me that she wasn't going to cry in her "BIG GIRL BED" about 100 times! SO CUTE!)

After checking things out and letting them both jump on the bed for a few minutes (because we do that kind of stuff in our house) we headed downstairs for puzzles, coloring and dinner-making!! Tylee couldn't stop talking about her bed and kept asking for "night-night" time....

After dinner we headed upstairs for bath time and headed to her room to read books together....can't you tell she was pumped?!?! 

(YES...this is her "fake sleeping") but I am PROUD to say that she's been upstairs sleeping away since 7:30 pm (with NO BINKY)....and, I haven't heard a peep!!! She was definitely telling the truth....

SO PROUD OF YOU, my BIG girl in your own BIG GIRL bed! Way to go!! XOXOX

(((On a little side note...the pic below is one of the other things we are trying to master...she's doing well, but still sometimes makes Dora "sad" when she pees on her....Gotta love Pull-Ups with fun characters!!!

No Binky, No diapers, and Sleeping in the Big Girl bed were our goals for the first week of 2011...we are practically there!!! Now, if that's not reason to celebrate, I don't know what is!!!)))

Keep up the AWESOME work, BIG GIRL!! We are proud of you!! Love you Tylee Jean!!!