I'm Not Ready

Yesterday, was a little dramatic.

It started out with Carter being very excited about the new Bedrails on his big boy bed. He immediately knew that it meant "night night" and loved pretending to go to sleep in it. Well, after a whole morning of playtime, I figured he had forgotten all about it. Much to my surprise, after we finished lunch I said "Guess what time it is?" usually the answer is "night night", but yesterday he immediately said "Bed!" and headed for the stairs. I followed him all the way up to his big bed! Well, since he was excited about it, I thought it wouldn't do any harm to give it a shot. BIG MISTAKE! Without giving you all the details we spent about an hour and a half trying to get him to go to sleep- and it ended with him falling asleep in his crib, standing up, head on the railing. ( and didn't last longer than 5 minutes.) So- no nap.

Since we started this madness- I figured we'd just keep it going, so Jason put him down in the big bed when it was time to go to bed. It went much smoother (probably because he was SO exhausted.) He went right to sleep and only ended up in our room once at 2am and then again at 6:30.

And now that we've done just One day of this... I realized... I'm. Not. Ready.
Not ready to fight nap time every day. Not ready for 2am wake up calls. Not ready for him to be awake any time before 7am. And most of all- Not ready for my little baby to grow up!

I feel a little guilty taking away his fun with the big bed after just 1 day, and it was hard putting him in his crib when he was begging for the Bed, BUT- I just need a little more time.

Our Latest Project

With #2 on the way, we thought we may try to switch Carter into his own bed. Sound Crazy??! Yeah, we know. But- I must say I'm pretty proud of myself for scoring this free headboard and footboard that our old neighbors were getting rid of. With a little paint, a mattress we've had for a while, and some really cheap bedding we found at Home Goods I think it turned out pretty cute... and best of all, cheap.

Before

After

Daddy's Boy

OK- so anyone who knows Carter, knows he is Definitely a Mama's boy! But, on the weekends he's ALL about Dad! So, this past weekend we thought we'd put him to work on a motorcycle that Jase needed some help on. He loved it!

Some of his other favorite things he's learned from his Dad:

"Oh Stinky!" (so watch out if you pass gas- he'll point it out!)

"Oh Nice!" or "Go!" (Yelled randomly anytime a football or basketball game is on)

"Geeze!" (If he's frustrated)

He's also got a pretty mean tackle, and a great touchdown dance!

We're working on his passing game- still needs a little work.

Don't know what we'd do without Daddy!