big girl + bed = big girl bed

Not gonna lie, we were anticipating much more of a challenge on this one, and I'm not even sure why..
Here's how it went:

"Gwen, do you want to sleep in the crib tonight, or your big girl bed?"
"Big girl beddd!!!!!"
::read a few books, rock rock rock, hugs & kisses::
::place in big girl bed::
"Sweet dreams"
"Seet-deems"

And then she fell asleep....for 15 hours.
Same thing with the nap the next day, and I woke her up after 3 hours like I normally do.

To be fair, I think the 15hr thing was a fluke because she's probably still adjusting after our trip to Vegas.  But last night she slept her usual 12 and now I'm about to go upstairs and wake her up because she's going over her 3hr nap limit.

Now, if only taking away the "pah-pah" will be this easy.  Those are the 2 things we wanted to accomplish with Gwen before the boy arrives.  Something tells me we're in for it with the whole pacifier thing...I'm pretty sure that's how she soothes herself to sleep.  On second thought, there's nothing wrong with a pacifier-sucking teenager...right?

Do you know that I actually had a girl in my HS class who walked around sucking on a pacifier because she thought it was cool?  I guess that's motivation enough to rid Gwen of this habit, like now.

We put the bed on the floor because we haven't bought a frame yet, and this way we don't have to worry about her rolling out.

Can you find Gwen? All of her stuffed animals live in the built in and she likes to visit them every so often.

success

reading with daddy before bedtime

Vegas!

We finally made it out to visit Anne in Vegas!  The whole K family was able to come together, which doesn't happen too often these days with the 5 of us being in 3 different time zones.


Anticipating Gwen's first flight, not to mention the 3 hour time change, we had our concerns.  The fact that she came down with the very first ear infection of her entire life the day before we flew out was pretty much par for the course.  She was extremely congested leading up to the trip, so I took her to the Dr twice.  The first time it was just a bad cold, and the next day, she had a slight fever and the start of an infection so we were given antibiotics.  Luckily, that amoxicillin seriously kicks butt and she woke up the morning we were flying out seeming 99% better.  She did great on the flight, and loved the takeoff.  She didn't sleep nearly as much as we thought she would, but we think that ended up being for the best because she slept great once we got to Anne's house (in Anne's over-sized walk-in closet - ha! I should've taken a pic of that, crap!) and ended up falling right into Vegas time without even skipping a beat!

Anne was, as always, a great trip planner and set everything up so we had a lot to do but there was just enough down time to be able to relax and enjoy each other as well.  We had a lot of help with Gwen while we were there too, so Justin and I were able to sleep in, stay out late, and go out on occasion during her nap time without having to worry.  Can't beat family vacations, especially once you have a kid in the mix!!

Some activities we enjoyed:
walking around on the strip
hiking at Red Rock
playing at local playgrounds
Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay
Children's Discovery Museum - this had just relocated the week before so everything was brand new!
The Beatles - Love by Cirque du Soleil

We really couldn't have asked for a better time.  Thanks to Anne and her roomie, Amber for being such great hostesses!

NINE years

Seriously dying.  This first picture was taken in 2004 when Justin and I were "just friends", and I went out to visit him in LA and we flew to Vegas to see Anne.

9 years and 1.5 kids later, there we are again!

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