Big Boy Bed

Today marked a huge milestone in Vance's life - he transitioned to a big boy bed. He's spent most of his life sleeping in the same bed, first side-carred onto our bed for co sleeping when the three of us no longer fit on our big bed (he inherited his parents' penchant for thrashing and sprawling at night, go figure), then as a stand alone toddler bed when he moved to his own bedroom.

But he's growing taller, and won't fit in it much longer. Even if that weren't the case, we'll be needing that bed for Edward soon, and didn't want Vance to feel like his brother kicked him out of his bed, so we decided it was time for him to take the next step now, while it could be a positive experience.

Once his bed was ordered, we took Vance sheet shopping. At first he enjoyed just running around the bedding section, but once we started narrowing the options and giving him choices, he expressed a clear preference for the blanket and sheets he wanted. "Dees one! Dees one!" We've been talking up his big boy bed for a few days, and today it was delivered! Vance was quite interested in what was going on, though not too sure about the two strange guys setting up the bed in his bedroom. Once they left, though, he helped me put the bedding on, and he proudly showed off his new possession to his grandma and grandpa.

And, of course, we had to get pictures.

Bedtime was a breeze, and he is now happily sleeping in his big boy bed. My little Vance is all grown up!