Sleep, Baby, Sleep

We've had a very exciting week. Well, exciting for me, I think, more than anyone. I ordered Nora a toddler bed and it came in yesterday. This is very exciting for me, because, you see, Murphey has not been able to lift Nora for quite some time, and he won't be able to pick her up until sometime in August. Since she sleeps in a crib, in the mornings I always had to be the one to get her up. Now that Murphey is starting to feel better and is able to watch her, I figured we might as well get her a toddler bed so that she can get in and out of bed on her own, and I can sleep in! Murphey was afraid that I was transitioning her from crib to bed too soon, and for my own personal gain. I will admit that she is very ready to be in a regular bed AND that 75% of this transition was fueled by my desire to sleep in for the first time in MONTHS. So Murf and I put the bed together yesterday and Nora went down BEAUTIFULLY and stayed in bed until she woke up (at her regular time this morning). At about 7:15 this morning she came running into our bedroom and announced "I'm AWAKE!!" Murphey then took her out of the room and let me sleep in for another 2 whole hours. (Insert chorus singing "Hallelujah" here)

My sweet, darling husband has decided to do something wonderful for me in gratitude for being the one to get up with Nora every day for the past few months. Next weekend my best friend from college is coming to visit. He has so graciously arranged and paid for us to get pedicures at a fun nail spa in Boulder (that serves M&M's and Diet Cokes and plays chick movies and t.v. on big screens) and has bought us tickets for the Sex and the City movie. What a guy! Really though, we owe super huge thanks to Charlotte and Murf who have helped us out tremendously since Murphey got hurt. They always make themselves available to watch Nora on top of watching her all day on my work days. That, and they made sure Murphey didn't starve while I was in Tucson. You guys are the best.

Anyway, on to the pictures.

Charlotte made Nora a darling Olivia quilt and pillowcase. Nora was so happy with it. Here she is sleeping with them (while I anxiously awaited the arrival of her toddler bed)

And, behold, the toddler bed
Murf and Charlotte bought a sand and water table for Nora. I think she could be occupied for hours with it.
Charlotte had a little help putting her bird feeders out.
And, I cannot resist making the caption for this one:

"How many McCloy's does it take to hang a bird waterer?"

And finally, for your entertainment, Nora singing and playing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." I just got her a book that has 2 zillion verses for this song, so that's what she's trying to sing. She doesn't have them completely memorized yet, so they're kind of piecemeal for now.

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