Mom's Not Ready!

It doesn't seem real.  Not at all.  My baby moved into his ultimate Big Boy Bed yesterday (i.e. as big as the crib converts).  One full size box spring.  Plus one full size mattress.  Equals one ginormous bed.  For one very little boy.  Not ready. 

I think the bed is too big for him.  Don't want to keep him in it.  Not ready.  Not ready at all for this.  And just you wait until you see it.  You won't be ready, either.  Wah!

look how big it is!  (he's actually in the bed - somewhere in there)

see?  (too big)

three boys, building a bed

he helped J the entire time.  almost an hour!  (as I'm typing this post, Gabe just reported, "Mom, it took a lot of work for me and Daddy to build my bed.  but we did it."  he's so proud!)

Zach was on and off the scene

rapt attention

power tools! - Zach was equal parts excited and scared - he'd run out of the room at times

look at Zach's expression!

and he had some strange thing stuck to the top of his head

but it eventually fell off in all of the excitement

the big boy bed

two little boys checking out the new bed

jumping on the new bed (of course)

little brother's turn to jump

two jumping boys

time for bed!

so excited!

love it

look how thrilled he is!

so big

and now he's hiding

first kiss in the big boy bed

still wants to sleep at the other end

but back to his pillow

proud boy

time for a picture with mom 

and there's his discarded crib mattress and teeny tiny changing table mattress! boo hoo!

As we were getting ready for bed last night, I suggested to Gabe that now that he's in his big boy bed, he probably doesn't need his changing table anymore, either.  So, we took the changing pad off of his bureau and made his room a total transformation.  All of a sudden, Gabe suggested that he'd like to wear his underwear to bed now (instead of his pull up!). 

And all he wants to do is play in his room and on his bed.  He wanted to go to sleep before 6:00 PM last night, and he wants to "take a rest" on his bed this morning...  too cute!