Father's Day and Big Girl Bed

Father's Day 2009 was special this year not only because it was Necon's first with two kiddos, but also because it was our first weekend back from our trip. Being without the kids for those 2 weeks was really hard, but we appreciate each minute with them now that we are back!

Lydia all dressed up


Daddy and his babies


Take two: ditched the pacis


This is typical around our house: Lydia cuddles with Daddy and Levi wants Mommy

On Father's Day we also decided to tackle moving Lydia into a toddler bed. There are two main reasons for this.

First, we were finding her asleep in random beds around the house

Second, and most dangerous, this was one of her favorite things to do:

So...as you can see it was necessary for the safety of our firstborn that she transition into her toddler bed. Since it was Father's Day, we gave Daddy the job of taking pictures. That meant the other man of the house had to pick up the slack.

At first he pouted to get out of the job

Then he pitched in gladly!!


Unfortunately, the whole making-the-bed-safer-plan didn't work out so well...

Oh, well. The transition to her big girl bed went really well. I guess we could have expected this since she was putting herself to sleep in the guest bed and her crib already. She loves waking up and walking into our room or the living room. She is so proud of herself. Too bad taking the paci away and potty training are going to be MUCH harder!