Bug & peanut

Friday, October 26, 2007

Peanut's first Bday!

Peanut’s first birthday was a blast. (Yes, I know – it was 8 weeks ago L
Lots of people out on a beautiful Sept 3 day to enjoy the festivities and of course the food. We had burgers, pulled pork, and some other stuff. (Mommy’s dip is always a huge hit). We had a Cars birthday, complete with Cars cake. When cake time came, Peanut didn’t quite know what to do. Fortunately Daddy was hungry and started digging in with his own hands. It didn’t take Peanut long to dive in! Friends and family were very generous, this is one lucky little guy.

BIG GIRL BED!

Bug had a toddler bed set up in her room shortly after Peanut was born. This was early – partially because we found a good deal on the furniture, partially because we wanted her to get used to the idea of sleeping in there… The crib she’s been sleeping in since Peanut came along is borrowed.
Over the past 8 months we’ve tried letting her nap in there a few times – never went well. She didn’t like the change or she wouldn’t stay there. So several months passed by and last week, Mommy asked again. “Do you want to nap in your big girl bed”? Sure! Was the reply. That nap went fine. The next day, same thing. She went down nicely for 4 days in a row. On the 4th night (a Friday) she asked so spend the night there. We said absolutely! We laid out the rules… If she wanted something she could call us. No roaming around the house. Well, Saturday morning came and we both slept in. Bug woke herself up, and we heard her chatting. We heard her walking around her room. We heard the door open! She brought each of us a couple books, left them on the night stand beside each of us. Then she crawled in and “woke” us up. So for the past week, all sleep has been in her BIG GIRL BED! She’s even adapted a favorite song – we find her singing “No more monkeys jumping on the BIG GIRL BED!”
So that’s one more milestone out of the way. I think we’ll keep the crib for a little while longer – it’s nice to threaten her with it when she refuses to stay in bed! (love you sweetie!!)