Mannion Memories: Big Girls, Jeeps and Beds

It's official! Summer is here! Only 4.5 days of school left and, yes, I am counting every minute! I am so ready to be home with this little munchkin! We have already had our first official playdate of the Summer! Aunt Kristi and Uncle Michael came over to borrow some of Daddy's crawfish pots, so we decided to go for an afternoon swim!

Alexis is in complete baby mode right now! If she even sees a baby carrier, she wants to run over and see the baby! So, as soon as Aunt Kristi pulled up, she wanted to hold Brinkley! She patiently waited for us to get inside and on the couch. Once she had B in her lap, she was ecstatic to hold her. Of course Alexis was all smiles while Brinkley wasn't and once we finally got a smile out of B, A was being stubborn! Go figure!

I have totally forgotten to blog about the big girl bed! Alexis has officially been sleeping in her big girl bed for two weeks now! She started crawling out of the crib on a Monday night and the next day Daddy converted it for us! I will admit that this transition has been the worst thing in the parenting department that we have done! Thankfully it only took about five nights, not two weeks, of holy terror screaming. But that first night was a LONG hour of crying and screaming for both Alexis and Mommy! I went to bed feeling terrible! By the fourth night we were down to about 20 minutes, fifth night lasted a little less than 15 and now we are onto a five minute routine! She has to crawl out of bed immediately and wants to be tucked back in. I think she just needs to know that I'm there. Unfortunately the big girl bed has also brought on a couple of middle of the night escapades. But, if she doesn't fall back to sleep, I just have to go in there, calm her down and put her back to bed. Alexis is VERY proud of her big girl bed! Everyone that comes over gets the tour of her bed! You will actually probably get the tour more than once because she loves to show it off!

This weekend is our first lake trip since the transition and I'm extremely nervous. We have a full house, which means she will have to sleep on the floor, or with us! Alexis is just like her Mommy, she doesn't like to miss out an a minute of the party! So, as long as the kids are up, she is dying to be with them! Our bedroom is off of the back porch, so I'm sure she will hear everything. Plus, we have the long door knobs, not the regular round ones, so I have no idea how to keep her in the room. So, wish us luck, it may be a very long weekend!