Easter 2009 and a Bonus Video

We had a great Easter!  I hope that you did too.  : )  Sorry that it has taken me a while to post pics!

Before Easter it started to warm up a bit.  See how HAPPY Emma is to have her slide back?

The last SPECK of snow/ice in our yard.  Bye bye winter!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Coloring eggs.  : )  We could not let Emma dunk them…she was ready to squish all of the eggs and bathe our entire kitchen in PAAS Easter egg colors!!  : O  That’s my girl!  Hee hee!

She was all smiles…

and then…

about two minutes later…

 

Rut roah!  Please don’t hate me because I posted this.  : )  Please keep visiting my blog…hee hee.  ; D  The tears didn’t last long…I promise…maybe a minute tops.  Smiles one minute and tears the next.  She’s TWO…hee hee.  : )  Isn’t that just how it goes?

The pwetty, pwetty eggs in all of their cracked glory.  : D  I think that the toddler finger hole imprint is PRECIOUS!  : D

The loot!

My sweet girl!!

“STICKERS???!!”

Okay…

A blast from Easter’s past…

Here is a photo of Emma…Easter 2008…just one year ago…

Awwwwwwwwwwww….that BABY FACE!!  I want to smooch those cheeks!  Okay, back to the present…  : D

This photo and the photos below are from the past week.  We are LOVING the fabulous weather (60s and 70s, breezy and no humidity)!

Emma has a new toy…a sand and water table.  : )

She LOVES it!

Okay…a video for you…Emma “reading” to her Papa.  : )

Turn off my blog music player in the left column and then play the video below.  : )

 

God bless,

Tera

The Crib Has Been Converted

Yesterday, we spent the afternoon converting Emma’s crib to a toddler bed and re toddler proofing her room. 

Emma has been able to swing her leg over the crib bar and shimmy out of her crib for months and months…however, we purchased The Cozy Crib Tent when we first discovered that she could swing her leg up and over the crib bar and the crib tent purchase bought her a few additional months in her crib.  BUT, with that said, she eventually shredded her poor crib tent and created a hole that was so large, she was able to fit her entire body through it.  So, we decided that the time had come to convert her crib into a toddler bed.

Evidence as to WHY a crib conversion was necessary!!   : O

A photo of the converted crib.  I absolutely LOVE this crib and Emma does too…it was one of my favorite purchases when we decided on items for Emma’s room.

After we converted the crib to a toddler bed, we re toddler proofed her room since she is now able to get out of bed at will and wander about.  We removed her large, upholstered rocking chair out of the room (she has just started to use it to reach items on the top of her book shelf).  We moved her changing table to our room because she is now able to climb up to the top of it using the drawer pulls (YIKES!)  We also secured her bookshelf to the wall because she is trying to use it as a jungle gym (she’s a climber).  We recovered a few of her outlets that were exposed due to moved furniture and we moved a little fan (aka the noise maker) to the top of her book shelf.  Her room is pretty stripped down.  She has her toddler bed, a book shelf and a soft mini chair along with a few stuffed animals and board books.

Reading a story with Papa before bedtime.  : )

So, are you wondering how Emma did last night…her first night in her toddler bed?  She did really well!!  She woke up one time and was a bit disoriented but after a few hugs from Papa, she went right back to sleep.  : )

I love you, sweet girl!  You are getting SO BIG, SO quickly!!  (Slow down…just a wee bit…Mommy’s heart is hurting just a little…)  ; )

God bless,

Tera