A Big Girl Bed!

Ricky and Mi-A were getting rid of Renee's bed, so they gave it to us. We didn't know where we were going to store it, so we decided that instead of putting Joye in a toddler bed that we would just go straight to a big bed. We got it home and set it up. Rusty and Becky gave us Pooh Bear comforters and pillowcases, that were their girls, so we threw those on and Joye was in love. She jumped up there and played all day. She slept really good the first 2 nights in it, but then I tried to lay her down for a nap, and she was not having that. She cried herself to sleep in front of the door. Ever since then she won't even sit on it unless it's her idea. So at night she either has to be asleep before we get her in bed or we have to lay with her until she falls asleep.

Joye loves books and Elmo. We have put some of her favorite books on her head board, and of course her big Elmo is on her bed. She usually always has an Elmo close by. Our whole ward knows that Joye loves Elmo. We will be sitting in Sacrament Meeting and Joye will want her Elmo book and she will scream "ELMO!!! ELMO!!!" over and over until she gets her book, then she'll point to Elmo and say, not in a whisper, "Elmo...Elmo...Elmo." She is getting so big. She can sing her ABC's, count to 5, and spell her name with help. She is talking more and more everyday. I wish she would learn how to express herself with words instead of her high pitched squeal. She has been playing with the boys more. Their favorite game is Joye is a monster and the boys need to get away from the monster. She will chase them all over the house growling and screaming at them. It's so fun to watch. Becky and the girls came up the other night, the girls wanted to play Duck, Duck, Goose. They would sit on the floor in a circle and they would help Joye run around and touch people's heads. As a usual game of Duck, Duck Goose, it was quiet as the person was going around the circle until, they scream goose and everybody screams. Well Joye decided that she didn't need help anymore, she knew how it worked. She got up and walked around the circle, She said duck...duck...duck... then started running and screaming. We all thought it was so cute and funny. She got embarrassed and stopped dead in her tracks and tucked her head down. How come they have to grow so fast?