Today was a day of milestones for Samantha. The biggest one is that she's out of her toddler bed and into a real bed. She'd been saying for a couple of weeks now that she wanted a "big bed" like her mommy and daddy's. A friend of Amy's gave us a spare bed frame (headboard, footboard, side rails) that she had, and Amy spent a week painting it. All those hours watching 'Trading Spaces" must be having an effect on us.

Anyway, we got Samantha a nightstand too earlier this week (finally found one that matched her dresser well enough -- this child has the nicest furniture in the whole house) and her new mattress was delivered today, so we took her changing table and toddler bed out of the room, moved her real bed and night stand in, rearranged all of the rest of the furniture, and now she's in a full sized bed. She was beside herself with excitement when it came time to go sleep in her own big bed. Maybe this will help her start sleeping through the night again. G-d, I hope so.

The other milestone sounds silly, but I got rid of all the toilet seat locks tonight. We're still buying diapers, but much less frequently. I think we're finally nearing the end of that stage too. Won't hear any complaints from me about that...

She's good enough on stairs that I could probably remove the baby gates as well, but those turn out to be too convenient for keeping the dogs confined to one half of the house or the other, so I guess they'll stay.