I'm a Big Girl Now!!!

We put Anaston in a big girl bed a little over a month ago and I was just realizing I never even blogged about it! Maybe because she did AMAZING and I never had anything to worry about or complain about I simply didn't think of it! But she deserves some recognition for how well she's done with this big step! Anaston had learned to push her chair up next to her crib and jump in as a way of entertaining herself only it looked a little dangerous as she would fall on her head. It didn't phase her of course but it got me to thinking if she was figuring out climbing in, it was only a matter of time to climbing out! I really didn't want the broken leg or neck in the middle of the night be my wake up call so we went right ahead and got her a big girl bed. I wanted to just put our extra queen size bed in there but Brian helped me realize that would take up her whole room and not give her much room to play so he surprised me and bought her the cutest little toddler bed with her ultimate favorite...DORA sheets, comforter and pillow to match her room. I was very impressed and surprised myself when he came home woth it. It was like Christmas that night, taking down her crib and moving her new one in there and re arranging her room. She LOVED it from the second she saw it! She was jumping on it while Brian took down her crib like it was a tramp. ha ha She would stand on the matress and say 1...2...3...jump!...and jump off and crack up. We let her do it for a bit for fun but then had to get serious about it and help her realize the danger. She's never once asked about her crib, she went right to bed in it that night like normal, didn't try and get out, slept through the night, etc. The only part that was SO weird for me to get used to and still is, is the part where she gets out of bed all by herself, turns of her shell, and comes in my room or wherever I am to find me holding her blankie and stuffed animals and says Hi mommy! You know exactly what I'm talking about if you've been throught this! I'll never forget the first morning where I wake up out of nowhere and realize her shell isn't on, on the monitor and I hear knocking at my door saying hi Mommy! She now opens my door of course but that first day, it was cute how she knocked first.I'm so lucky she did so good! I've heard nightmares! Yeah Annie!!!