It's Official!

Over the weekend Matt and I put together two toddler beds and took down one crib. Which means that we are no longer in babyhood and now officially in toddler hood! The crib was the very last thing that symbolized baby at our house. Putting together the new beds was easy for me, it was taking down the crib and moving it under the stairs in the basement that was hard. As soon as the last screw fell out of the crib my heart sank a little. There are not so many times in ones life where transition is so prominent. Usually change takes place more gradually. This just seemed to hit me like a ton of bricks, my babies are not babies anymore...at all!! I guess that crib was more important to me than I had known. It is funny to me how women form attachments to objects much more than men do. Matt was so fine with taking the crib down and getting it out. He just wanted to make sure it didn't interfere with the football playoff games! But, when I started to shed a tear or two, he was very good at consoling me. I was even a little embarrassed about how I was feeling. After all, moving the boys into their new beds was my idea. I got to decorate their room and find new bedding, both things I love to do, it just feels like it all came with a price. A piece of our family history is done with, forever! That feeling of such finality can be overwhelming. Now, I am trying to look forward to the future and what will be in store for all of us with three toddlers in the house.