We've actually been able to climb/fall out for some time now; only we've "chosen" to stay put. Unsure of how long we'll keep making that choice, we were told it was time for big boy beds. Upon hearing the news that we'd get big boy beds, we thought about it... "That's a baby bed, Mama?" (It never actually occurred to us what kind of bed we're sleeping in. Good thing we didn't know before now; the "baby" reference still offends.) Very curious about what these beds would look like, she explained that we'd take the rails down. Thomas, being the boss he is, corrected her, "You gonna take the stripes down?" (Those are called the rails.) "No, Mama, that's the stripes on the side."
Mama cried the first time she began to take the stripes down, and she stopped!! She took pictures of us in our baby beds, and we had to sleep in them one more night. (Mama's just a tad sad about losing a big part of her babies...after all, she wonders if she'll ever use these rails again...she won't be greeted with our four outstretched arms to lift out of bed in the mornings...it seems all that's left between us and "boyhood" are the Pullups.)
We, on the other hand, are THRILLED with these new beds (same cribs minus big stripes plus little rails). We spent about an hour getting in and out of them. We asked about bedtime all afternoon. (And we haven't made one peep since Mama started typing this 20 mintues ago!!) We thanked God tonight for the past 32 months - almost all of them spent behind these stripes - and prayed for all the growing up we have ahead of us. What blessings He's given us!
Out of the "big house" behind the stripes, and into the little big boy beds :) (photo to come)
2 comments:
Precious!!
Yes, they are precious! Jeff
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