Growing Up Too Fast

Olivia is officially growing up too fast. She got her first bloody nose tonight - she took a spill climbing onto her new big girl bed. And she is sleeping in that new big girl bed because sometime during her nap she managed to climb out of her crib, onto the dresser that was next to the crib (about a 4 inch gap between), rip a jewelry box in half and play with the barbie shoes that were hidden inside. I'd caught her climbing up the crib to get into it the other day, but I didn't think too much of it. Now that we've established her ability to scale it both ways, it is time to switch to the toddler bed so that she isn't falling from the top rail of the crib. Ugh... just what I don't want to be dealing with on Steve's first night home from Haiti. I'm sure he's just as tired as I am and we probably could have waited another night or two before we made the switch, but I'm of the better safe than sorry camp. So it may be a sleepless night while Olivia figures out how to sleep in a big girl bed at 15 months (We switched Abby at 17 months and Olivia was supposed to wait until 24... as if my plans for her ever work out).

So... in less than an hour Steve will be home. His baby girls are waiting up, but they are pretty much crabby. Olivia didn't really take an afternoon nap since she was apparently climbing on dressers and destroying property during her 30 minutes of time in her room this afternoon. And we had friends over for lunch, so that wears these little girls out just a little bit. But they are bathed, snacked, and had their medicine, so Steve can walk in and start in with his teeth brushing and story routine. Man will it be great to have him home and have that little break each night again!

Abby Too Noisy

Yesterday Steve and I left Abby with Grandma Mary and Grandpa Scott for the day while we visited friends in Ann Arbor and headed to the Michigan basketball game. She had a great time. During her great time she was apparently pretty hilarious too.

For example, Abby headed to church with Grandma and Grandpa, but had to leave the service with Grandma because she was being too noisy. She apparently wasn't too happy about that and promptly asked to go back in to sit with grandpa. That idea got vetoed. Then Abby told the usher, our friend Mr. Koutz, that "Abby too noisy go back inside." I'm pretty sure he got just as big a laugh out of that as I did when we got back home. She also wouldn't go into the church's nursery because she thought the other kids were "weird."

On Saturday I scored a major find in the Abby bedding department. I love the Target "Simply Shabby Chic" line of bedding for kids, but had ruled it out because it tends to be pretty pricey. And with little girls we didn't want to invest too much money on bedding until they were old enough to choose for themselves and treat the bedding gently. Fortunately, I stumbled across a bed in a bag set (all the pieces you could possibly need or want) from that line on clearance. And there were two twin size sets. So... instead of buying the Disney sets from Wal-Mart and having to buy each piece seperately, Abby has really cute pale aqua and white bedding with flowers and butterflies for less than I would have spent to outfit her with any of the other potential sets. And she actually liked the bedding. Once we get it home and get our beds we will share pictures of her pretty princess room with you all.

And now... I should be going, since Abby is trying to put Grandma Mary's dogs in "time out" in their dog crates.