Operation "Nap Time"

Yep, STILL blogging about Delaney's big girl bed!!! I am pleased to report at 2:00 today (also known as nap time), Delaney grabbed her babies and marched down the hall into her room.  She climbed up onto her bed and went to sleep.........for THREE hours!  At 5:00, I had to go and wake her up and you know my position on waking a sleeping baby!  We were hosting a birthday party so I had no choice.....Here is what I saw.......................

Sorry for the bad iphone picture, I figured you'd rather have a bad picture than no picture! Her bedding arrives on Monday so you'll have to continue reading blog posts about this major milestone for Delaney.  By the way, when visitors come, she can't wait to show them her play room (which is what she now calls her bedroom!)

"The Morning After"

I was hoping to get up before Delaney this morning (I can't believe I just typed that) so I could get a picture of her in her bed but that of course didn't happen.  So, this is going to be a boring blog post without a picture....I realize you may have just stopped reading!!  Last night went MUCH better than expected (despite some people taking bets on what time Delaney would actually fall asleep)! I put her to bed at her 9:00 bedtime and minutes later she was up and standing in the hallway.  I forced myself off the sofa and put her back in bed and decided to lay with her for a minute. She told me to read her a story (which meant "tell" her a story) but before I could, she started telling me one.  It was about a princess, a castle, and I think a rooster. Boy can that girl tell a story!  I decided laying there was boring and I was missing my show so I got up and tried not to make a big deal about the fact I wasn't coming back!  The next thing I heard was "I need my other slippers"......So I took her her Barbie slippers (thanks Holly).  After awhile, she still wasn't asleep. But she was still in her bed (or at least her room).  I went in one more time and realized she had taken stuff off her walls!  At 10:30 I sent an email that said "pretty sure she's asleep but I'm afraid to go check"!!!  At 11:00, I tip toed into her room and saw she had gotten up and put her robe and her winter coat in bed with her .....Perhaps she thought she was going to sneak out of the house!!

This morning at 8:50 (before the allowed wake up time I might add) Delaney opened my door and said "mommy, I need grambled eggs"............So obviously, she wasn't too traumatized from sleeping in her new bed.  I asked her what she dreamed about and she told me monsters and then told me how much she loves monsters!  This kid is so weird!

Today will be her first day of taking a nap in her bed so I am hoping it goes well.

Big Girl Bed...........

I know Delaney's grandmas won't appreciate seeing a picture of her crying but YES grandmas, sometimes I do let Delaney cry!!!  (She apparently wasn't ready "to go night night")......But I WAS READY to get my picture of her in her last night in her crib.

As scheduled, her bed arrived today (right smack at nap time I might add) and it was GAME ON!! This was really happening......

And since Delaney didn't get her nap, here she is on the way home from dance.  She wanted something to read so I threw her my Ballard Designs catalog---guess she wasn't interested.....

I am preparing myself for a long night of Delaney getting out of bed.  The good thing is, she can climb up in her bed by herself so when I yell tell her to go back to bed, I won't have to get up off the sofa!

I can remember like it was yesterday the day her daddy put together her crib.  I may or may not have made sure I wasn't home (I've heard horror stories).  I came home and David got the next door neighbor to help him carry in all of her furniture that had been delivered.  He had the bed set up and was going on and on about how it was "missing parts" and the instructions weren't in English!

Second story.....the night I delivered Delaney, the doctor who was on call was telling us (in the operating room no less) that when she got paged, she had just laid down with her little girl in her new big girl bed that had been delivered that day.  I felt AWFUL about interrupting that moment and apologized profusely.  When she came to my room the next day, I was STILL APOLOGIZING.  She said when she got home (around 4:00 a.m.) her daughter was fast asleep and it was no big deal.  I am quite sure (albeit almost THREE years ago), I felt in that moment that that scenario was a long way off for us....AND HERE WE ARE!  So tonight, when you go to bed, please PRAY that Delaney does well because I have NO PROBLEM putting her crib back in her room!!!!! Stay tuned...............

"Happy, Happy, Happy"

In the words of Phil Robertson, Delaney and I are so "Happy, Happy, Happy" the quack pack comes back on tonight!  I am sure CPS (and her father) would disagree on the appropriateness of this show for Delaney but it's not like I let her watch The Walking Dead (well, not anymore). My friend got me hooked on The Walking Dead.  As if I needed another show to watch!

Check back tomorrow, Delaney has a big delivery coming!  

I'll be going out tonight to stock up on Kleenex!

Cue The Waterworks!!

I sure hope Delaney sleeps as well in this........

 As she does this.......

Delaney's Funnies

As I said before, Delaney's future is not going to be in the fashion world.  Although I do wish she were a little more fashion forward, I just don't see it happening....I can say this about my child because well, just look at her!  How am I ever going to take this girl to the fashion capital of the world??????????

But I do think she may have a future in comedy.  This girl is without a doubt, the funniest person I know!  Here are just a few of the things she's said lately:

• When I think she's up to something, I will say "Delaney, what are you doing" and she always replies "Nothing Mommy".  But the other night the conversation went like this "Delaney" and she replied "Nothing Mommy"..............
• The other day she put on her backpack and said "Bye mommy, I'm going to school, see you later alligator"............Oh, and speaking of school, I think it's really going to happen.  I thought I found a reason NOT to send her (security measures of course) but it looks like that "issue" is being rectified!  I have mixed emotions about it. I mean how much can Delaney learn being away from her mommy for SEVEN hours a week?!?!?! (You didn't think she was going full time did you)??? If so, YOU'RE AT THE WRONG BLOG!!
• I was using a heating pad the other day and Delaney said "mommy lie down it will make you feel better"............
• She has started saying "oopsie daisey"
• She climbed in her bed (that's a whole other post) and said "don't let the bed bugs bite" which I NEVER say---I am scared to death of bed bugs!!
• She has become little miss independent these days and wants to do everything herself and will say "I want to do it all by myself" and then the other night she wanted to turn on the light that she couldn't reach so she went to grab something she's not suppose to to stand on and said "I like to do things all by myself"......
• The other day she called me Ashley---on second thought, why did I include this on this list, it was ANYTHING but funny!
• She hurt her head on the ottoman and cried great big crocodile tears and said "I need to go night night my crib will make me feel better"  Is this girl my daughter or what!  There is no lack of sleep around our house! And, I would have let her had it not been 6:30!!! 
• Every morning when she wakes up she says "who's coming over" and "what me gonna watch"....

The Fashion Industry

I think it's safe to say that Delaney's future is not likely in the fashion industry.........

I guess sometimes THREE tutus is necessary!