Three year old Kate

Yesterday our big girl Kate turned three years old.  In the few days before her birthday we had fun telling her the story of her birth, about how big brother Drew handled it, and how excited we all were about her arrival.  We can't believe it's already been three years! 

A few weeks ago Kate made the switch to a big girl bed.  For a while, we've had her crib modified toward a bed, but this is a twin mattress and headboard.  Very exciting!  Kate and Drew helped me take down the crib and set up the new bed frame and mattresses.  That part was probably more exciting to Kate than actually sleeping in the bed :)  After putting in a little railing for her (because Kate is a roamer in bed) she was all set to go.  Below is a picture of Kate in her big girl bed for the first night.

Drew has had a stepstool next to his bed and it was so sweet to watch him get it from his room and set it up for Kate so she wouldn't have any trouble getting into her bed.  While she was looking huge in her crib, Kate now looks so little in her big bed!

I should also brag for a moment about Kate and her ability to sleep through the night without wetting a diaper.  Kate just turned three and has been clean and dry 24 hours a day now for 3-4 weeks.  Drew is 5 and he still routinely sleeps so hard his nightime diaper is a little wet in the morning.  While Kate was a little harder to potty train, she's clearly got the hang of it now.  Way to go Kate!  We take no credit for this success, as Kate has done it entirely on her own.  Now if we can just get her to teach her brother :)