Sleeping in the Big Kid's Bed

So Carter has been wanting to sleep in the "Big Kid's Bed" for FOREVER. Every night when we would put him down to sleep, he would point at the twin bed and beg to sleep in it. I would have had him sleep in it too, except that I knew that with all the family coming to visit, it would be impossible to get Carter to go back to sleeping in a crib. So we postponed it, telling him he could sleep in it once Grandma was gone.

The day my mom left, we took Carter to Target, picked out some fun sheets for him (don't worry, I washed them before I put them on the bed), and got him a bed rail. That night when we went in to put him to bed he was SO excited!! Bo and I were laughing. He climbed right up in there, and wouldn't get out to say his prayers. We finally coaxed him down for prayers, and immediately afterwards he was back up in bed. We started taking pictures, and well, you can tell by the pictures that he just wants us to go away because he's so excited to be there and wants be left alone, as if he's sure it's a trick and that any moment we're going to yank him out. Funny kid. Finally he just grabbed the covers and put them over him and nestled in and ignored us.

He slept well and didn't get up once. In the morning Bo heard him talking and went in to check on him. Carter was still lying in the bed chatting to himself. The really funny thing is that for nap time we asked him if he wanted to go sleep in the bed, and he insisted on the crib!! He took a 3 hour nap too! Anyways. . . he's been great and loving his new Big Kid Bed.

I love that he has his eyes closed and trying to ignore us.