Friday, August 27, 2010
In Case You're Wondering...
...how it's going getting Y to sleep in her new room while simultaneously introducing her to the freedom of a toddler bed...a picture is worth a thousand words:
Monday, August 23, 2010
Quick Updates
It has been almost a month since my last post but I figured you would all understand! We moved into our new home and slightly less than 2 weeks later we left for vacation, having just returned yesterday I thought it appropriate to post a little something here to keep you all updated.
I had set a goal to have everything setup here in the new place before we left for NC to visit my family; I didn't quite meet that goal. I still have a few things to put away (more like figure out where I want to put them, mostly things like Christmas decorations, etc.) and to hang all the pictures on the wall. Y's room is the only room that is completely done, in all the other rooms I still have pictures to hang. In fact there is nothing on any other walls except the mirror I purchased to hang above the fireplace. I still get excited thinking of the deal I got on that mirror - 50% off at Garden Ridge because they are moving from one location to another. It looks great hanging there and I really can't wait to get everything else finished so that I can post pictures for all of you guys to see.
Y is now sleeping in a toddler bed. A few nights after moving into her new room she quickly figured out how to escape from her crib. We have had a really difficult time getting her to adjust even though her room is almost exactly the same as before (just almost twice as big). One morning I woke up to find her laying in my arms and when I asked B what time he had brought her into our bed he replied, "I didn't, I thought you did it." That is how we figured out she could climb out of the crib. Honestly the struggle we've had with getting her to sleep in her room has been the only downside of moving. The past month has been hard on her, I mean we move to a new place then 2 weeks later we go on vacation to a place she probably doesn't remember and then we come back here...I feel for her. But anyway, as for the toddler bed we really lucked out. Her crib is a convertible crib so we had to order the special guard rail in order to convert it to a toddler bed (yes they sell rails at Walmart for $20 but I didn't wanna take a chance and buy that one and ruin my beautiful crib). The only place to order it is at Babies R Us and I had inquired about one earlier in the summer and was told that it would take 10-12 weeks to deliver because it was a special order. So I called in a panic right before we left for vacation, thinking that would knock 2 weeks off since we'd be away anyway, and they informed me that they now stock them in their warehouse so it would take 7-10 business days for it to arrive. So it was waiting for us on Saturday after we returned from vacation. I put it together that same night and it was pure hassle trying to get her to sleep in it because she was beyond tired and hadn't really had a good night sleep since before we moved. I finally got her to bed only to discover that sometime during the night she had crawled into bed with us. Tonight it took between 35 and 40 times of her getting out of bed only to have me put her back in bed before she actually fell asleep. We'll see if she sleeps there through the night...
As for our vacation, it was great! I loved spending time with my family and seeing how much my nieces and nephews have grown. We went to Virginia to go to the beach and I gained a huge appreciation for the Outer Banks of NC! I had been there before but never really had much to compare it to so when we went to the beach in Virginia we really learned the difference between them. So on Friday we took a 1 day trip to the Outer Banks and really enjoyed it, it was B's first time going there and he kept commenting on how beautiful it was. We definitely want to go back and stay longer next time.
Well that's a quick run down but I will be back soon with pictures of vacation and the condo once everything is set up.
I had set a goal to have everything setup here in the new place before we left for NC to visit my family; I didn't quite meet that goal. I still have a few things to put away (more like figure out where I want to put them, mostly things like Christmas decorations, etc.) and to hang all the pictures on the wall. Y's room is the only room that is completely done, in all the other rooms I still have pictures to hang. In fact there is nothing on any other walls except the mirror I purchased to hang above the fireplace. I still get excited thinking of the deal I got on that mirror - 50% off at Garden Ridge because they are moving from one location to another. It looks great hanging there and I really can't wait to get everything else finished so that I can post pictures for all of you guys to see.
Y is now sleeping in a toddler bed. A few nights after moving into her new room she quickly figured out how to escape from her crib. We have had a really difficult time getting her to adjust even though her room is almost exactly the same as before (just almost twice as big). One morning I woke up to find her laying in my arms and when I asked B what time he had brought her into our bed he replied, "I didn't, I thought you did it." That is how we figured out she could climb out of the crib. Honestly the struggle we've had with getting her to sleep in her room has been the only downside of moving. The past month has been hard on her, I mean we move to a new place then 2 weeks later we go on vacation to a place she probably doesn't remember and then we come back here...I feel for her. But anyway, as for the toddler bed we really lucked out. Her crib is a convertible crib so we had to order the special guard rail in order to convert it to a toddler bed (yes they sell rails at Walmart for $20 but I didn't wanna take a chance and buy that one and ruin my beautiful crib). The only place to order it is at Babies R Us and I had inquired about one earlier in the summer and was told that it would take 10-12 weeks to deliver because it was a special order. So I called in a panic right before we left for vacation, thinking that would knock 2 weeks off since we'd be away anyway, and they informed me that they now stock them in their warehouse so it would take 7-10 business days for it to arrive. So it was waiting for us on Saturday after we returned from vacation. I put it together that same night and it was pure hassle trying to get her to sleep in it because she was beyond tired and hadn't really had a good night sleep since before we moved. I finally got her to bed only to discover that sometime during the night she had crawled into bed with us. Tonight it took between 35 and 40 times of her getting out of bed only to have me put her back in bed before she actually fell asleep. We'll see if she sleeps there through the night...
As for our vacation, it was great! I loved spending time with my family and seeing how much my nieces and nephews have grown. We went to Virginia to go to the beach and I gained a huge appreciation for the Outer Banks of NC! I had been there before but never really had much to compare it to so when we went to the beach in Virginia we really learned the difference between them. So on Friday we took a 1 day trip to the Outer Banks and really enjoyed it, it was B's first time going there and he kept commenting on how beautiful it was. We definitely want to go back and stay longer next time.
Well that's a quick run down but I will be back soon with pictures of vacation and the condo once everything is set up.
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