Time for a big girl bed

Last week Hannah perfected the art of climbing out of her crib every day after nap time so yesterday was spent getting her a new "big girl" bed. But before we left, Joe and Hannah had to read the newspaper (they were sitting in the middle of the floor because the sun was hitting the couch and we still don't have window treatments in the addition).

Back to the bed. She was very excited to go pick out her bed and kept saying she wanted a "pink" bed...hmmm.

As luck would have it (bad luck is still luck), Ikea actually has a pink bed (really, what are the chances of that?). Luckily, we were able to steer her away from the pink bed and opted instead for a white one (Mommy's choice). What we couldn't steer her away from was her choice of bedding. Mommy found a really cute one and I tried my hardest to convince her, but she would have none of it. She knew what she wanted. She didn't even listen to reason when I tried to explain that her room is purple and the duvet cover she chose had no purple in it. Of course, we weren't getting the pink bed so I gave in to her choice of duvet covers (begrudgingly).

Right after nap time, Daddy put together the new bed.

Here it is.

Again, she couldn't have been more excited! Here she is demonstrating how she is going to sleep in it.

We were somewhat worried come bedtime, but literally she was an angel.

She went right to sleep and had no problems! And since she's used to having her door shut at night, mommy and daddy didn't have to worry about roaming the house at night. Such a big girl!

The Great Escape

After Hannah's "nap time", I went upstairs to get her from her bed and this is what I found....
Last night Joe realized Hannah's crib was broken a bit, but temporarily fixed it until he could spend more time on it this weekend. Well, apparently she found the weakest link and broke out when she was supposed to be sleeping. I was downstairs watching Grey's Anatomy and thought I heard something so I paused it, but because it was raining hard outside, I didn't give it a second thought....She was quite proud of her work and quickly let me know the bed broke!

Russian Christmas

January 7th is the day the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas (according to the Julian calendar) so yesterday we celebrated Russian Christmas with Hannah. Much like our Sinterklaas celebration, for us it is an acknowledgment of the holiday with a few small gifts. The actual celebration involves fasting on the Eve of Christmas and eating a "holy supper'' when the first star appears in the night sky. For the record...Grandfather Frost (the Russian Santa Claus) actually comes on New Year's. Anyway, this year was very small as Hannah is still young, but as she gets older and we learn more about it, she can choose the traditions she'd like to do. I'm hoping she doesn't want to fast! : )
And here's our new handed down train set! Our friends Kevin and Deb came over Saturday night with their son's train set that he has grown out of....the kids had a lot of fun setting it up and then Hannah had fun on Sunday taking it all apart.

New Year's Day Fashion Show

New Year's Day was a relaxing day at home, watching football, eating junk food, and playing. It was also our last day with Gramma and Gramps. : (

And unbeknownst to us, it was the day of Hannah's fashion show! She was so funny...she'd go into the mudroom and come out with different shoes, hats, scarfs, etc. each time. I didn't get the first few looks but quickly thought it might be cute to take a few pictures. This went on throughout the day.

outfit #1. Mommy's hat, Gramma's scarf, and pretty pink dress up shoes.

outfit #2. Another of Mommy's hats, same scarf and shoes.
outfit #3. Gramps' boots. No other accessories needed.outfit #4. Her own hat and Mommy's knee high boots.
We are all very sad to see Gramma and Gramps leave. We had so much fun while they were here. I can already tell that Charlie is probably most traumatized by them leaving as he hasn't stopped crying at my feet for attention all morning. Hannah will surely miss all of the tea parties with Gramma and afternoons watching Elmo with Gramps. I will miss the opportunity to sit and do nothing. : )

Playing with Charlie.