All Kinds of New Things Are Happening

So for those of you keeping track, yes, Cora is happily moved into her new room.  And, yes, I am a bad mommy blogger.  I've been woefully negligent in documenting the change.  I feel a significant twinge of guilt about  this because John worked really, really hard to make her new room precious.  I also feel a significant twinge of guilt calling her room that John crafted 'precious.'  I'm sure that John's teenage self never imagined meticulously painting powder pink and pastel green stripes for two little girls who will turn out to be the loves of his life.  But, he's a good, good man!  I'm pretty darn excited about the look of the room.  I always get really nervous at the beginning of the process because I'm scared that the vision in my head will not match the outcome.  Fortunately, I'm in no way a design revolutionary.  My ideas are pretty safe, and this room turned out really cute.  In fact, for a few days after the room was finished, Cora would tell us "Let's go see my room!"  And then, when we all got there, she would say "How beautiful!"  (Oh, how I love that girl!!) Anywho. . .

Cora has been living in her new room for about a month.  Our original plan was for John to build her a bed from some plans that I found on the internet.  In the meantime, she has remained in her crib.  This is so odd for me because Cora is such a dare devil.  Lately she has taken to jumping off our couch and throwing her hands in the air as she lands while yelling "big finish!"  (It's definitely gymnastics for my little monkey come next summer.)  However, despite all that bravery, she has not once climbed out of that crib.  She is an enigma, that one!  There was really not a huge hurry to get Cora into a bed until my due date began creeping up on us.  Suddenly, there was a bit of an urgency to get some things done before tiny baby gets here.  Seems that the calendar worked against us a bit.  With the Thanksgiving holidays and John having to be in Oklahoma for two weeks for work training, we decided that it would be best just to buy Cora a bed.  (Hee hee hee. . .any excuse to shop!!)  Yesterday we went to IKEA and picked up Cora's new big girl bed.  This morning, we put it all together.  (Yes, I helped although I'm sure my contribution was hardly significant!)  As soon as we got the mattress on, little missy was all over her new sleeping quarters.   Cora was over the top excited about it.  In fact, when I got on the bed to see how comfortable it was, she got so upset at me that she cried.  It was already HER bed in her mind.  (Don't know why I worried about it being a tough transition for her!)  The big test came a short while later.  Nap time!

When nap time rolled around, we sat Cora on her bed and explained to her the rules.  She could have her toys with her, but she had to stay on the bed.  Then, we nervously exited her room.  I'm so relieved to say that she did marvelously.  She did get off the bed a couple of times, but it was only to retrieve some of her trinkets that had fallen on the floor.  She stayed on the bed until Daddy went to get her after nap time.

Look at that sleeping beauty!!  I have put sheets and her comforter on the bed, but it doesn't really matter to her.  She had no interest in getting under the covers.  But, she was so excited to be in her bed.  I thought this would be the perfect time to perhaps weed out some of the toys that she had insisted on sleeping with.  But, even when I tried to subtly put some away, she found them and insisted that they be on her new bed, too.  Oh well!  It doesn't really matter to me as long as she is happy and sleeps well in her bed.  So, we have a couple of successful transitions down.  Hopefully, this trend will continue when Carys gets here?!