a big girl bed!

last night was ainsley's first night in her toddler bed.

j and i had been contemplating making the change for a while (i'd been thinking about it out loud, he'd been not listening and mumbling incoherently when asked directly). i was worried about changing too much at once and decided to wait until after the holidays to make the big switch. however, when we got home from georgia it just felt right. i stayed home from work on monday and told james we were making the switch that afternoon.

when we bought her crib we got one of those fancy beds that converts to a toddler bed, then a day bed, and then can be used as the headboard and footboard of a twin bed. (realisitically we figured that by the time she needs a twin bed, someone else would be using the crib/toddler bed.) there were some allen wrench screws that needed to be removed and a side rail added in place of the front of the crib. we lowered the mattress in the crib and voila! a relatively simple process that went pretty smoothly. (aiside from j going to the store to get more bolts, maggie being underfoot and ainsley biting me at one point!)

for the rest of the night she was in and out of that bed more than i can count. we went upstairs to take a bath (into the bed), naked, headed to the bathtub (into the bed), wrapped in the towel after a bath (into the bed). it was a success.

in her own words - 'daddy fixed my bed. i likes it.'

//for some reason i cannot get the sound to work.  arrgh!//

and the best part? this morning i got to sleep in because someone didn't wake me by jumping up and down in her crib and yelling to be released - she simply got out of bed and played with her toys till i came in to get her ready. WHY didn't we think of this sooner?!?