Madeline's New Room

The night before Madeline's birthday, her room got a make-over.  This was the part I was most excited about.  It started with her opening a quilt.  I spent the previous two weeks making it with my Mom.  We sewed for hours after the kids were sleeping.  When she opened it, she started jumping up and down and shouted, "It's my new big girl blanket for my new big girl bed!"  It was as if she knew the bed was coming!  Bye bye crib!

See how happy she is trying out the blanket:

 Todd and my Dad helped put it together and she was all smiles when she could finally climb on up:

 and it didn't take her long to get comfortable!

 I am just so happy with how the blanket turned out.  It has strips of pink that match her curtains I made last summer, along with other strips of plain pink, pink lace, pink ribbons, off-white and eyelet lace:

The dresser also matches.  And the bed and dresser have a special place in my heart as they used to be my sister's long ago. 

Now Madeline's room is pretty and pink; the perfect little girl room.  I told Todd if she didn't like it, I'd move in!  But she LOVES it and hasn't climbed out of her new bed even once.