Big Girl Bed

I put it off as long as I possibly could... but the poor girl could barely move in her crib. So, over Ryan's fall break we decided to put Claire in her big girl bed. I had been dreading this day for a while now. Partially because it makes me sad to think of her no longer as a "baby," and the other part is, I love being able to contain her in her crib :). We took Abby out of her crib much to early and regretted it for a long time. I swore that Claire would have to be able to consistently flip herself out of it before I changed beds. She actually has done better than what I thought she would, and hasn't figured out that she could climb out of bed if she wanted to. She still sits up in the bed and yells for me at the top of her lungs just like she did when she was in her crib.
She is so proud of her new room and wants to play in it all the time.

updates

To say that things have been crazy here in our household would be an enormous understatement. As many of you know, Ryan's principal unexpectedly "left" (um yeah, that is all I am going to say about that!) So Ryan is now the new principal of Heather Hills! He has been putting in LONG hours, trying to get acclimated to the new job. He could use a lot of prayers right now! I am trying to be as supportive as I can possibly be, I am getting a taste of what single parenthood is like. Hopefully within the next couple of weeks, things will get back into a normal routine.

There have been some other major decisions/steps made in our family that started right before he got the new job. We like to clump all major life decisions right together so we can make them as stressful as possible :). Stay tuned for a major announcement when things are a little further along. (no, I am not pregnant!)

Here are some pictures from this weekend at Anderson orchard. Our weekends have become even more precious to us these last couple of weeks. We try to make them as fun as possible for the girls!