Isabelle's 3rd Birthday

Wow - I can't believe my baby is now 3 years old! This year we decided to do a "real" kid birthday party. The previous 2 years, we kept it low key and just had a family cookout. This year I decided to have a party at Premier Athletic and invite all of her little friends. It was great - no cleaning the house before and afterwards and no stress! They took care of everything! I just had to bring the birthday girl and supply the cake and ice cream!!

Here are some pictures. I was having a bad camera day - everything was turning out blurry.

I forgot to take a picture of her blowing out the candles as I was videoing it. WARNING: Mute the sound, you will thank me. Reminder to self do not speak or SING when I am recording.

Can't fool a 3 year old!

**UPDATE - I had this typed up and ready to post yesterday but my Internet decided to not work last night when it came time to post pictures. Isabelle is 3 today - happy birthday!!! She also had a dry diaper this morning and slept to 7:15 - woo hoo. On a side night, THANK GOD Wes is gone!!! What a jerk **

Okay, our little girl is so on to us!! She is on the verge of being 3 (tomorrow is her birthday) and she is already on to mommy and daddy's little tricks. In my last post, I mentioned how great she has been at not wetting her diaper at night. She made it 5 nights in a row!! We were so happy and proud of her! On day 6, she received her surprise or as she calls it "prize". We gave her a dollhouse (it was really her birthday present) but she thought it was her "prize" for not wetting her diaper at night. Well, she has woke up with a wet diaper the past 2 days!! Is it just a coincidence that after she receives her prize that she starts wetting her diaper?? Does she expect a bribe in order to keep that diaper dry at night? Now she did sleep until 7 am which was very nice but I think I would rather take her being completely potty trained....

Here are some pics from the 4th of July! My mom, dad, sister, and her two daughters came for a visit. I loved Isabelle's dress that I bought on Chez Ami's website. Each week, Chez Ami has a sale of the moment where you can get some really good deals. The deals only last a few days and the items go fast!

I thought she looked very patriotic!

We all figured out that the white part was the best of all the colors!

Yay - Beasley Household is Dry!!

I am proud to announce that the Beasley household is officially diaper free :-) Isabelle has been wearing panties (not underwear) for the last month without any mess-ups! We do put her to bed with a night-time diaper just in case. We had a "talk" with her and explained that she needed to stay dry through the night and if she has to go potty to knock on the door and go. Since the "talk" 2 nights ago she has woke up with a dry diaper. There is one downfall! Oh no! She is SO aware of when she has to go potty that she is getting up earlier and earlier. Yesterday it was 6:10 and today it was 5:35. She goes straight to the potty but then she thinks she needs to stay up and begin her day. We had another "talk" with her today and said when she wakes up early to go potty that she will go back to bed afterwards. We will see if this talk is as successful..

Our little girl is becoming such a big girl! I mean look at her muscles!