Our little escape artist!

You read the title right... our little non-rule-breaker, never-pushes-the-limits girl started escaping from her crib two weekends ago!  Lately, Emery has not loved going down for nap time or bedtime.  She cries hard for a couple minutes then eventually calms herself down and goes to sleep.  Well, she finally figured out she could put her leg over the top of her crib and gently lower herself down, as we watched her do it (with our jaws dropped) on the video monitor!  She went straight to the door to knock on it and say "hello out there!!" hahaha.

Here she is reenacting it for us for the camera:

So after this happens, there is NO going back.  I immediately started researching convertible bed railings, and ordered this one from Target.  It's called the Dex Convertible Crib Bed Rail and I chose it not only because of it's top reviews but also it screws around the crib frame (a must since crib mattresses aren't sturdy enough to just have the bed rail sit underneath it).  

So for the next two days (yes it was online only) I had to sit outside Emery's room and yell "NO MA'AM" every time I saw that leg start going over an edge of her crib!

As soon as it came in, Kyle and Emery got to installing it:

Can you tell how excited she was about changing to a big girl bed?

She has done GREAT with her new bed which just helped reenforce to us that this was the right decision.  She slept through the night immediately, and after escaping from her bed once at nap time she is now staying in her bed and taking naps no problem (they are shorter than normal but we're hoping that will change soon!).  WHERE HAS OUR BABY GONE?!?

Oh and ps Em's room was already pink before we moved in-- she absolutely loves it!  We haven't done a thing to it but will redecorate & repaint when she makes the switch to a REAL big girl bed (twin bed) in a couple months!