In there

Okay, those two pictures are cute and all, but check this out:


That's Lyla sleeping in her big-girl bed. I put a webcam right inside the door and ran two 10-foot USB extension cords to my laptop in our bedroom, which is where I'm typing this. I have Apple's Photo Booth application open, so it's acting as a live feed.

So basically I'm stalking my own kid.

Julie often asks Lyla at bedtime where she wants to sleep, the big-girl room or the baby room, and Lyla always chooses her baby room with the crib. The only thing she's ever done in the big-girl bed is read books. For unknown reasons, tonight was different.

"The big-girl bed? Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

So Julie left her sitting up in the bed with a big smile on her face, as though it was a game. And now she's asleep.

We have planned. We have plotted, schemed, and debated. We have hemmed and hawed. How do we transition her? What's the best way? When's the best time? On and on. And here we are.

I wonder how long she'll last in there.