Going Cribless

Oh my, we did it.  We pulled the trigger.  As of Sunday night, there are zero cribs in this house.  Eli and Ben are in toddler beds.  I gotta tell ya, I was not looking forward to this move.  I was scared to death.  Even though Noah did great when he moved up, I was really worried about doing it with two little boys at the same time.  I knew Eli was ready.  He slept in a "big boy bed" (AKA a mattress on the floor) when we went to visit my parents recently and he did great.  Ben was the one stressing me out, because he still occasionally wakes up during the night.

As usual, the boys are surprising me and making us proud at every turn.  They are doing great in the new beds.  Ben had a hard time settling in the first night.  First he wanted to get up and play.  I could almost hear him thinking, "FREEDOM!!!!" when he realized he could get out of bed by himself.  Then, he started playing with the lightswitch.  Eli, who was super tired and oh-so-ready for bed, started whining because Ben kept switching the light off.  I ended up laying on the floor in their room until Ben finally fell asleep that first night.  Since then though, they've both gone out pretty easily at night.

Naps are going surprisingly well too.  I was very fearful that "big boy beds" were going to mean the end of naps in our house, which is so not cool!  I'm going to hang on to naps for as long as we can.  It's important for the boys and for Mama's sanity!

Here's a few snaps of my big boys and their big boy beds:

Ben

Eli

"CHEESE!!!" - Ben

Silly brothers

Ben and Eli have story time in Eli's bed

G'night, boys!  (Naptime Day #1 in the beds)

They were super-excited about their new Cars wall stickers, too. 

We're big Lightening & Mater fans!

Eli all tucked in and ready for bed (Night #2)

Goofball.

Somebody doesn't look ready to go to bed yet!

Noah didn't want to be left out, so he's showing off his new Woody & Buzz Toy Story wall stickers

Big brother!!!

And now for the three most adorable sleeping children ever:

Eli

Ben

Noah

Big Boy Beds:  just another milestone on this crazy, fast journey from three silly boys to three grown sons.  I can't believe how fast time can go or how much love two hearts can hold.

We just love these boys!