Saturday after gymnastics class we headed over to Grandpa and Marcia's house. We were there to help disassemble and bring over to our house Annika's new bedroom furniture. She now has a twin bed and new dresser and the nursery furniture has been moved to the vacated office. After her room was all set up with the new furniture and bedding she was pretty excited to get up on it and start jumping and jumping and jumping. Ugh. The jumping! The girl jumps on everything! I took some pictures that I'll try to upload tomorrow night. Kris and I were invited to a party on Saturday night but declined. I didn't want to be gone on Annika's first night with a new bed and new routine. Amazingly, the first night was pretty easy! We followed the same routine we usually do and she crawled into her bed and laid down. She wanted me to lay down by her but I told her that Mommy had to sleep in her own bed. She went to sleep shortly after that. She woke up about an hour later and when I went into her room she was walking around in the dark, I think to come over and turn her light on. I put her back in her bed and she went back to sleep. Sunday night was a little more difficult. She kept getting out of bed to jump on it or read books or play with her stuffed animals. I had to go in a couple times to lay her back down and turn the lights off (except for her night light). Finally Daddy came in and kneeled down by her bed and whispered in her ear that it was bedtime, that Mommy and Daddy loved her and that we would be close by in our bedroom. Then we got up and left her room and that was the last we heard of her that night. I was worried how last night would go since Daddy would be at work at bedtime and couldn't do the magical ear whispering. Annika did pretty well though. We did the normal routine (bath, brush teeth, pajamas, cuddle, in bed, night light on, music on, sleep). She got out of bed once to play. I put her back in bed, told her it was time to sleep, cuddled her for a minute, told her I loved her, turned off the lights and walked out. She was sleeping within minutes. She hasn't asked at all for her crib. I think the big girl bed thing is working out pretty well so far.

We had a very successful potty training weekend too. There were no #1 accidents and both days she went #2 in the potty. I was getting pretty excited. And then yesterday she had about 4-5 accidents. I'm wondering if all this change (potty training and now big girl bed) is too much for her. I told Kris that we may have to go back to making her sit on the potty every hour to help with the accidents. Hopefully things will be status quo for her for a couple months now. Of course come January/Feburary her little world is going to be totally shook up. One thing I'm very grateful for is that both Kris and I will be home most of the day after the baby is born since Kris is working part time in the evenings and will continue to do so. We should be able to give Annika a lot of individual attention even after the baby is born. I'm hoping that's the case anyways. Please don't burst my bubble just yet if it isn't. I'm hoping this will help her transition from only child to sibling.

Sunday Annika and I went shopping with Gramme. I needed to find us some new clothes for our family Christmas picture. And of course I did some other Christmas shopping as well. We spent about 3 hours out and about and by the time we got home I was completely spent. My back and hips hurt. It was Annika's nap time too. Gramme headed for home and Annika and I headed for bed. A good 2 hour nap later and we were both feeling better. I was still feeling worn out though by later that evening. I think I'll have to do my Christmas shopping in shorter spurts and as much online as I can! I actually ordered two gifts online Sunday night already. I definitely won't be making any big mall trips come late December! I don't think my body is going to allow that!