Helper

We were walking home from them park a few weeks ago when a sweet man offered us some fresh herbs (oregano & basil) from his garden- and I was happy to accept them! So Austin and I headed home to make 3 batches of spaghetti sauce for the freezer! He loves to go get his step stool and be mommy's big helper in the kitchen!

This is the "I will look at the camera, but I don't want to smile" expression.

Popsicle

Me: "Austin, can you say popsicle?"
Austin: "Pop-a-Pickle"

Good enough :)

Big boy bed

The time has come.... my baby is growing up. While Austin has never tried to climb out of his crib, he is almost 3 1/2 yrs old & very heavy to be lifting in and out of a crib. So a few weeks ago we went and purchased his new big boy furniture (bed, trundle, and dresser), and it was delivered this past weekend! Well the trundle was special ordered, so we won't get it for a few months... not sure why they delivered the trundle mattress though! So we spent the morning taking down the furniture & moving it to storage- and it made me SO SAD! :(

The almost empty room


We'd been talking to Austin all week about his new bed, so he was extremely excited when the delivery men arrived! They even let him help drill some screws into the bed frame! The following pictures: keep in mind the room is not decorated yet- everything is still up from the old room (curtains, lamp, pictures, shelf, etc.) The quilt & sham are new. I will post more pics when the decorating is complete! We're leaving towards vintage transportation as a theme (trains, planes, farm trucks, tractors, etc.)

New bed- he's testing it out


The dresser


Pretending to be asleep


The first night we each took turns reading him a book while laying in bed with him (that was a nice change!) And he feel asleep immediately! 13 hours later he was ready to get up, and then took a 3 hour nap that day! Needless to say- EASY transition! He also NEVER gets out of bed & always waits for us to come and get him in the morning! Yay for big boy beds!!!

Bedtime