Big Boy Bed

Well we finally decided it was time to stop being selfish and convert James' crib into a toddler bed.  James has been such an easy little guy to put to bed that we were worried he would not want to stay in his bed if he had access to get out (knowing how much he loves to do what he wants, when he wants!).   I am happy to report that it has been a week now and James the transition has been so easy...knock on wood!

James LOVES his big boy bed and is so proud of himself.  His bedtime routine is still easy with a few books and then he plops right up and lies down.  We still need to keep the door open but even with the girls playing and making noise he doesn't get out of bed. Luckily we haven't had any middle of the night visits from him (yet!) but the mornings are slightly unpredictable.  50% of the time he still yells for us to come and get him and the other 50% he decides to go and wake up his sisters.  Katelin loves this as she becomes his little helper in the morning and I enjoy hearing their conversations.  I would however still prefer he let them sleep in and wake us up instead (crazy I know!).

Here are a few pics from the first night we converted the crib.  I am excited to buy him his own real big boy bed in the near future!

We're Still Here!

And now that we've rid our lives of the WORST computer we've ever dealt with (it really is the worst), we can now actually log in, open a browser, search for a picture or two, and type something about it......and not have the computer freeze up, or crash, or just turn off without even the courtesy of the notorious blue screen.....and best of all, we can do all of this without having to wait an hour while it booted up, started Picasa, and a web browser! This took me all of about 30 seconds to get to here!

We hemmed and hawed for months about upgrading...as you probably noticed our blog went dark in late 2012! Today, we brought home a new iMac; Dell, our days are over and don't let the door hit you in the hard drive on your way out! It feels like we've just been let out of prison.

Here's a few pics of us playing around with Photo Booth Chipmunk effect while we were setting everything up today. Stay tuned, more posts coming soon!