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June 9th, 2011
For weeks, we’d been hyping up the Big Girl Bed. For weeks, our two and a half year old Ella was not convinced.
“You can jump on your Big Girl Bed!”
“Naw…”
“We’ll read your bedtime books in your Big Girl Bed!”
(giggles)
“Mommy & Daddy can get in your Big Girl Bed with you!”
(…pondering…)
Finally, one morning as I lifted her over the white slatted wall of her crib, she said, “Mommy – iz time foh a big gill bed.”
Well okay.
In that moment, I knew we’d reached our goal. She’d finally warmed up to the idea. But at the same time, I felt my heart sink just a little.
All this convincing of our two and a half year old, & now it was my turn to be convinced.
Since that moment that she made up her mind, she’s been telling us daily that “Iz time foh a big gill bed.”
We browsed beds online and poured over pages of bed linens for just the right ones to be tucked inside of.
She picked out her twin size bed herself (and it happened to be the one I’ve had my eye on since she was just a one-er). We ordered it and found out it would take two weeks to deliver.
Every day since we ordered, she’s said, “I kint WAIT foh mah big gill bed!”
She spots the mail lady as she zips up to our house and hopefully guesses “My big gill bed is here?!”
One day the mail lady brought us a shoe box sized package and Ella ran out on the heels of her daddy to collect the mail. She galloped back inside, declaring it was her big gill bed.
Ant ordered her twin mattress and her very own (very puffy and cloudlike) pillow.
This week we bought her two sheet sets and an extra little frilly pillow just for fun.
Yesterday as she woke up from her nap, Ant and I nuzzled into her crib with her.
Last night I washed those sheets. After she went down for her last slumber in her crib, we unpackaged her memory foam mattress. Ant and I lay on it, in the middle of the kitchen floor and I thought about how our baby is growing.
She is unbelievable.
Today the Big Girl Bed was delivered to our home and put together. We dressed it & tested it out. A bounce here, a snuggle there…
We spent some good time in her room today, playing around the new piece of furniture that seems to occupy half the room. But the thing is, it’s not just a piece of furniture…it’s a milestone. One that brings me to tears even.
Tonight the four of us read her bedtime stories under the covers and I snuggled next to my baby until I heard her breaths grow long and deep. I breathed in the scent of her just washed hair, realizing how fast she is growing but at the same time reassuring myself, “She is still in diapers. She is still in diapers.” I kissed her head and said a prayer of thanks and gratitude for this little one.
I still can’t believe she is ours to love.
Thanks for sharing in our little milestone. It was a big day for us!
XoXo, Katy
