Random pictures

We recently saw a kids picnic table at Target on clearance and decided to get it for Addie. For those interested, there are tons at our Target (and I'm sure at others also) and they are 50% off, making them $25. They are extremely easy to put together and seem like they would be really easy to paint if you wanted it to be a different color than white. Anyways, Addie loves it!

Here she is, eating at her big girl table...she just needs a friend (or brother) to sit and eat at it with her!

Our neighbors are out of town, so we got to go feed their birds for them. Addie was a little nervous, but interested as to what they were doing:

As we are drawing closer to the arrival of our little boy, we have been trying to prepare in whatever ways we can. We knew we were going to be moving Addie into a different room so that the new baby could sleep in the crib, but we didn't know how to do the move since Addie is still pretty small/young for a toddler bed. We thought about just putting her in a pack-n-play in her new room until she was ready for the toddler bed. But, once we got the toddler bed up, and curtains in the window, I decided to try her out in it at naptime one day. I had expected her to get right out, or jump off of it, since that is what she did right after I put the bed together. Instead, Addie surprised me by actually taking a nap when I put her in the bed! Since that went so well, we put her to bed in the toddler bed that night and Addie slept in it without a problem! She has had some issues with falling out, which we have been working on (she falls out, cries, we put her back in, and she is asleep right away-so, not a big deal). We have tried putting the pack-n-play up against the bed so she can't fall out, but she falls out anyways-wedged between the pack-n-play, the floor, and the bed. Or, she climbs over the back of the bed, landing with a bang...and some bruises. So, our latest idea has been to leave the opening of the toddler bed as it is, so she has a way out, but we put bumpers around the rest of the bed, so she doesn't bang her head (or any other body parts) on the sides, front, or back anymore. She definitely moves a lot in her sleep! All that to say, Addie is totally in a toddler bed now-for naps and bedtime. We had initially thought the bed looked so tiny, but now that Addie is in it, it looks really big, and she is the one that looks tiny! We are so thankful for such an adaptable, happy little girl. We hope she continues to be that way when her little brother arrives!