What a big boy!

***Update***

We are so proud of our big boy. We wondered how he would do going to sleep last night. I just had this image of a total meltdown when he realized he had to sleep in this big room alone again. But at 8 o'clock he announced that he was going to bed. We assumed he was just playing around so we let him lay down....asked him if he wanted us to leave the light on....and closed the door. 5 minutes turned into 10 and then 20...and I thought he's either asleep or drawing a masterpiece on his freshly painted wall with poop from his diaper (and yes...Allyson did that at his age). But to our surprise, we opened the door and found him fast asleep in his bed. YAY!!! He really is such a good boy.


Well Patrick slept in his new "big boy" bed last night for the first time! The room isn't done yet, but we had already taken the crib apart and put away, so it was either sleep with Mommy and Daddy or in his own bed. THANKFULLY he wanted to sleep in his new bed.
I just can't believe we are already at this stage. Just doesn't seem possible. But I am coming to terms with it; realizing that it's just not healthy for an 8 year old to be in a crib next to Mommy and Daddy's bed.
We will post pictures of the new finished room soon as well as the ones I took last night of Pat's first night in his new bed.