Growing up

Madeline has a lot of changes coming up in the next few months. Moving into a new, bigger room, moving to a big girl bed, and becoming a big sister of course. So in preparation we took the front off her crib to see if we could start the process of her sleeping in a real bed. I really don't want to be dealing with a 2 year old not staying in her bed while up in the middle of the night with a newborn. The last two weekends we've taken it off and made a few failed attempts at her sleeping in it.

Last night however, she slept in her bed until about 4:30 am! Before that she actually fell out of the bed at one point...went out and bought the gaurdrail today...don't want that happening again poor girl. Today we had a "bed party" with balloons and Dora stickers to celebrate the ocassion.



Naptime was a little more difficult today. I thought she was sleeping and peeked in to check on her and she had taken her diaper off, and was fully dressed in about three layers of clothing apparently having her own fashion show. After peeling off the layers and getting her back in bed, she is now finally asleep. Looks like we are heading in the right direction!

We also went to the pumpkin farm last weekend and I hadn't uploaded these yet. I just realized a didn't get a single photo with a pumpkin ;) Madeline was running around so excited in the pumpking patch that every picture was blurry! My hopes of a Rockefeller-style picture in a sea of pumpkins may not happen this year, boo.

Ultimate Joy

This morning we went to Eden Park to feed the ducks/geese. This is one of Madeline's favorite things to do. I used to take her every week but with the new job we haven't been in weeks. She...loves...it. I say that just in case you couldn't tell by this picture.

Our neighbor was there with his two girls, Sophie and Eliza so we had some company.