A Big Girl Bed... and a makeover!

Friday was a LOOOOONG day! Ladybug didn't fall asleep until 12:30 the night before and then woke up bright and early. Everyone in this house is sick... (and therefore cranky) so when naptime rolled around on Friday we were all desperate for her to go to sleep. Before we even got to her crib she was throwing a serious tantrum. I put her in bed and she was so angry, she threw her leg over the edge and FLIPPED herself out. She landed on a laundry basket right on the ribs, and the screaming got even louder, I seriously thought she broke something. I realized that her crib could go one notch lower, which is really low. The bar was at her shoulders, but that didn't stop her, she literally climbed the bars, threw her leg over and got out again, this time I was prepared and caught her. I finally got her to take a nap in the bottom bunk of the boys bunkbeds, she slept for maybe 20 minutes.

Friday night we needed to get out of the house, so we went to the mall to look at the puppies and the lego store. While in the lego store, she wiggled her way out of her stroller and took off running out into the mall. There was no putting her back in, she knew she could get out and she would have none of it. That night she didn't go to sleep till almost 11:00. I had no choice but to put her mattress on the floor and just close the door on her.

All in one day, I lost all ways to contain her:(

Several people on facebook suggested a crib tent had saved their lives (and their babies!) so Saturday morning I went on a hunt. Walmart and Target only had them online and Babies R Us didn't even know what I was talking about. I decided I'd have to order it online and just wait for it to ship to me. We came home and put her down for a nap, (in her room with the mattress on the floor). Surprisingly, this time, she cried for just a few minutes, while pounding on the door, and then went and layed on her mattress and went to sleep! AND SLEPT FOR 3 BLESSED HOURS! So I decided to cancel my crib tent order and go buy a toddler bed. We brought it home, assembled it, and started re-decorating, all while being super excited and happy for her "BIG GIRL BED!!" That night I was prepared for a little bit of a battle. And do you know what? SHE DIDN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THE BED! I even checked on her an hour later and she was just laying there awake, playing with her baby.

A lot of her decor was already on the walls, I rearranged some of it. I had several ideas and half finished projects in mind, so I finished them all and got to work. A few hours later and it's done! Now I'm just on the hunt for a rug! Maybe Santa (or Grandma, *wink wink*) could help us out with that one!

The view from the door. Her bed is a cute little sleigh bed. I was willing to take what ever they had in the store, fortunately, it was cute! And the baby quilt I made her before she was even born fits it perfectly! The doll house in the corner I bought off a little girl in our ward awhile back. Her mom said I could have it all (the house and all the furniture/dolls/etc) for $15. When I asked her what she was going to buy with the money, she said GUM!

The other wall. The poofy flowers are hanging from the ceiling and they are SO CUTE! Click here to see how I made them. They were so easy!

The other wall. Notice all the hair bows... she wont wear even one. Oh well, we'll get there one day!

The shelf above her window. I've been meaning to do the name blocks since she was born. Now was as good a time as ever!

These are all dolls I saved from when I was a kid. Me and/or my mom made all of them.

The wall above her head. I've had these disney pictures forever, they need frames so I'm on the lookout for those, until then they are just taped up. I also made her a hanging book rack. I had all the supplies from one I had in the boys room awhile back.
The poofy's hanging above her. The sign on the wall says "catch a ride on a butterfly"

I noticed this while I was snapping some pics...Every doll house needs a room for super heros!
The best part of all of this?
When my baby girl walks in with huge bright eyes and says "COO!" (translation: CUTE!)

Lots of updates...

Scroll down, I just did a whole bunch of updates. Sorry it took so long!

Halloween!

We had a ton of fun on Halloween! We had 2 Ninja's and a Butterfly fairy.

We got a ton of candy at our ward's Trunk or Treat, then got a ton more on Halloween night. To top it off, we didn't have many trick or treaters, so we ended up with even more that we didn't pass out.

This is Squirt saying "That guy just gave me a full size candy bar!"

Here are our pumpkins we had fun carving.
Unfortunately, they rotted before Halloween. It was just too hot here!

First Fire of the Season!

It has been downright cold here for the last few days, so we finally used the fireplace. It was fabulous! Everyone grabbed their blankets and pillows and just cuddled on the ground. I think Ladybug really enjoyed it because the next day I found her laying there again with her pillow. It obviously was a really happy thing for her!

Honor Roll

3rd grade has brought around a huge change in Little Man. He's confident, and well behaved (for the most part) and I am so grateful! He even made the honor roll. He was very proud of himself!

Oh Ladybug, how we love you...

This girl... what do I say? She's like no child I've ever had to deal with before.

She is constantly on top of something... The desk, the counter, the stove. I even found her on her way to the top of the fridge (where the halloween candy was). She also loves the top bunk of the bunk beds (scares me to death) and if I remove the ladder, she makes one out of the dresser drawers. I'm confident that she will probably kill herself sometime soon.

She really loves to color. Her palette of choice is always her body.

She loves SHOES! She'll wear anyone's. She didn't have much luck walking in these though!

She loves to read and just in the last 2 weeks, she's actually watching TV!! For the first time ever, I had a full 20 minutes of UN-interrupted cleaning/ work time!