Big Girl Bed

Goodbye old bed, hello new bed.

Leah decided right before bedtime last night, that she was ready for her big girl bed. So, Greg went downstairs and got the bedrail. She was so excited, she was squealing and galloping down the hallway to her room. Once Greg had it up, Leah jumped into her bed and had a huge smile on her face.

Now, if you remember, we have tried this before when we put Evan's rail up for his big boy bed and Leah didn't want her bed to change, so we left hers alone. We have been asking her periodically since then if she wanted a bed like Evan's and her reply was always, "No!"

Evan was very excited for Leah last night and pointed out to Greg and I that, "Sissy's bed like Bubby's!" He wanted in on the new bed as well and jumped up in there with Leah. Of course, Leah sprawled out once it was time to lay down and sleep and basically kicked Evan out. She did a great job sleeping last night (I was worried we would have issues once it was time to go to sleep or in the middle of the night if she woke up, she would be confused, etc.)

I am so glad I don't have to lean far over into the bed anymore just to give them a good night kiss! I felt like I was going to fall in a couple of times :)

Time To Get a Hair Cut!

Evan has been way overdue for his 12/13th haircut. I can't believe he has had that many already. Every time it has been just awful with him crying. So, I decided since Leah has never had a haircut and it looked like her time was due too, I made their appointments for the same time slot. I was hoping that by having Leah there, Evan would be a little more calm.

Well, even getting him out the door was a challenge. We bribed him with sucker for the car ride there. Every once in a while, we could hear a whimper from Evan in the back. Poor baby. We walked in and he immediately said, "No haircut. Go home." After about 12-15 minutes of him crying, squatting and crying, etc. the hair stylist went ahead and let Evan calm down while she took her next client. Evan was even scared to go over to watch Leah get her hair cut.

{I know, this blog entry sounds like it's all about Evan, but I had to give you the play by play of the night.}

Leah, on the other hand, sat right up in the airplane chair, put the cape on, and began to watch her movie of choice, "Blues Clues." She was wonderful and didn't mind getting her hair cut one bit. She especially liked the cupcake scented spray sprayed on her hair as well as her new blue clips she picked out herself.

So, back to Evan....After Leah was done, Evan's stylist was ready for him. He hesitated and I had to drag him over and plop him on my lap. The first 5 minutes was filled with crying, but after Greg and myself entertained him with bubbles and just talked to him about everything we could think of, he calmed down. I don't know why tonight was different than the other hair cuts? We have tried the sucker, pacifier, bubbles, movie, toys, etc., but he just seemed to totally forget she was even cutting his hair (even when she pulled out the clippers).

Thank goodness Greg went with me. Hoping that the next hair cut will be as successful!