Big girl bed!

Emily has transitioned out of her crib and into her big girl bed, or Big Bed as she calls it. She is currently napping there, so I hope to get this posted before she wakes up. She's spent 3 nights in the bed now, and the first night was a snap because she was thoroughly exhausted and hadn't really grasped how much fun it would be to get out of bed and run around. Yesterday morning, I was greeted at 6:08 with an excited little girl running into my bed because it was "Morning! Morning!" Technically, she was right, but I made her snuggle with me (such punishment) for a half hour until it was time to get up. Today, my alarm clock was "Potty!" She had tried to go by herself, and had taken off her diaper and pj bottoms, but wanted help getting up from the stepstool to the potty. Of course, she didn't go once i got there, but it's pretty cool that she is almost making the connection now. Timing, we need to work on, but I'll wait until I get a kitchen floor for her to piddle on, first. Anyway, she really likes her "Lellow" room, and it'll be even better once we get curtains put up. I'm pretty excited about those, since we picked out the fabric and her Grandma Sullivan is sewing them herself.

The kitchen is almost done, except for the floor, a little bit of painting, and about 1/3 of the countertops. Apparently, people whose sole business is to measure, cut, and install countertops managed to screw up two of their three job duties, so we have no countertop on the peninsula portion of the kitchen yet. But, all of the green is painted, the pantry is re-stocked, and the sink is functional! YAY!! Travis needed one more piece from the hardware store to hook up the garbage disposal and dishwasher, but he said that would be a snap to do tonight. Then next week the countertops should come, and the following weekend Travis will install the floor (which is currently in boxes in the dining room). I am so excited!

I hear a little girl, and she's probably wandering around upstairs. Gotta go see what she's up to.