Bustin' out of the Big Girl Bed

Reagan discovered tonight that she could, in fact, remove herself from her big girl bed without parental assistance.  It was a family secret we were hoping she wouldn't discover, but alas.... the girl is smart (well.... we'll not dwell on the fact that it took her a few weeks to figure that out).  After "bedtime" tonight, she apparently turned on the light, tried on every last pair of her shoes, decided the pink "princess" shoes from her birthday were just right to sleep in, and brought as many toys as could fit into bed with her.  Then, and only then was she ready to fall asleep.

Silly girl.

Big Girl Bed

I realize that it's well past due, but Reagan transitioned to a big-girl bed last night.  There really wasn't much reason to get rid of the crib, as she never climbed out of it, and seemed to like it a whole lot, until recently.  And it wasn't that she didn't like her crib over the past few weeks.  It's that, during our construction project, she slept with her brothers, and she found that she liked that.  A whole lot.  And started fussing when she had to go back to bed in her own room.   So we had to up the ante, and make her own room really exciting in some way.  Thus, the switch to a day-bed.  She LOVES it.  Last night, as she snuggled in, I read her stories, she crawled under her covers, and went right to sleep.  I had to laugh, though, because this morning, she was calling to me, as she always does, to get her OUT of bed.  I told her she could get herself out of bed, but on retrospect, I hope she didn't understand me.  I like that I didn't have to worry about her wandering the house in the middle of the night.  Her brothers were all over the place when we first let them sleep in beds - although, they were alot younger at the time.  At about 18 months of so, if I remember right,  they learned how to climb out of their cribs and I was worried they were going to get hurt, so we made the transition then. 

Little girl is growing up!!!

Good Byes and Nonsense.

Dad, leaning in to give Reagan a kiss goodbye on his way to work: "Good bye, lado lado" (don't ask me where lado lado came from, but it's Rob's nickname for Reagan)

Reagan: "NO!"

Dad: "No!  What do you mean, no?"

Reagan: "It's too dark!"

Dad: "I can't kiss you because it's too dark?"

Reagan: "Yeah!  Stop it!  Go away!"

Dad: "Watch it, lado."

Reagan: "Go bye bye peanuts.  Shake your body.  Too heavy." 

And we wanted her to learn English???

Three Year Well Child visit

Little Miss By The Numbers:

Weight: 27 pounds 10th %
Height: 36.5"  50th%
BMI: 14.2, 8th%
Block Stacking Ability: 15
Blocks Stacked in Doctors Office: 0
Length of Time Able to Stand On One Foot: 4 seconds
Chronic Conditions Diagnosed: 1 (Eczema)
Prescriptions: 2
Recommendations to restart Speech Therapy: 1
Vaccinations Given: 2

Number of healthy, happy, three year olds:  ONE!!!

Our Butterfly Princess

^{Stay with me, my butterfly princess}

^{hold me tight and blow me kisses}

^{Gather your wings, curl up on my knee}

^{tickle my ear with your melody}

^{The great world is calling, you’ll be gone too soon}

^{Bursting away from my arms’ cocoon}

^{don’t fly away to your castle of sand}

^{dally here longer, grab hold my hand}

^{Oh, little princess – so pink and so sweet}

^{with a gleam in your eyes, and a dance in your feet –}

^{Snuggle in close, shut your eyes, go to sleep….}

^{We’ll dream of a place  where  a butterfly princess will keep.}

Squirminess

Church is hard for little miss.  She has no concept of "quiet", or "still".  When others are quietly in prayer, Reagan is announcing loudly "Mommy, I want CANDY!"  When the other children are up front listening to the children's sermon, Reagan is doing somersaults.  Today, Reagan was being especially disruptive, so I took her out into the foyer, and watched from behind a closed glass door.  But then she started doing somersaults, and hitting the door to try and get back in.  I grabbed her up as quickly as I could, and held her close to me. 

Mom: "Reagan!  You need to be QUIET!"
Reagan: "Mom!  Shake your body! Shake your body!"

What is the half life of candy in the bloodstream of a 2 year old?  Just curious.