A Big Boy Bed...We Made It!

Why is it that the transitions I anticipate will be among the biggest in history...are...well...not? We have officially transitioned to a big boy bed, and surprisingly, it was dare I say...easy? Not because of anything we did, but because the Lord is gracious! A few weeks ago Wes put up some bunk bed frames in Wyatt's room. What I thought was a waste of space for several weeks became the source of my little boys greatest adventures which included a train, a barnyard fence and a big ship. So, as the Lord would have it, all this time my little boy was becoming more prepared for his bunk beds by playing in the frames every day. Wyatt has asked me so many times during the last few weeks if he can sleep in the bunk bed FRAMES? "When we put a mattress on your big boy bed, you may sleep in your big boy bed," I would reply upon the many requests. Well, Wyatt and I came home from a weekend in Greenville and Wes surprised us with the mattresses! So, this increased Wyatt's eagerness to sleep in his bed. After a painfully long day of watching me wash his sheets, put the egg-crate on his mattress, the mattress pad, etc. basically get his bed ready, he just BEGGED us last night to sleep in this new big boy bed. So after we gave him a "big boy bed talk" and prayed for his first night, his repeated response was "Bye Y'all" (a response he never says!). Furthermore, we didn't hear a peep from him all night long. And finally, this morning as we were eating breakfast I explained to him the accomplishment he made last night. I also told him that we are very proud of him. His sweet little response to me was "We Made It."
Sooooo true. Thank you Lord for making this transition, upon many to come, well...easy.

Here is a quiet peek at his first nap in his new bed!