Thursday, December 18, 2008

Good-bye Crib

It was a big night at the Sumida house last night. Matthew’s bed arrived! We have been talking to him about it for about 2 weeks and he was so excited. We probably bought more time with Matthew in his crib than most people but it was necessary as he is such an eloper. No child proof lock is safe from him either so we milked the crib as long as possible. He seemed a little uneasy for a few moments when it was time to go to sleep but was out pretty quick. He had a great night of sleep and only woke up once (a typical night is 3-4 times). I went into his room this morning because he was so quiet (he is usually up extremely early and demanding to get out) and he was laying on his back relaxing. He said “Mommy, go out. Close door.” I asked him if he wanted to get up and watch TV in my room and he said “lay down right here big boy bed.” It was really cool to see him understand that this space is his and to see him exhibit the independence to want to time to himself. He is such an amazing little boy and the absolute love of our lives. We certainly have much to be grateful for this year.
Mommy, I am not so sure about this.....

Our little sleeping beauty.

2 comments:

EP said...

I love it!!! Go Matthew! What a big boy :):)

Trojan Fan said...

That is so great! Good job little guy! So how many times did Mommy go check on him?
:)