On our way to having a big girl

We bought a toddler bed a few months ago and tried it out...NOT ready. We have since been storing it it out closet. This past week Nathan said he wanted to try taking the front of the crib off and seeing how Katherine did. We took it off Thursday night, put down the toddler bed mattress in case she rolled out, and she did great!

We put her down at 7pm. Checked on her at 8pm- still in her bed. At 9pm when I checked on her she was on the second mattress. At 9:30pm when I checked on her she was asleep on the floor in front of the mattresses. I picked her up and put her back in her bed where she stayed all night!

I tried to sneak in on Friday morning and take a picture of her in her "big girl bed" but she caught me. Isn't she so cute.
Climbing out of bed in the morning.

Nap time is a while other issue- she doesn't do so well at naps. She did great again last night, however, even climbing back into her bed after sleeping on the floor mattress for awhile. We'll give it some time for naps and hopefully she'll come around.

We also decided to take apart her big dresser and put the shelves on the floor so it became a book shelf she could reach. The result is wonderful, we all love it, and it makes her room so much more access able for her to get at her books and toys.

The first picture was the bottom part of the big dresser with the shelf piece on top. Now they are two separate pieces of furniture.

Don't worry, Nathan anchored the book shelf to the wall so she can't pull it down on herself accidentally.