Big girl bed among other things

The big girl bed has been a smashing success here. We've only had it up for 2 weeks, though. We started with just the mattress on the floor and she fell off that a couple of times. We've since added the boxspring under the mattress and she's only fallen off once. She does, however, kick the wall which is attached to our bedroom and it scares me awake.

So far Emma loves being in her big girl bed and at most has gotten out once before a nap or bedtime. After I bring her back to bed and tell her that she needs to stay in bed, she talks to herself and then falls asleep. It's so sweet to see her sleeping in a bed. She looks so grown up. The next step will be to add the frame and headboard and I'm guessing it will get done this weekend.

We've also been organizing and rearranging the basement. Okay, K's been doing the work and I've been supervising. Next we need to get stuff out of the boys' closet and organize/arrange their room. Right now, it is a big mess. But Emma does love playing in there with all the new stuff. We found another crib - yay! And my family had a party/shower for us last Sunday and we got a lot of great stuff! I think we're getting there, well, except for arranging the boys' room and buying massive amounts of diapers. Has anyone noticed that it's harder to find newborn diapers lately? Or maybe it's just me. That's probably it.

One more thing. I love to hear Emma sing along with the songs on the radio. She may not understand or know all the words, but she can sing a few of them (she makes up the rest of the words). Her latest favorites are Mighty to Save by Michael W. Smith and Never Let Go by Matt Redman. In fact, she randomly started singing them yesterday in the morning when I was not having a great day and it brightened up my day. You have to listen pretty hard to guess what song she's singing, but once you know what song it is, you can catch some of the words. And she'll sing along with Untitled Hymn by Chris Rice. Some of it is pretty repetitive, so she can catch on to those words. And of course she knows the Veggie Tales theme song. Maybe she'll be a good singer someday. Which would not be taking after her mommy. :)