Big Girl Bed On It's Way!

A week or two before Steve's surgery (mid-May), we anticipated that Steve would have a 10 pound weight restriction. Since Amaya was still sleeping in her crib at night and for naps, we figured it might be easier on all of us, if we took down the crib and had her sleep on the mattress on the floor that way Steve or I wouldn't have to lift her out the crib. (We probably should have gotten her out of the crib sooner because she's this little person now and not a baby!) It didn't take Steve very long to get the crib down and Amaya was jumping up and down with excitement to be sleeping in a "Big Girl Bed." She sees both Steve and me reading a lot in bed, so it just made sense to her to read in bed. :-)


This is her first night in bed. She went to sleep really fast and was thrilled to be in her "new bed."


We were a little worried about her falling out, so we checked on her a couple hours later and found.... a beautiful little girl sleeping peacefully.


Over the 4th of July weekend, there was an incredible sale at HOM Furniture and Steve and I were looking for a new mattress for us and a new bed for Amaya. Steve and I have been on his old bed - a full size - and although we still like to snuggle, Steve's feeling a little squished with me AND a big body pillow in the bed. So.... we upgraded to a queen - a king seemed gigantic to us and what's the point of sleeping with your spouse if you can't even feel them in bed? Anyway, we also found a beautiful bedroom set to go with our new mattress! We've been using our old childhood dressers and nightstands and figured it was time to get grown up furniture too! We had quite a bit of success with Amaya's bedroom furniture as well! We decided to give her our bed since the mattress is only 5 years old and still in great shape. We thought about a toddler bed or doing something really girlie, but thought that she'd grow out of it in a couple years and we really didn't want to shell out more money to eventually have to buy her a full size bed anyway. So, this just made sense for us and hopefully she'll be replacing this furniture when she's in her 30s! We ended up getting her a bed, nightstand, and dresser too, since she had been using my childhood dresser and was starting to fall apart. She's pretty excited to get her new bed, but she's almost more excited about getting DORA sheets and a comforter! The only condition is that she has to be fully potty trained (with the exception of night-time - although she's been waking up dry a few times). We're soooo close - it's just hard to rush and find a bathroom before she has an accident, but she's getting there. We won't have our furniture for another month or so, but I'll post pictures when we get everything all set up!