Say Goodbye to the Crib

Many people have commented to me lately how Amara looks more like a toddler than a baby now. Well, today was one step closer to her leaving her babyhood forever.

While Amara spent her special "Grammy Mondays" with Amy I was running around getting her new bed ready.

You see, David and I had been planning on getting her a bed the the first week of August for awhile now, but couldn't find one in a reasonable price range that we liked that wasn't a mail order. We had some issues with mail ordering furniture in the past and so I'm a little jaded when it comes to the idea of that. However, I had resigned myself that this was most likely going to be the case and picked what I thought would be the best one in our price range on Babies R Us.

I woke up extra early this morning (due to my now never ending appetite) and could not go back to sleep. After fixing myself some food I eventually wandered onto Craigslist to give it one last look over before I placed the order for the bed. To my delighted surprise I found a Pottery Barn Kids toddler bed for $85! The lady only had it for a year, but they were moving and she wanted her son to get a bigger bed. I couldn't believe it! I had been looking on and off since I found out I was pregnant and had not seen a Pottery Barn one yet. These things retail for $220!

I quickly emailed her and hoped it had not been sold. I received a reply back a few hours later saying that it had not been sold, but 2 other people had expressed interest in it so it was going to be first come first serve.

So after Amara was dropped off with Amy I went directly to her house and snatched the bed right up. It had some scratches on it, but nothing a little touch up finish didn't fix. :)

Then I went to PB Kids to buy her the bedding we had picked out. I noticed that the quilt was advertised in 2 spots as being one price and it was marked on the price tag as $20 higher. I asked the manager about it and she gave me $25 off! I just love not paying retail! :)

Later that day David and I set up her new bed.

Amara loved it! She was so excited to have a new bed and loved putting her books and stuffed animals on it.

I had been thinking for months about how we were going to transition her from crib to bed, and I figured I would stay with her at least the first night until she fell asleep so she would feel comfortable. However, David thought we should just keep her routine the same and remind her to not get up. It worked! We only went in once to check on her and she was happily still lying in bed. About 45 min after putting her down we went to check on her again and found this:

I'd say Day 1 is a success so far. :)