A Big Boy Step . . .

We finally decided it was time to turn Dallas' crib into a daybed. He started to climb in and out of it and I knew it was going to be safer if he didn't have the rails on it anymore. I was scared to make this step because it meant that my little boy was growing up. He slept in it okay last night. We laid him down and Daddy read him a story in bed. Then we told him it was time to go night-night and we left the room and shut his door. We don't close it all the way, there is still a small crack. So a few minutes go by and we hear the door close. Daddy goes in to see what is going on and Dallas had got himself a toy and was playing in his bed. Daddy took the toy away and told him it was time for bed. A few minutes later we hear the door close again and Daddy goes in again to say it was time for bed. Then it was quiet for a long time. I kept going to the crack in the door to check and he was laying down. After about 25 minutes I was sure he was asleep. I was nursing Phoebe in my chair and guess who comes walking down the hall. He looks at me and says, "HI!" I tell him to go back to bed because it is bedtime. He does and when I checked on him a little later he was asleep. When Daddy checked on him before he went to bed Dallas was on the floor. I don't know if he fell or got there on his own but Daddy picked him and put him back to bed. I checked on him through out the night as I was up with Phoebe and he was always in bed. AT 6:15, an hour before normal wake up time, he came into my room as happy as can be. I am not sure how naptime is going to go because we weren't home for nap today. We shall see tomorrow.