The Nursery - It's Done!

Clara's nursery is officially complete. I had such a good time planning it. My friend Susannah made the crib bedding and did all the monogramming. It means so much to me to have her work in Clara's room. I handed down Caleb's bedding to a friend with no problem but this bedding will be hard to part with when Clara is finished with it.

Caleb & Clara's Bathroom

Well, we are still finishing up the nursery, but I'm thrilled to say that the kids' bathroom is finished. Special thanks to my super talented friend Susannah who made the shower curtain, monogrammed the towels and painted the stool. Also thanks to my mom who painted the bathroom. I love the way it turned out!

Rites of Passage: 2 Down, 1 to Go

Some friends and I have been talking lately about the 3 rites of passage out of babyhood - dropping the pacifier, going to a big boy bed and potty training. Well we are two down and one to go!
Caleb moved to a full-size bed two weekends ago and has been doing really well. The first night we found out that he knows how to open a door if he really wants to, so we now have a doorknob cover on keep him locked in. Besides that, there haven't been too many issues. I think he is still getting used to it because he wakes up once a night, goes to the door and screams for Mama. One of us has to go up there and put him back in the bed, but he goes right back to sleep.
When we bought his crib two years ago, we went ahead and bought his bed, bookshelf and dresser. We used the same color scheme for his big boy room as we did the nursery, so really all we had to buy was the bedding - and we didn't even have to buy that thanks to an early birthday gift from the GrandWises. We also put his train table in his room, which often provides reason to not immediately take a nap...
His crib has been moved into Clara's room - still a HUGE work in progress, but we are getting there. Caleb doesn't seem to be confused about his crib being gone and seems proud of himself when you ask him about his big boy bed.

So our little boy is growing up - pacifier is gone, crib is gone - two fairly easy transitions so far. As for that third rite of passage, I'm not crazy ... maybe we'll try sometime late summer.