The Day After Christmas:
We decided to get a new bed for Lily for Christmas.
Kind of a last minute gift. We had planned to leave her in her crib as long as we possibly could while we were still in this house, but the one thing you should come to expect when you have kids is things don't always go as planned.
Lily's been breaking out of her crib tent when we put her in it for time out now for several weeks - the zipper just isn't holding anymore (and a new one ain't cheap). So we've been putting her in time out just loose in our room. I felt kind of bad that she couldn't climb onto her own bed to lay down during time outs if she wanted to. One day I asked her: "Lily, do you want to get a new bed that you can climb off and onto by yourself?" Lily replied with a gung-ho: "Yeah! Let's go get one, right now!" Well, I looked on craigslist and at different stores online and found a toddler bed brand new only $50 that almost exactly matched the style of her old baby crib. I couldn't find a used one for that cheap! We could still use her crib mattress -- a larger bed just wouldn't fit in our room. I thought if Lily got her new bed for a Christmas present it would make it even more special and ease the transition all the more. Lily is too smart for us though, however discreet we tried to be at the store, she knew what was on the bottom rack of the cart. At bath time that night she asked me, "Mom, where's my new bed?" ("Huh?") "Where's my new bed that you bought me at the store?" I told her we were saving it for Christmas so she would have to wait a few days and we would hide it until then. What else could I say!? :) She accepted it very well, and was so excited to see the bed box with a big bow on it behind the love-seat on Christmas morning!
We waited until the day after Christmas to put the bed together because the reviews I read said it was a little tough to assemble. They were right, but we got it together after some pretty tricky maneuvering that seeing us try you never would have thought would work.
Lily's been breaking out of her crib tent when we put her in it for time out now for several weeks - the zipper just isn't holding anymore (and a new one ain't cheap). So we've been putting her in time out just loose in our room. I felt kind of bad that she couldn't climb onto her own bed to lay down during time outs if she wanted to. One day I asked her: "Lily, do you want to get a new bed that you can climb off and onto by yourself?" Lily replied with a gung-ho: "Yeah! Let's go get one, right now!" Well, I looked on craigslist and at different stores online and found a toddler bed brand new only $50 that almost exactly matched the style of her old baby crib. I couldn't find a used one for that cheap! We could still use her crib mattress -- a larger bed just wouldn't fit in our room. I thought if Lily got her new bed for a Christmas present it would make it even more special and ease the transition all the more. Lily is too smart for us though, however discreet we tried to be at the store, she knew what was on the bottom rack of the cart. At bath time that night she asked me, "Mom, where's my new bed?" ("Huh?") "Where's my new bed that you bought me at the store?" I told her we were saving it for Christmas so she would have to wait a few days and we would hide it until then. What else could I say!? :) She accepted it very well, and was so excited to see the bed box with a big bow on it behind the love-seat on Christmas morning!
We waited until the day after Christmas to put the bed together because the reviews I read said it was a little tough to assemble. They were right, but we got it together after some pretty tricky maneuvering that seeing us try you never would have thought would work.
Lily was excited to help at first, but I took over for her when it got a little tough for one man and a two year old.
Mike and I took down the crib and set up the new bed, and in came Lily to check it out. Here she is showing her initial excitement! She was bouncing all over it swinging around her stuffed animals, but those pictures were all blurry so this is what you get :)
She looks so teenager-like here - Like totally...watch out!
She's oh so cute in her little bed!
Here are a couple more photos from the day after Christmas when Evie came over to play while Andrew was fixing the kitchen sink. (So glad that waited to break until after Christmas! Even more glad to have a nice brother like Andrew who knew what to do to fix it!)
Bath time!
Lily and her new baby doll!
Evie helping Lily with her bath.
Love this cute girl!
PJ Time: So sweet to see Evie brushing Lily's hair.
These two are the cutest friends!
