Big Girl Bedroom

We finally succumbed and got our little girl a real bed. It is definitely time even though our new baby won't need the crib for several months. At this point in Bentley's life he had already been sleeping in a big boy bed for 6 months (and he had a 4 month old little sis too--wow, time flies :) Our little Cares was very excited for her new bed and girlie girl sheets. She was also very ready to be more like her big brother. The two children even tried out their first game of "ship" with their 2 beds yesterday as soon as we had Cares' bed set-up. Did anyone else play ship as a kid on their bed? It was one of my favorites.

Here are some 'before' pics of the lady's room (Cares is helping unwrap her new sheets in the first 2 shots):

And the 'after' pics:

I just adore this bedding and had to give it the spotlight for a moment.

We also got a new dresser to go with the bed. The baby dresser is still in Cares' room right now as it has no place to go except the basement for storage. Until we decide on the whole move to a new home/finish our basement debacle, we'll leave the dresser there.

There is still a lot of work to do in organizing and decorating this little room but I wanted to show off Cares' new bed pronto. And she has been sleeping in it beautifully, thank goodness. Isn't that a parent's biggest concern when changing things like this?

(we did have to add Bentley's hand-me-down side rail so our girl won't fall out of bed in the night but I just had to remove it for the pictures because it is baby blue and white and doesn't exactly match...at all)