Adam's dad Ed made us the crib when we were pregnant with Sutton. I was able to choose the stain and the hardware, and it was made with so much love. After having it up in our house constantly for the past 6+ years, it definitely holds so many memories. It is hard to be done with it, but Ren is almost 2.5 now, so we knew it was time.
He took his last nap in there this afternoon, and then we took a few photos while we were cleaning out the drawers. He is pant-less after his nap, and wearing his new backpack that we just bought him for Kids Day Inn that he will be starting in September (which is basically a pre-preschool, but you know what? Momma needs to get stuff DONE!).
Two amazing boys who spent their baby years in this beautiful crib!
Ren pretended to sleep one last time. :)
I have to give Adam all the credit for this next part. Long story short, there's a couple whose wedding I photographed several years ago who have a pretty similar infertility story as we do, and they are finally expecting! Adam thought they would be the perfect people to gift this crib to...with the stipulation that they gift it to another deserving/loving family when they are done with it. So we decided that we should write the names of all the babies who have used this crib on the bottom and it can be a crib with an awesome story!
The first two names of what will hopefully be a long list!!
Adam disassembled the crib and we took it over to Abby and Drew's house this evening. They are just the sweetest people you'll ever meet and are so appreciative of this gift. Their kindness and excitement about the whole thing makes it even more wonderful to give it to them. That's my words-of-affirmation love language shining through. :)
We went back home and hauled in all the pieces of Ren's new bed to assemble. This was the bed that Papa Ed made for Sutton after we found out we were pregnant with Ren and had to move Sutton out of the crib. It has been in storage since Sutton got his bunk bed, and Ren was so excited for it to be his!
There's a piece that slips on the foot of the bed that looks like Lightning McQueen and has a steering wheel. So that's what he's "driving"in the photo above. Then he pretended to sleep in his new bed.
We got him a pillow and he obliged me by saying "cheese."
But this was how he really felt about the whole thing...
And then he stood up and told us "new bed! Ta-da!" as if we hadn't done all the hard work of putting it together.
He's fast asleep in there now, and I'm hoping this transition is a smooth one!
