Amazing Moments

I have been working very hard on Hannah's "big girl" room. We painted the walls purple and I stenciled a cupcake pattern for a border. I have been searching high and low for anything with cupcakes to add to the theme. Most of the things in there are created by me. It's been fun!

So after much debate over "twin" size bed vs. "toddler" bed we decided on the toddler bed for a few reasons. 1) CHEAPER 2) we already had a mattress from the crib- which the baby won't need right away anyhow 3) the new room is a little small so we thought the toddler bed would fit nicely and 4) between Hannah and the new baby it will get a lot of use!

We ordered the bed online and I have been faithfully checking my email to see when it would arrive. If we had it shipped to Walmart it would be free instead of shipping it to our house (about $20 more).

Today was the big day! The bed arrived and Matt picked it up after work. I could hardly wait to have the final touches done in her room. It did not take very long to put together (to Matt's relief) and Hannah would periodically come in to check to see "ready, Daddy?".

We put the new mattress with the new polka dot sheets on the new bed and "WA LA!!' it was complete! To encourage my excitement it all looked perfect! Hannah came running into the room right after her bath and was very thrilled to see her big girl bed ready. She could hardly wait to test it out. Little did I know what was coming...

I have not really been an emotional person. She has had her "firsts" and I smile proudly, take pictures, and journal about it leaving the tears behind. BUT tonight was (almost) a different story. Here she was all cuddled up in her pj's, tucked into her new bed, and she has the biggest smile on her face. We got out a story to read as we do each night and she wanted to read it all by herself this time. Then when it was time for prayers she closed her eyes and began-- all BY HERSELF. It sounded a little like this "Dear God, Love Mommy, Love Daddy, Thank you. Amen". I couldn't believe it. Usually we say a few things and she repeats some things and then she says Amen. But not tonight. Tonight Hannah was a big girl.

That's when I was almost brought to tears. But that's not it. As we closed the door we heard her say, "Big girl now." TOO cute. It's moments like these that I want to wrap up into a bottle and save to take out again another day. What a blessing from God. I love being a mommy.