cama nueva *updated*

Saturday we finally had time to take apart Emilia's crib and convert it to a toddler bed. The neat thing about her crib is that it converts pretty easily into a toddler bed, and then eventually into a full-sized bed. It'll be her bed forever!

papa's helper. if i'm being honest, i have to admit to shedding a tear or two - it was a bit sentimental for me - thinking about when we put her crib together when we first moved here and she wasn't even born yet and how i thought this day was a long LONG way off.

can't even talk about what it says on papa's shirt - let's just be glad it's in Spanish. just look at mr. cubicle doing some manual labor!

um, say what?

testing out the mattress with baby.

we made her bed afterwards and she put all the babies/stuffed animals as she wanted them.

Emi was definitely a little uneasy with this transition but we had gone to Ikea earlier in the day and purchased these cool stickers she could put on the wall that won't damage the paint and can be moved around. I ceded control and let her put them pretty much however/whereever she wanted to. She loved the whole process and I think it helped her take ownership of her "new" toddler girl room.

1 little monkey jumping on the bed. (check out big girl stickers on the wall).

I'm happy to report that she took to the transition just fine. Certainly it helped that she didn't get much of a nap yesterday because we were running so many errands and she just doesn't nap as well "on the go" anymore. In any case, we followed our usual routine of milk, jammies, and stories and then she went to lay down in her bed. She wanted either Papa or I to sit in the rocking chair with her until she fell asleep, but instead, as a compromise, I told her that Cholita would stay in the room with her to watch over her, but she couldn't not get out of bed or cry because Chola is old and it would make her nervous. I thought for sure we'd hear her crying two seconds after I shut her bedroom door, but we didn't here a peep. She slept soundly (and contently?) until this morning. Bliss. Here's hoping tonight's just as successful!

*bear with me as I mess around with the picture sizes.*