Cha Cha Changes

"The hardest part is what to leave behind.  It's time to let go." - Winne the Pooh

See this sweet little thing?  She was 10 days old and she was about to go to sleep in her bed for the first time.  Of course, this didn't last long, but we tried!  We spent time deliberating over the perfect bed and the perfect crib set and then the time finally came for her to sleep in the bed.  We bathed her, did a little night time routine, swaddled her nice and cozy (in a blankie that matched her bedding I must add) and said good night.  (Just a side note- I remember Matt intentionally laying her down like that so her feet would touch the bumper so she would feel better.  Sweet Daddy!)

And her little crib has played a big part in her short 3 years so far.  We've taken pictures in it:

Snuggled with it:

Gotten a little brother to snuggle in it with us:

And moved it (twice!):

This little bed has been through alot and we have all loved her bed.  We've never really had any issues with her sleeping- she was always just so excited to go get in her bed and go to sleep.  We would even pack up her bumpers whenever we traveled so she would feel like she was in the bed at all times!

Until recently.

She's started showing up in our room (downstairs from her I might add) in the middle of the night. This, obviously, isn't safe for her to be roaming around our house at all hours of the night so we finally decided that maybe it was time for a change.

The crib is gone, but in it's place is a new big girl bed.  With big girl bedding and big girl pillows and a big girl sleeping in it.  It's tough for me to let something like this go and I don't really know why.  I know it's silly, but that crib is really the first thing that was hers.  Sure she's got a room, and clothes, and toys but we worked so hard to make her bed special for her (and she's loved it and I've loved her loving it).  She's just getting to be a big girl now.  I know she's only 3 and we still have a long way to go but this just seems like such a big change.  She's been in it a couple of nights now and she seems to like it so that makes me happy.

I also need to go up there and take pictures of the bed, but her room is still a work in progress.  We are trying to decide on a paint color and how to arrange everything in there.  It's really fun planning this next stage with her.  Stayed tuned.  The story isn't over- just starting a new chapter...