Bye Bye Crib

The big girl
The big girl bed




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Okay, I admit it....I WAS NOT READY to take the crib down and move on from the baby stage!! I am so sad that the crib will be gone forever!!! Plus, why ruin a good thing??? She sleeps SO well in her crib and no new little family member is coming behind her to push her out as before!! Well, I had a weak moment yesterday and finally gave in to it. It didn't help that her daddy had assembled the toddler bed several weeks ago and left it in the garage for her to gaze at and tell everyone she sees "I Dora bed!" After a little nudge yesterday by a dear friend (who will remain nameless!) she said, "Michelle, she is two!" OK, OK, I will do it!! Of course I didn't have to say it twice to Scott and he had the bed in place in a flash! Well, I must say it was pretty uneventful. She cried at first because to her it was just a playplace that she had just been jumping on with Luke an hour before!!!:) Scott laid down with her for about 5 minutes and we only went in once to a cry that ended up nothing. She even slept in until her normal wake time! Quiet night...we'll see how nap goes. Never quite as easy when it is light out and you see all your toys in your room!!!:)


PS***It is now naptime and I have to tell you that she is such a good girl!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is making this SO much easier on her poor mommy! I laid with her for a few minutes and kept peeking in on her after that. She never got out of bed and was very quiet. Not long after she fell asleep! Hopefully she sleeps her normal length naptime. And to think I doubted her!!!!:)

The Big Reveal

*** See the previous post as well for pictures leading up to the finished product***

So here are the new rooms as they appear today!!! We still have some decorating to do in the boys' new "camo" room (the rest of the old border down and new up, things on the walls, etc), but our room is done and we love it!! It is smaller, but very cozy and oh so worth it to have the extra space in the boys' room. I have wished for a long time that the kids could have a playroom somehow and I think this solved two problems in one!! We have a larger bedroom for them AND enough extra space in there that we solved the playroom part as well! They play back there a lot now!! Thanks for good thinking brains, Lord. Thank you! Thank you!!

The Big Mess

Okay, forgive me for not posting.....again!! We really HAVE had the rooms "done" for some time, but I didn't want my folks to see it on the internet before they saw it in person!! They were here last Friday on their way home from Orlando and I wanted to wait until then. Since it has taken so long I have a bunch of pictures to show you all and I don't know how to post more than five. Is there a limit? If not, someone please tell me how to do it!!!???!! Anyway, I am going to post several times today because I don't know how else to share all the pictures!:) It is feast or famine with me!!:) These are the pictures of the big mess in switching closets. I was so overwhelmed I left with Emilee and Andrew to go shopping while Scott tackled the big job. He is much better at that than I am. I helped by getting little fingers out of trouble! Emilee dumped more boxes of games and puzzles in seconds than you can imagine. She was having a blast! The finished product was wonderful....sooooo much more space for all the toys and games in the new closet. Still can't believe all that stuff fit in that little closet!! It was a great opportunity to get rid of junk and weed out clothes and such that was no longer needed. Scott had fun teasing me for what all he found in our closet...especially all my shoes!!

"An Evening in Paradise"

Mrs. Glenn wasn't there so we couldn't let Pastor miss out on pictures!!
Won the best dressed couple award
Mark and Lisa
Greg and Nicole

Saturday night was our valentine banquet here at church. We haven't had one in years so we were unsure what the turnout would be like. We had over 140 people there!!! Scott and I were on the committee and were very excited about it! Obviously by the title you can tell it was a valentine luau. We asked everyone to wear their best Hawaiin dress and people went all out! We played the Newlywed Game and had a "mystery couple" that everyone tried to guess who it was by clues the couple had given us ahead of time. The food was catered and it was wonderful too. Scott took pictures of each couple after they came in and received their lei. Here are a few pictures of some of the people you might know. From the response, I think there will be another one next year!!!=)

PS. Too bad the weather had to be so frigid...I think the thermostat in the room was set at 75 degrees so everyone could stay warm in their summer duds!

The Big Swap

We made the big swap of the rooms yesterday and I seriously wonder why we didn't do it sooner. I laid in our "new room" last night and felt very good about our decision to switch things around!=) As we all know, when you do anything to one room the whole house seems to feel it (with a big mess!) I don't handle that well, but it is well worth it in the end. We switched the furniture only so we still have the big job of switching closets-yeah!! Here are a few pictures by request of my sister and mom. Those of you reading who have been to our house can especially appreciate the additional space it gives the boys!=)