Things that go bump in the night

AwesomeCloud isn't verbal enough yet, and he doesn't seem to be afraid at night, but if he ever gets to the point where he complains about the monster under his bed, we have a ready answer.


Oh, and did I mention?

Toddler bed!

We got it from Craigslist for $30. I've looked at the plastic beds shaped like cars and trains and decided I would absolutely insist on a wooden bed. It fits a regular crib mattress, which we have already, but it's still being used in the crib. So I figured I'd fold up some of our many comforters (we don't have storage space for them all anyway) and make a mattress-like surface that AwesomeCloud can practice sleeping on. So far he loves it. But he hasn't practiced sleeping very much yet. Mostly, he's practiced looking out the window and fiddling with the shade strings.

And while I'm showing off pictures, here is the very fist photo AwesomeCloud has ever taken. It was the ol' "Hand the toddler the camera and let him loose" technique.

This photo was taken at a lake in Jaffrey, NH, where our friends have a summer home. It is of our friend Rachel's legs and his Daddy's elbow.

There were more pictures, primarily of grass, but this was the first and the best.