The Emma Report

After 15 weeks in the NICU/Special Care Nursery, Emma finally came home to our family on November 17th 2005:

You’ve come a long way, baby! 

Emma loves, loves, loves her bed and very rarely fusses when it’s nap or bed time

She has never attempted to escape from her crib, but she was getting a bit cramped in the smallish space.

So, a few weeks ago we made the move to a new Big Girl Bed:
 

(she looks so tiny in there, doesn’t she?)

Can you tell she was just a wee bit excited:

 
The transition was much smoother than we had anticipated:

She happily went up to bed for her afternoon nap the first day and we’ve not had any problems since:

(well, she did once creep into our room during the middle of the night and scared a year off my life when I woke up to her little face right next to mine, but apart from that, all is good)

Funny, I didn’t mind at all when Big Sister graduated to her Big Girl bed (likely because I knew Emma was soon coming home from the Special Care Nursery to claim her place in the crib), but this time, oh it was hard to take that crib down, knowing we won’t ever be using it again…

Parenthood is just full of these bittersweet moments, isn’t it?

Beware of little sisters carrying leaves….

they’re sneaky