our big girl

madisyn's room all set up for a big girl. it's been set up since monday but we waited for daddy to be home until she slept in her big girl bed. tonight will be her first night in her bed. her room is all set up with toys, books and a chair so when she wakes up in the morning she can just get out of bed and play. she already knows how to get in and out of bed by herself. we are so excited for her to be out of her crib and in a big bed. not that we are in a rush for her to grow up or anything but it's still exciting.


another reason we waited for daddy to get home until she slept in her big girl bed was so he could make her door into a dutch door, which is a door cut in half. on the bottom half, he made a shelf/ledge. this way she has to stay in her room in the mornings instead of heading for the stairs but she's not totally closed in like a full door being closed. we'll put a gate up after the bathroom door so if she ever wants to in the morning, once she's up she can come into our bed but obviously we would have to leave her door open.


once she is asleep tonight in her big girl bed i will take a picture so tomorrow i can post a pix of her sleeping in her bed for the first time.

Here are a few pictures of our time in Alexandria bay where we went on a lunch cruise, toured Boldt Castle and spent the night. We went with our friends Jeff and Carrie.

Here are some pictures of just a few of the houses on millionarie row that we cruised by while on the boat:




us on the dock outside of boldt castle:


our cruise boat:


outside of castle:


a picture of all four of us while on the boat:


some pictures of the inside of the castle:








here's our hotel that we stayed in. it was taken from the boat: