HUGE First!

Last night, we had a very HUGE first! Well, I don't know if it was huge for Anneliese, but it was certainly traumatic for her mommy! She slept in her new "big girl bed!"

Anneliese's granddaddy made a toddler bed for her cousin Constance and she has outgrown it and passed it own to Anneliese. I painted it last week and then yesterday we made the transition into her room.

Her room before . . .



(Thanks, Jason, for finding the picture!)


The transition . . .





(Look at the mess we uncovered when we moved the baby bed! Bye, bye storage space.)

And, finally, her room after . . .





I don't know if this was traumatic for any of you other mothers out there, but for some reason, this was really hard for me and I cried. I guess it's just one more piece of concrete evidence that our baby girl is growing up!

I'm proud to announce that she slept successfully in her new bed all night long and she is currently taking her first nap in her new bed! So far, so good, but I am not naive enough to think that we're home free. I'm sure that we still have a few challenging nights and naps ahead of us. But at least we're off to a good start!