Big Girl Bed

I think Quinn likes her new big girl bed. She's been going to sleep great in it (knock on wood) and even has been putting her babies to sleep in "my big girl bed" during the day. She needs a little help to get on and off it, but that's part of the fun too. And while I loved seeing her sleep in her crib, I also adore checking on her in the bed. She looks so small and sweet!

Settling into the New Casa

Today marks one week that we've been in Clive residents and I would say Miss Quinn Marie is adjusting quite well.

We're cooking in the kitchen (which is also my awesome new trick to get her to eat what Jay & I eat).

She also loves to play in her "new neighborhood" aka the Rose Petal Cottage house that Eric & Papa put together for her. We somehow manage to fit in there with her. 

She also digs our new deck and was hanging out while Daddy did yard work the other night. 

She has a few more steps to get her stroller, baby dolls and "things" up, but all she has to say is "I NEED HELP" or "my hands are FULL" and she manages to get around pretty well. 

Quinn had a great two years at Monroe Court, but I already know we'll have countless more good memories on 137th Street! Cheers!

A lot of "firsts"

It's been a BIG week for Quinn Marie! On Tuesday Grandma Nan came to visit and she got to stay home and play with Grandma all day Wednesday. Then Thursday was the day we said goodbye to Monroe Court and moved into our new house!

Quinn had been so excited about the moving trucks, and her new room, with new toys and a big girl bed, BIG kitchen and a BIIIG bathtub like GG's! The first night in the new house was also the first night Quinn didn't sleep in her crib. (The movers couldn't put the crib back together for liability purposes so she slept on her little mattress on the floor -- like a champ I might add!)

Then Friday Papa, GG and Eric came to help us keep getting settled in. While Quinn was at school we set up her big girl double bed to go with her big girl room. She did awesome sleeping in her big bed and looked so sweet!

And for the last "firsts" of the weekend...first trip to the West Des Moines ER and first sprained elbow. Friday when we picked Q up from daycare she ran to us and hit her arm. She complained about it all night and barely used it, but could still move it so we didn't think it was a break. This morning she woke up (in her big girl bed) crying and asking for ice. She wouldn't move her arm at all so we decided to head to Urgent Care (which was closed) so we went to the ER instead. An hour and a half and two x-rays later our little champ left with a bandage and a note to see an orthopedic doc later in the week.

The bandage and ibu really helped a lot because she had a great day playing with Uncle Eric in her Rose Petal Cottage house from Aunt Kim and even gave us her take on the 2012 election. (video to come once our Internet is hooked up!)

So what's our girl doing after all that activity? Sleeping soundly in her new, brightly colored room!

C is for Cupboard

This evening Quinn was hiding in the cupboard where her babies sleep, aka where I store them to keep them off the ground. It was pretty cute.

Also tonight we were reading an alphabet book and I found out she knows the first letter of all her classmates' names. She would point to the H and say "that's for Hendricks" or "T is for Troy!" So fun!

And lastly, she is now mimicking things Daddy does. The cute: putting in her contacts. Awwe! The not so cute: spitting. Oh dear!!