She Did It!

A few weeks ago, I was trying to think of an incentive to get Caroline to wake up dry every morning. She is potty trained but still wears a pull-up at night. She'll be four in a few weeks, and I knew she could wake up dry if she really tried, so we took her to the Build-a-Bear store in the mall and told her that if she could wake up dry every day for a week, she could come back and pick out any animal she wanted! This got her excited, but she still kept waking up with a wet pull-up each morning. Well, that all changed last week when she went one, then two, then three days and so on with a dry pull-up! Today was the final day of her challenge. I woke up several times throughout the night just hoping that she'd wake up dry. She knew that we'd go to "Polar Bear", as she calls it, if there was no tinkle in her pull-up. As I was drying my hair this morning, she pushed open the bathroom door and announced, "I'M DRY!". She was so giddy, I was jumping up and down and clapping, she started jumping up and down and clapping and then said, "I WON!". So after swim class, we met Daddy at the mall where the fun began:

There were so many choices, it was a little overwhelming. She picked up the first animal she saw and said that was the one she wanted. She didn't know there could be so many choices! We made her look them all over first, and of course she put the panda back for a new animal:

Sorry, Buddy. You have to wake up dry for 7 days before you can get one. Keep trying.

Jessica, this cool T-Rex is getting ready to retire. Caroline said Caleb would love it!

Caroline decided on a cute little bunny rabbit. She chose this one because the insides of the ears are the same material as her beloved pink blankie:) She chose a heart to put inside the bunny and stuffed her with fluff:

Ladies and Gentlemen.....may I present to you the newest member of our family: FLOPSY GRAHAM all decked out in her new summer dress complete with big girl panties, hair bows and crocs:

We went to Chick-fil-a afterwards where Caroline and Flops enjoyed their own private table and spent some time getting to know each other better.

Caroline loves this rabbit. When we got home, I opened the car doors to get the kids out and she said, "Shhhhh, Mommy! Flopsy is sleeping.". She has now introduced her to our house and all the toys and tomorrow she will be going to show-and-tell.

Ahhhh, I love incentives!! Now comes the hard part....do I put her in panties tonight when she goes to bed? I'm a little noivous!!!!