Two milestones in Isabella's life today:
She moved from her cot to her big girl bed, and is fast asleep as I type. She was a bit concerned when we were dismantling her cot, but became very excited when she realised that she got a proper bed - with a duvet! - and spent the afternoon arranging and rearranging all her soft toys and pillows around her as she lay down and jumped and sat up and jumped and lay down etc. We thought we might have to go in a couple of times to put her back in bed but so far, all is quiet. We'll see what time she wakes up in the morning though!
We also bought her a booster seat for the car. She's on the cusp of the minimum weight threshold, so I'm not sure if we should be using it yet, but she struggles so much with getting into her car seat these days, that we might try it for a short ride and see how it goes. Her little friend, who is the same age and about the same weight and height, has been using a booster seat for over a month now, so it should be ok, and it will sure make things easier when we go home to Brisbane soon as we won't need to hire a big old car seat.
In other news, in spite of the frivolity above, we are still missing our little Coco A LOT. We imagined her jumping on the bed with Isabella earlier today; we still see her little nose prints on our windows; and I can't bear to hoover the carpet and get rid of the small traces of her fur. I know it will ease with time, but she was young, and full of beautiful character, so it will always be a very sad tragedy for this little family.
UPDATE: She slept happily in her bed all night, and didn't wake until 8am. She didn't even get out of bed when she woke up until we came in to get her. Second night was very happy too, although she did fall out of bed at about 10pm; but she didn't get up until 9am! And she's having her afternoon snooze in the big bed too. So far, we haven't had to go in and put her back to bed once. Our girl sure likes her sleep.
