Putting Our Weekend Project to Bed

Sean was hoping we could stain our deck over the long weekend. But with the weatherman forecasting 100+ heat index and then a couple days of 40% chance of rain, it didn't seem like the best time to try staining the deck.

Instead, we started converting Rebekah's room so she can sleep in her big girl bed. The bed has been there all along, but it's been the playground and dumping ground for the room. I'm also working on cleaning out closets and thinning toys. Once the shift to big girl bed is permanent, I'll have Sean rearrange some furniture for me. (Do you like how smoothly I volunteered him?)

Here's Rebekah once I told her she could sleep in her big girl bed. All afternoon & evening she talked about sleeping there...

Then at bedtime, she switches and announces she wants to be in her crib. Gotta admit, that bed is a huge expanse of open space compared to the crib. So in the crib we go.

About 3:30 am, I hear crying. I go check and she has changed her mind. Now she wants the big bed. So I moved her over and this is what I found in the morning:

My baby is growing up.