Big Boy Beds, Make a Mess, and Breaking Uncle Bryan's House

Well, life has been busy in the Basye household and many changes are afoot. The first is that last weekend we went to visit Taylor's parents in Virginia Beach and found that Mr. Man had grown to the point of having netting prints on his face after a night in the pack and play. He's just getting too long for it. While he did not complain, Taylor and I decided that we needed to figure something out. A friend of mine had recommended the Kids Aerobed and said that it was on sale through Amazon, so we bought it. It arrived Wednesday night and Liam was sooooo excited. He insisted that we set it up immediately and begged to sleep in it that night. To our surprise, sleep he did with absolutely no trouble at all. He slept the whole night and stayed in bed when he woke up until we came in his room. When I told him what a big boy he was to sleep in a big boy bed, he said. "I LIKE it! It's nice!" Needless to say, it was a huge hit. Here are a couple of pics of the big boy and his new travel bed:



First night sleeping out of the crib:



The bed takes literally 30 seconds to set up and comes with a cozy fleece coversheet. I highly recommend it if you have a little one who travels. It's also a good size and will last him years and years.

This weekend, we traveled up to New Jersey to break Uncle Bryan's house. Well, actually, we helped him replace all the windows in his house. Liam wore his Home Depot apron and brough his hammer so he could help out.





He was soooo good despite all the craziness and cold weather. He mostly just walked around and talked to everyone and watched all the work. We thought that there was no possible way he would nap with all the noise, but he managed to fall asleep on Uncle Bryan's bed, thanks to a heated room and an Ipod for music.



It was so much fun to see everyone and break stuff. Ha ha! All windows were replaced and a lot of progress was made on the basement. I even got to use a power saw and break down a wall. :)

Today, we drove back to VA and found this waiting for us:



This is pretty much Liam's first realy snow that he is able to experience. He kept thinking it was raining, but eventually got it when we went for a walk to get the mail. He seemed to like it until he fell in the snow and got REALLY mad when he hands got cold. After that, it was straight back inside. I did manage to get a few pics before that, though:

Walking to the mailbox

Checking on Mama

After the fall, but before the screams

It is still snowing and sleeting outside, so we are hoping for our first snow day. Not much else going on this week. We are in the process of looking at a Goddard school opening up, so may look at that for him. Taylor also goes back to school this week. Looks like it's just Liam and me again!

Don't forget to check out all the pics posted at Liam's flickr sight and video site. There's a really hilarious video where Liam tells you what a fish says and more pictures of this past weekend.