Toddler Bed

Well, Gabriel is now in his toddler bed and I think he's still working on feeling completely comfortable in it.  He no longer cries when we put him in it, but I think he has a hard time falling right to sleep.  He's not used to the whole pillow thing, sleeping in a different direction, and not having the comfort of the prison bars  crib rails surrounding him.  Mommy is also having a difficult time with it.  As I was disassembling his crib I did have tears come to my eyes with the realization that he is ever that much closer to not being a true baby anymore.  And while that's exciting and wonderful, it's also heart breaking and terrifying.  As I'm telling my new mom friends and pregnant friends...everything with Gabriel is always uncharted territory.  You never get over that "new mom" thing with your first born (and I'm sure some things the subsequent children do as well).

So here is my big boy, showing his animals that sleeping in a toddler bed isn't as scary as it at first may seem.