Big Boy Bed

So if any of you have been reading my statuses on FB, you are well aware of our new bedtime struggles. Major has always been such an awesome sleeper, he's always just gone to sleep on his own and stayed nice and peaceful for 12 or more hours. Well on Friday night, Josh and I finally did it, we turned his crib into a big boy bed and that changed his little schedule all around. Hopefully this is just a temporary little change though! Major "helped" us convert his bed and was SO excited to have his new big boy bed!

We got his bed made and he couldn't wait to lay down...

He was so happy! I was thinking this is great, no problemo! He will adjust just fine! I guess really he has, it has only been a few nights. Josh and I have different ways of dealing with him getting up. Josh wants to lay with him and scratch  his back  until he falls asleep, but I don't want him to get used to having someone lay with him in order to go to sleep. Josh just keeps telling me that for 2 years, I rocked him and loved on him until he was about to fall asleep and then laid him down and I can't expect him to just "click" go to sleep in the big  boy bed all alone in 3 nights time! I guess he is right. A friend of mine who has 3 boys told us to "Super Nanny him"! I laughed out loud and think I prefer that approach, but as of now, we will give him a few days to adjust Josh's way. We are lucky though that when he is asleep, he is out! It is getting him to close his eyes that's the hard part.

Here' s a couple of pictures of Major's new big boy room:

We kept our beloved rocker:

 

And here is Monkey boy on his new bed!

When he does get up, he is so funny because he locks the door and turns on the lights, then goes into his closet, shuts that door and turns on the lights then plays or looks at books. He is so silly. Last night I noticed his light on and had to knock on the door to get him to open it, when he let me in, he had a John Deere tractor, and excavator and his new fire truck, all ride on's by the way, lined in a row and he told me they were going to work. I said they were going to work in the morning! :) What a mess, at least he keeps us smiling and laughing all the time! He is a sweet, sweet little mischevious mess, but boy oh boy do I love him to pieces! 

Our Winterplace Weekend

For Christmas I surprised Josh with a trip to Winterplace, West Virginia for a weekend of skiing and some much needed "us" time! After the last 5 or so months of being mostly apart, we desperately needed this weekend away to reconnect, laugh, and just have fun together! We left Major in the caring hands of Aunt Tatie on Friday and with his Pappy and Nona for the rest of the weekend, so we were free to have a good weekend with no worries!

We left on Friday and had a great 6 hour drive, just talking, and laughing and being silly together. As we drove through Knoxville, we talked about college and our first "home" there as a married couple. It was so much fun just being together. As we got closer to West Virginia, the snow really started coming down. I mostly was in awe of all the snow. I think it is the most that I had ever seen.  It was beautiful!

 

Once we made it to our cabin, we were so excited to just be there. We ordered a pizza, watched a movie and turned in early because of our busy day ahead.  (This picture was actually taken the day we left. It was too dark for a picture when we got there. They had about 20 or so inches at the cabin.)

On Saturday morning, we were up bright and early and on the slopes by 8. It seemed like we were the only ones there for several hours. We had a blast. The snow was beautiful. Winterplace had received nearly 2 weeks of fresh snow by the time we got there, so the ski conditions were amazing. It was a whopping 11 degrees all day, but didn't feel that cold because there was no wind. It snowed most of the day on Saturday, so we couldn't help but to feel so blessed and lucky to experience just an amazing weekend. Many of the workers at Winterplace said they hadn't seen snow so perfect in 10 or 12 years there, so it is fair to say that we chose the perfect weekend! Here's a couple of pics from our first run:

 

We skied until about 5 pm that afternoon, then decided to call it a day. We headed back toward our little cabin, ate a good dinner, and went to bed by 8! Haha! It was such a wonderful weekend! We missed Major so much and were very anxious to come home to see him, but we knew that he was in great hands. It was so nice to relax and not worry about a thing! I think this may be a yearly tradition! 

Just the Boys

Major got a new tent for Christmas and has officially declared it "Boys Only"! He got in it the other night with Josh and I tried to get in too and he said "No Mama, get out!!!!!!" Are you kidding me? Hahaha! It was funny, but made me realize that he is growing into a little boy way too fast and my precious little baby is not a baby anymore. I know as he gets older he and Josh will go on and do more "boy things" together, which I am thrilled about, but there is a little part of me that is bummed that my "Mama's boy" isn't so much anymore. On the other hand though I am so blessed that he has a daddy that adores him and loves spending time with him. Major is one lucky kiddo to have Josh as his Daddy! They are awefully cute together and I just melt when I see them playing and spending "boy time" with each other. No matter what though, he will always be my baby boy!