Kayden James: A Big Boy Bed

Yesterday the three of us went shopping for a big boy bed for Kayden. Just one more example of how he is turning into a kid and no longer a baby. :(

Thankfully the process was pretty easy. We, meaning Kyle, did a lot of research online and narrowed our selection down to two, and they were at the same store so we went to Redmond (about a 35-40 min drive from our house) to check out the showroom and quality of the furniture. Kayden's only request was that his bed have a BIG ladder, which was much easier to fulfill than the train bed with a door he wanted just a few short months ago.

And once we started looking around at the showroom Kayden found the ones with a BIG ladder and had fun climbing up and down, being sure to take off his shoes once he reached the top! Kyle and I compared the two beds and decided on one and bought it.

The tricky part was getting it home. The largest box was 80" long and wouldn't fit in our Pathfinder. So we searched around and come up with a solution. Kyle's co-worker happened to be at their work, which was about 15 min away and he has a large truck. So, we arranged it with him to take his truck up to Redmond to pick up the bed, then bring it back to Kyle's work and we would figure out how to get it home from there. It might have had to stay at work until one day next week if we couldn't figure out a solution.

On the way to Kyle's work, Kayden fell asleep, so I opted to hang out in our car with Kayden until Kyle got back.

Well, in the meantime Cindy had texted and asked what we were doing do, I replied with our current situation and so, Cindy decided to call Christy to ask her to come meet us in Dean's truck. So, we finally had a plan, which ended up working really well. Thanks to Cindy (Kyle and I thought Dean and Christy were busy). We got the bed home around 3:30, got the bed unloaded and then I ran up, with Christy, to Target to get a bed set while Kyle stayed home with Kayden to get the bed put together.

The assembly went well, and thank you hubby for doing it all yourself! I had dinner plans with friends so I left him to figure it out all on his own and he did awesome.

When I got home, I got all the bedding washed and bed made. Then we finished the final touches and gave Kayden the ok to call the neighborhood over to see the new bed set!

Sadly, though, I don't have any pictures to show from the assembly. :(

And....I have to admit, Kayden did really well in his bed for the first night. He got up several times, but there was no crying or screaming involved, and that, my friends, is progress in this household!