Just a little early for the beach

Last week, Jocelyn and I took a short trip out to Rehoboth Beach to visit Grammy and see her new house.  We were so lucky to have amazing March weather, as are many regions this spring.  (We have had the 3rd warmest March on record!)  Auntie was also at Grammy's house.  Our ever present traveling companion.

So we checked out the beach side of Rehoboth.

And then the next day we went to the Bay side of Lewes Beach.  I have to say I like the calmer, shallower side of the bay.



We found a couple hermit crabs and a shrimp and Jocelyn gave them a ride on our plastic boat.  I think they were happy when we left!  :-)

Now that Grammy is living so much closer, we will have to spend more time at the beach.  Jocelyn certainly likes making sand pies and playing in the water!

Big Girl Bed - The Shorter Version

Another milestone has been reached.  As of tonight, we have officially retired the crib.  After 4 years and 2 months, Jocelyn has outgrown and over crowded the crib space so much that we have finally moved on.

I love IKEA!  They have such creative stuff.  Jocelyn's new Big Girl Bed is a perfect example.  Her bedroom is not very big, so even though her crib will one day be turned into a full size bed, for now she has the EXPANDING TWIN!  It starts out as a twin sized bed with the bottom cut off and as she grows, it will expand twice until it's the full length of a twin.  (I hope by then one of her sisters will be off to college so she can have one of the bigger bedrooms!)

So 3 1/2 years ago, this is where we were.

Then 6 months ago, we finally moved on to this.  See related blog here.

And today, after a little construction...

And rearranging...

We now have this...

And Jocelyn seems pretty happy about it!!  Now if we could only get her settled down to go to sleep!