This week Dallin turns 2!!!! Can you believe it!? I can't. It seems like it was just yesterday I was holding my little 7 pounder baby and snuggling him close to my chest. I remember that new baby smell. Well, now he smells mostly like dirt and peanut butter. He loves to play in the dirt, mud, grime, rocks, wood chips...if it is outside and messy, he loves it.
He is getting so big. So for his birthday we decided to get him a cool car bed to move him over to and out of his crib. We went all out, we got him some "Cars" sheets and a new mattress. We set the bed up on Wednesday morning and let him get used to it all day. By nap time, he was super enthralled with his bed. He kept taking my hand and leading me to his bed. He would climb on up and grin ear to ear. He loved to repeat this throughout the day. I was really worried he would have a hard time going to sleep on in it (since he was playing and jumping on it for hours), but at naptime, it only took about 5 times of putting him back in his room and on his bed before he finally fell asleep. Today it only took once and he feel asleep in no time. Last night he didn't even get out of his bed and wake us up at 3 am, which I was scared he would do. He slept like a pro and I am so proud of him. I was worried about the transition, but so far so good.
I was concerned about him getting out at night, wondering around the house and getting hurt, but Joe, being the genius he is, figured out he could just switch the door handle and make the lock be on the outside. The handle is upside down now, because it is a lever handle, but you can't really tell, it looks pretty good actually. So now, I can lock him in at night and sleep soundly knowing he is safe and sound in his room.
Here are some pictures of him enjoying his new room, new bed and sheets. He loves to point to his blanket, his pillow, his sheets, his curtains and name all the different characters from "Cars", he loves that movie.
We were lucky enough to have Mom and Dad Hansen in town for Dad Hansen's brother's baptism. It was great seeing them and great being able to witness Uncle Steve's baptism. There was a great spirit there and it was amazing to be apart of. We had such a great time visiting with Mom and Dad. It was great seeing Dallin interact with them and play with them. We got to go to the arcade with them, go swimming at indoor waterpark and have a snowball fight. I think the snow ball fight was the highlight of their stay, well, at least for me. We woke up Friday morning to a land of snow. It had snowed 8 inches over night and was still snowing when we woke up. I shoveled the walks and thought, hey, we should have a snowball fight. So, I got Dallin all geared up and headed out in the snow. Soon, Mom and Dad joined us and we got some cool pictures. It was alot of fun.
5 comments:
Hooray for big boy beds! He looks so big in that fun race car bed. We can't wait to play with you guys this summer. My favorite picture is when Rob is throwing the snow ball at Joe. So funny, so fun!
Oh so fun! It's pretty amazing to see them in big boy beds isn't it? I remember just feeling so proud that I had this boy no longer in a crib! Love that he has cars. He looks so cute and I'm so glad that has transitioned to it well!
Okay, so two things. 1- So impressed Dallin moved to a big bed that easily. That's amazing. Maybe Dallin could teach Jackson a thing or two about sleeping ;) 2- That had Joe's wearing is incredible! Did you have to go to Russia to get that?! It's so awesome. Hope you guys are doing well. Love, The Bushmans.
OH! Such a big boy now, too cute. That brings me hope that it may not be too bad for Grace. I love his room and bed. :) That shopka is pretty sweet. My brother served in Russia and has one too! I am sorry it is still coming in handy. Goodness. Looks like you had fun with it anyway. Hopefully you guys get some sunshine soon!
We had tons of fun that morning together, huh? Heather kept throwing a snowball (she got me right smack square in the face!) And every time I tried to return the favor, she ducked behind the corner of the wall, making another snowball. She and Joe crawled through the new snow to get Dallin to do it also, that snow was fun to play in.
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