Big Girl Bed!

Keelyn has been throwing fits about sleeping in other people's beds around here for a while now, so we finally decided she was ready to have one of her own. I was a little nervous, as she still protests bed time once in a while...and each time I asked her if she wanted her own big girl bed, she would respond with "crib."

But we bought one anyway...and look how happy she was!!
She couldn't wait to climb in and test it out.

And she's never had a more exciting story time, than this one, sitting on the brink of her first night in her new bed.
We never heard a peep, and she was fast asleep an hour later when we checked on her. I had all kinds of visions of hours upon hours of screaming kid at gate while Mommy loses her mind...but I was wrong. She loves her new bed, and her big girl responsibility to sleep in it.

When we were getting it all set up, she brought me a book we have called "Winter Babies Wear Layers"...a favorite of hers. And she said with a glint of a tear in her eye, "not baby any moe, cain't wead it?" But upon my quick comfort to her that she would always be a winter baby and we could read it for as long as she wants, she was back in her new bed, reading away.

I have to admit, I too cried a bit at this transition. Just seeing her climb right in and feel so happy and cozy...that's what I wanted for her...but it's just proof that she's ready for this...ready to be a big girl.

And just for fun, since I wasn't blogging back then, here are some photos of Hailey when she first got her bed.

She did equally well with the transition, climbing right in and sleeping like a champ.

For Hailey's second birthday, she got new bedding and a rearranged bedroom with big girl furniture and decor. Keelyn will get the same for her second in a few weeks. Pictures of both to come...