The Passing of the Car Seat

So we made it official today.....we passed the car seat to baby kies. In the middle of lunch the new Graco car seat cover arrived via mail. Luckily we didn't have to buy a whole new seat, we were able to just buy a new BOY colored cover. So we waved goodbye to the pink and brown seat, in between bites of PB and J and I proceeded to pretty easily put on the new cover....all the while singing the tune of Maddox is a big girl....this car seat is for babies!! Not sure if she got it or not. But, after lunch I put it down on the ground and she played with it for quite a while....rocking it, putting her baby in and out and even trying to sit down in it herself a couple of times. I am happy with the blue/silver color and it looks brand new. Thank goodness we didn't have to buy a whole new seat....THANK YOU GRACO. Maddox's big girl bedding arrived on Monday and I am really happy with that as well. It is for a twin size bed and has ladybugs much like her crib bedding does. So it will go perfectly in her room. We opened the box with Maddox alongside and proclaimed 'it's for Maddox's big girl bed'. Again, not really sure if she got it or not but she seemed to really like it and started carrying around the really nice quilted sham that came with it like it was her 'Mrs. Purple Bear'. We then carried the quilt upstairs to see how it would look in her room still proclaiming to Maddox that it was for her big girl bed but she very quickly tried to push the big quilt through the slats of her crib as if to want to put it in her bed. I put it out on the guest bed to get it out of site and that little stinker found it today and started fussing that she really wanted it. So she definitely realizes it is hers....however I am quite certain she has no idea that it is for a BIG BED. We'll see come April. I ordered the baby bedding today from overstock.com. I always see their website but have never used them. They had some different boy bedding that WASN'T covered with animals and the prices were fantastic. So we'll see how it goes in the brown room when it arrives. It is just a basic blue and red plaid bedding. Maddox is getting really good at recognizing animals in various books. She can point to an alligator, a pig, a giraffe, an elephant and horse and a lion....which I really had no idea that she knew. I think she picks up on a lot more than I really realize. So now I am on the bandwagon to teach her more animals. She of course can't say any of them very well but I think its great she can point to them. She found a tupperware bowl full of coins today that I think she would've played with for like an hour if I had let her. She had never played with coins before and dumped them out then put them back in and shook up the tupperware with just a few coins in it making a pretty sound. It was fun to watch her explore something new. She amazes us everyday...I really love this age! She is really a great kid. We are very blessed!