Success! ...so far.

Well, Mason is 2/3 of the way to being a "Big Boy". The 1/3 left of course is saying goodbye to diapers - but we certainly aren't there yet!
We are instead talking about saying goodbye to his crib.

He's done it. One full day of complete success. Coupled with one full night of parental worry as to how he would do all alone on the other side of the house, in his brand new room, and brand new (to him) queen sized bed. I was worried. We were worried. Mason showed very little signs of worry. Except that he wanted the light on. My success with his blackout shades may have been a little too successful :) But he made it the whole night - he didn't get out of bed and he didn't make a peep and he even slept a bit later as a result of a nice, dark, cozy room. Success!

Next up...nap time. Mason at almost 23 months still takes two naps and still NEEDS two naps. I thought for sure we were going to be forgoing at least one nap, if not both, because this whole bed situation. With no way to keep him contained, how was I ever going to get him to sleep there? Worry that was totally unfounded. Both naps were taken, with complete success! So day 1 goes down in the books - we feel like we may have issues in the future for sure but for now we are rejoicing in the fact that so far, the transition has worked; the nursery is now open for a new resident and Mason is settling in quite nicely to his brand new room.

It must be noted that there has been an important casualty: "Uncle Tommy's Turtle"( a nightlight in the shape of a turtle that projects stars on the wall in three different colors has) refused to make the transition. Every nap and every night, part of our ritual is to turn on Uncle Tommy's Turtle for Mason in the color of his choosing...every night that is, until the one night we really needed him. And he's dunzo. Maybe he felt he was only a nursery toy or he had better things to do than help mason make the switch to the new room, whatever his reasoning - we'll never know. So RIP uncle tommy's turtle, you will be missed.

Here's some pictures of Mason's very first night and sneak pics of his still yet unfinished new room (please ignore the pink bedskirt - the new one hasn't arrived yet!):