We took down the crib last night...a probable final farewell to babyhood in the Lichtenberger household. Jenn gave us her girls' toddler beds when we first moved here {such a blessing} and until now, one has been in the guest room. For the past several weeks, Miss P has been climbing into bed with Lucy and pulling the covers up to her chin while I read them a story and making it clear that she does not want to go to her crib. Last week, when we were staying with Jenn in Kansas she figured out how to climb out of her pack and play and it was quite a fun little game for that stinky little monkey. So, I figured it was only a matter of time before she started climbing out of the crib and we probably ought to move her before she fell out on to the hard wood floor.
I love how sweet their little beds are. I pushed them together so they can snuggle if they want. All of my kiddos have had a chance to snuggle a sibling for a while. When Jesse was 2 and moved up, we pushed two twins together and he and Shelby basically had a king sized bed to share for several months before separating them. Then, in Arizona, Lucy got to share those twin beds with Shelby, remember this? So sweet...something I missed out on since I was an only child until I was 12. When the twins were born, I'd go and get Jeka out of her crib and bring her to sleep with me in my bed. I may have done it with Matt too sometimes, but I remember him being a fussy baby that we were always careful not to wake up, so it was probably rarer to risk bringing him to bed with me.
As for the wall of needlepoint hoop glory, I happened to have a ton of these rings that I found at the Hope thrift store a while back and I was trying to figure what to do with them. So, I saw this idea on pinterest, and had to use it. I am not satisfied with my fabric choices, but Hobby Lobby is really limited on cute fabrics, so I shall have to make a trip to the city or order some online that I like better. Still, my impatience required that I had to go ahead and do it and get it up there and I can swap the fabrics out later.
Preslie found another use for the rings. She and Lucy kept calling them hu-du-hoops.
Let the snuggling commence!!
After only two reminders to get back into her bed and stay there, Miss P slept quite nicely next to her big sister in her big girl bed. Sleeping babies are the best, no matter how old they are!
