Big Girl Bed

We made the transition to a big-girl bed a little earlier than planned. On Wednesday Daddy took the front off of Jilly's crib, transforming it into a toddler bed. I was not expecting it and neither was Jilly. He did it before he went to work and we were downstairs finishing breakfast and received the surprise when we went up to get dressed. Jilly was excited. Me, not so much. I couldn't believe he "uncaged" her at a time I would be home alone with her - for nap time. Thankfully we had a play date that ran late that day and Jilly missed her nap. She did spend some "quite time" in her bed when we got home, because she was so thrilled to have a "real" bed.

So far things have gone well. She stays in bed and we haven't had issues many parents have with wrangling her to stay in her room. It's still all new, so who knows if that will change...I am happy that we are trying this out as a toddler bed instead of the twin that will be her bed. She has fallen out of bed twice so at least she doesn't have far to go.

Hello, Again

Why is that I get on a roll posting here on a regular basis then appear to fall off the face of the earth? Things have been crazy the past month and I have simply not taken the time to post here. Again, it is certainly not for a lack of things to record. I cannot decide if I am too tired or too lazy to update. And, again, this is not a real post, simply a pace for me to put a couple of thoughts in order and "see" some things that I am considering.

JillyBean's third birthday is coming up and I have been fairly busy making plans for that. I will post on that more soon. She has been promised that she will get a "big-girl" bed when she turns three and we have been batting a couple of bed sets back and forth. Naturally the set that she has her mind on is not the one that I prefer. It is cute, but I like something else. I do like the sheets that go with the set, but I am not too crazy about the quilt. Then I found a quilt from another store and think that I may be able to get the best of both worlds but am unsure if they go together well.

Here is what Jilly likes:
I don't like the "busyness" of the quit, but I do like the sheets:
So I am wondering if they will go with this: