He only gets in in his crib when he is going to sleep, but he loves it.
Even two at at time on occasion.
So, you know that I'm an aunt, right?
Well, I offered up our crib for precious nephew. You know what that means...time to evict LittleMan. I'm sure that Graham could wait a while longer since he is still cozy in his little isolette in the NICU, but when I get something in my head, it has to be done.
We knew that LittleMan would probably need a little motivation to make this move, we decided that a car bed was the way to go. We checked out ToysRUs, BabiesRUs, an upscale kids furniture store and settled on Craig's List. I had no idea how fun that list was! After only a few clicks and a short drive up the street, LittleMan was the proud owner of a Ferrari Bed. This is not your run of the mill plastic LittleTykes race car bed, it is a red lacquer Ferrari Bed!
You should know that big boys don't take their pacifiers in their big boy beds, so it was time to say ByeBye. LittleMan and I headed out to purchase a big bouquet of balloons. We picked up DaddyMan and PrincessGirl and headed to the park to release the paci. We tied our two remaining pacis to the strings of the balloon while LittleMan enjoyed a few last seconds of his Paci bliss.
Eventually, the wind picked up and pulled the paci right out of LittleMan's mouth. The balloons carried them away. LittleMan was quite shocked and even chased after the balloons for a few seconds before he realized that his attempt was futile. He began crying big ol' tears and saying, "Bye Bye Paci! Bye Bye Balloons!" DaddyMan scooped him up and they watched as the balloons carried the pacis toward Denton.
We then played at the park for a while.
Finally we returned home to build the big Ferrari bed. LittleMan was crazy about his big car bed and new sheets and blanket. When bed time came, he climbed in and went to sleep with very little trouble at all.
He is so big!
Night-night LittleMan, I love you!
8 comments:
This is by far my fave story of yours I am stealing the pacy balloon idea when my little one has to say good-bye
Graham sends a HUGE thank you to Little Man!!! We are so proud of how he handled that balloon release. I can't wait to see this race car bed in person. I can only imagine the dreams that will be dreamt while sleeping in that thing! We look forward to seeing you guys over the holiday and can't wait to introduce G to the rest of the Salyards. Love the Ogdens (all 3 of us) ;-)
First of all, HOORAY that there are 3 Ogdens!
I love the new bed. He is such a big boy!
My goodness, is he already that big?? I guess it is a good thing we now have a NEW little one to sleep in that beautiful bed. Now ALL my grands will have slept in the same crib. LittleMan I am so proud of you. Bye-bye paci, bye-bye balloon, bye-bye Baby LittleMan, Hello Littleboy.
Cookie
Congrats on no more paci!! I have a feeling Graelyn will be doing that same thing...but maybe not with a car bed;) Congrats too for the Ogdens and their little angel!! YEAH!!!! LOVE the name Graham too!
Love the story... I shed a tear!
Okay...I totally cried when I repeated this story to Jeremy the other day. I am glad you posted pics and the story so that I could relive the sadness again. OH! What a big boy he is!!
Maybe I should try this because Harley not only loves her binky boo, I know horrible name, but she also loves balloons! She also only gets hers at nap and bet time, but we tried sleeping without it and it didn't go so good. She turned 2 Nov.20 so it is time!
Marybeth
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