confessional thursday {3.24.16}

i confess that i have looked at hadley's professional easter pics at least 100 times {i'm most definitely not exaggerating}. for one, kim did an amazing job of picking up on my little girl's personality in a short, easy 15 minute session. you can just see how tickled she was to hang out with a real bunny and chick.

secondly, i'm in awe of how much she looks like jon and like me in these photos. procreation is weird {and cute}.

i confess that hadley climbed out of her crib on her own yesterday morning and i am soooo not prepared for the next step. hell, i'm not even sure what the next step is. pretend it didn't happen and try to keep her in her crib for the next 6 months? move her to a toddler bed that she'll grow out of in a year? go ahead and buy her a big girl bed and come up with some to keep her from falling out?

basically, i've been pinteresting my life away since the ordeal and i have come up with the perfect solution from restoration hardware. wah-lah!

 except it's $3g and 1000% out of the realm of possibility.

with the help of my friends, i've been able to track down a couple of local guys who could build a replica for a much more reasonable price. stay tuned. jon still thinks i'm crazy for even entertaining the idea.

i confess that while i am so proud of the strides hadley has made towards potty-training, we typically call it quits for the day around 6 pm and switch to guns {diapers} for the night.

after dinner, we are both tired and all the potty enthusiasm is just gone. i'm sure i'm breaking all of the bootcamp rules, but i am so darn proud of my big girl and i don't want to push her too much on this.

i confess i am tired of the merry-go-round of allergies/illness/whatever that seems to be affecting our entire family. for the past month, it feels like there is always someone in our house battling some sort of yuck. today was the first day i can remember where we all felt "well."

we made the most of it.

i confess that i can hardly wait until friday when my brother evan and his girlfriend maddie arrive from kansas so we begin the easter festivities. we practiced our egg-hunting skills at playgroup last week and we are ready for the big day.

i confess that i scored this sweet chick mask from the egg hunt. hadley has been obessed with it. i wore it when i went in to pluck her from her crib post-nap.

it didn't go well.