The crib

I totally forgot to post about Erika moving into the kids' room and being in her crib! I was having such a hard time with the IDEA of the transition that it took me a little longer to make it, but she and I have both done SO WELL!!! She still wakes up her one time in the night for a feeding and I usually put her in my bed with me for the all-you-can-nurse, all night buffet, but I think it's really been better for she and I. I miss her. I miss listening to her sleep but frankly it was starting to take its toll really. And I know that she's more comfortable in the crib than the lame pack-n-play that she was in. You can tell by how well she transfers from arms to bed now. We did get her a new little music box thing for her crib which she absolutely LOVES!!! Nana gave Charity one when she was a baby and all of our kids that had that loved it (not enough to make the cut to Alaska apparently), we had to go get another one. Erika just stares at it! She's not waking up to mine or Nate's snoring anymore. I like having my bedroom back as well. I can now use Nana's rocking chair to the fullest.
I'm not sure why I was freaking out about the move to the crib this time. When Charity was a baby we had a little basinette thing for her. The weight limit for that was 15 lbs and I remember her hitting that weight limit right around 3 months. The transition went well, we were happy to have her in her own room. Then Kelly and Brad followed the same trend simply because of that basinette I think.... I really don't know why I really had THREE MONTHS as my age to move them out of my room. In Alaska Luke's little crib was so small that it fit well in my room and there was no need for a basinette. I think we waited a little longer to move him in with the kids simply because there wasn't a lot of room in the bedroom until we separated Brad from the girls. And then Noah. Well, we moved him out at 3 months just because as well. He was such a good sleeper it really made little difference. So here's Erika. Still waking up in the night, kind of a light sleeper, and well.... I feel like a lot of our really good bonding time has been at night. She had her sleep so messed up in the beginning she was not really asleep at night. So we would talk. And I loved it!! And no matter how many people told me I would get sick of that, or start to lose it with the lack of sleep, I think we did fine! And I was really okay with it. Now it feels like she's just getting cranky during the day because she has a hard time getting a real good nap. I feel like she is such a light sleeper that having three big brothers makes it almost impossible. SO anyway. I think she needed to move out, and she is 3 months (to fit my silly pattern), but it felt kinda sad for some reason too. I really do feel good about it now though. Monday was the first night and she did great. Bradley brought her to me the next night when she woke up for her midnight snack, and the next day I got out the baby monitor! Freaks me out to have my 5 year old boy climbing down from his bunk bed to get her out of her crib in the sleep dark! And it should. Anyway. We feel blessed that it has gone so well. I need to get a picture of her in her crib for this post. I will do that. But to keep it in the right spot chronologically.....