Big Boy Bed

We finally bit the bullet and transitioned Nolan into his big boy bed!  We didn't want to make any big changes to his routine when Quinn was born so we decided to hold out until Quinn was sleeping through the night and then we would tackled the next sleep hurdle in our house:  Nolan's big boy bed.  We have actually had most of his bedding since last year when we bought it for him for Christmas so I was really excited to get it all out finally and see how it looked in the room!  Nolan was super excited to help his dad build his new bed and carried around a couple of screws in his pocket all night long.  It was about 9:30 by the time the bed was all put together and ready for Nolan.  Eric and I apprehensively (where we going to be up all night?) tucked him in and closed the door with one last peek of his tiny body in the huge bed.  Not a peep that night.  Really?!  I don't know why I was so nervous about the whole process but Nolan has been doing GREAT!  He is napping and sleeping in his big bed like a champ and he is SO excited about his bed.  He wants to tell everyone about it and will ask to go upstairs and look at it and lay in it with us or his sister.  It is really sweet and think he is just excited to have some extra special attention since Quinn arrived.  It was sad to see his crib go but I am happy that he loves his bed and is growing up into such a fun, independent little guy!

 What his room looked like on his last night in his crib.  (Tear).

Last night in the crib.....he is so big!

Compared to the first picture I have of him in his crib....so tiny!

 ...and the big boy bed journey begins...

 Helping to build the bed.

 Testing it out for the first time!!!

Look at how little he looks in this bed!  He is doing such a great job sleeping...way to go Nolan!