Little girl bed...

Okay.  We did it.  Jillian has officially been in a toddler bed since Friday (Dec. 11th) and she's doing a GREAT job.  Jillian loves rules, so keeping her in bed has been no problem.  In the morning, she has to "wait for the eight" on her clock, and then she can come out by herself.  She loves this.  She's been quite a fan of reading the numbers on the clock for some time, so this really appealed to her.  

The last morning I went in to take her out of her crib could not have been more perfect.  Honestly, it made me tear up when it happened, and puts a lump in my throat now...  When we give Jillian a bath, I sing a Beatles song to her when we rinse the shampoo out- "Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, tomorrow I'll miss you...."  When I went in on Friday morning, she started singing this song to me.  I joined in, and right to the end, "I'll send all my lovin' to you" we sang together and then touched each others noses on the word you.  I melted.  Then I said, aw, sweet baby- I love you so much Jillian!  She replied: "I love you more more Mommy."

Pretty awesome memory for the last time I went in to get her out of her crib.  :)

Here's Ryan taking the front off of Jillian's crib:

And one HAPPY GIRL checking out her, "little girl bed"
Do I lay like this?:
And then, here is step two of moving Jillian out of a crib.  Her crib is convertible, so once we're done using the toddler rail, the back of the crib will become the headboard.  Once we put a full size mattress in her room, she'll need new bedding.  Our wonderful friend Shere has agreed to help me (aka, I'm just suppling fabric and ideas- haha) with a big quilt project.  I want to use some of the materials from Jillians nursery set to incorporate into a quilt. It's going to be fabulous.

These are the extra fabrics I've purchased, and a few of the butterfly squares off of her crib bumper...
Close up of fabric:

More fabric:
More: (The dark brown flower print on the right of this picture was actually the fabric used for MY baby blanket!  My mom found a large piece in her fabric box recently so I just had to incorporate it!)
And finally, a nice comfy butterfly print that will be the entire back of the quilt:
Jillian and I went to a couple of fabric stores to get all these pieces, and she was a big help in the selection process (seriously!)  

I can't wait to see the finished product!