Connor's bed has looked like this for over 3 years....

and now it looks like this.........
My Mom came to help me take the crib apart and remove it from his room. I just used the mattress from his crib and put the quilt that matches his room over it and put the little net side rail up to give him more of a feel of having to stay in his bed.
It looks so cute, but I was surprised at how emotional I was for a few minutes, knowing that the whole crib stage is done forever. I at times, am still not "finished" with having kids. I know I will never personally have one, since Steve has had his surgery and that is a decision I don't regret, but at times I still feel a pull to wanting to adopt. For now though, I am full of love and satisfaction with the two wonderful boys we have.
Now let's see how Connor handles this whole transition, or how well Mommy handle's making him transition.

and Connor adjusted better than I expected.

I put Connor down around 1:30 and it took him over an hour to finally end up asleep. I wasn't sure he would get this far during nap time today. For over an hour, I had to constantly go in and lay him back down and tell him no-no, go to sleep, etc. He twice went to his closest and got out one of his toys that plays a bunch of music and ran back to his bed and played with it, until I came in and took it away from him. He so knew what he was doing, it was actually very amusing.
I would lay him down and say night-night, he would lay there quietly until I left the room and after I was out of sight (but still peeking unnoticed around the corner) he would pop up and start to either crawl out the bottom of the bed, or try to crawl over the little railing. As soon as he would hear a noise or see me poke my head around the door, he would dive back to the pillow. Steve appeared about an hour into this whole ordeal and after he checked in on Connor and found him out of bed, he just popped his head in and said "Connor James you go to sleep" and that's all it took. Within another 20 minutes he was fast asleep.
Today was a big transition for me and for Connor, but I don't want to treat him any differently than his brother and it is time for this big step. Our family also wants to go camping a few times this Fall and Winter and I want him to get used to sleeping on a regular bed, because he is too big to fit in a portacrib now. He did really well and I am proud and relieved.
(I have done several more blogs below if you want to keep on going! I will try to stay caught up on more of a weekly basis now. Did I say that before? Time just tends to get away from me at times.)