Notes from the crib

The stamping company I work for has just branched out into vinyl wall decals. I wanted to play with them so I'd have first hand experience to share with customers. I decided that I'd order the letters to spell out George's name. Since this is a new venture, the decals come in limited colors - white and brown. Neither one of those appealed to me. So I took my stamping ink and dyed the white letters to match George's monkey bedding. This was not nearly as easy as it sounds. I had to spray them with several layers of fixative and then say a little prayer as I applied them to the wall. Vinyl is very difficult to color, especially when trying to use only stamping supplies from my craft room. We have textured walls, which made the application process even more challenging.

I think they turned out great though, if I do say so myself. I had to put them pretty high over George's bed as I didn't want him pulling them off the wall. Sure enough, first thing he did was climb on the bed and try to reach the letters!

You'll notice the toddler rail is off George's bed in the picture. It is not bolted on and he is quite adept at removing it. Usually when he gets bored, he'll pull the rail off and either put it in bed with him or throw it on the floor. We've been waiting until George falls asleep and then sneaking in to attach the rail. Last night we decided to not put it on at all to see what happened. This morning I found George curled up asleep on the floor, complete with pillow, blanket, and toys. I have no idea if he fell out of bed in the middle of the night or climbed out and set up camp on the floor. Tonight we put the rail on again, so we'll have to see what happened.

In other sleeping news, this afternoon I had a very difficult time getting George to sleep. I have been wearing him out by running errands and bringing him home asleep in the car. Today we didn't have many errands, so he was still awake. We went swimming for awhile and then I got him ready for nap. He was not at all happy and cried and cried. He finally settled down and I went in to check on him. He was standing up, leaning against the bed, with his head resting on the mattress. And he was completely asleep. I picked him up and put him into the bed, which woke him and he cried and cried some more. Finally, he fell asleep again and stayed out for almost four hours. We finally had to wake him for dinner.