A Farewell to the Puppies (and something I enjoy)

His favorite new trick...

Little man on the loose! Determined to get out of that chair!

Beckett's puppy room has seen us through many sleepless nights. Nights that felt as though they may never end. Nights filled with pacing in circles to keep him calm. Nights worrying about what would happen next. Nights of holding him upright in the rocking chair so that he would sleep calmly. Nights learning to work a feeding pump. Nights where he wasn't allowed to eat in preparation for the next day's procedures. Nights filled with tears. Nights of prayer. And then also, days of prayer. Days of thanks. Days of wonderful firsts...first smiles, first laughs, first rolls, first peek-a-boos, first babbles, first discoveries. Days of sunshine! It has been good to us. The puppies have been the predictable part of every day since his birth. I had fun spending a lot of time and energy picking the puppies and finding people to help make the bedding and curtains. (Thanks Mom, Jonnie, and Misty). I painted. I decorated. Yes, the puppy room has been very good to us. It has seen us through this year of ups and downs and up again. I will always love Beckett's first bedroom. But it is time to bid it farewell!

I have decided that we are going to kick Beckett's second year off with a bright, fresh start. I have found the perfect thing to fit Beckett's fun and silly personality. It is wonderfully cheery and absolutely precious. It still has a lot of brown in it, so I will be able to ultilize many of the same basic, core parts of his room. Also, decorating and painting is just something I enjoy doing. It is fun for me...a hobby. I love a new project-filled with paint colors and fabric swatches and everything crafty. So it is kind of for me, too. :) I think it should be fun.

In order to give the puppy room the proper send off, I attempted to take B's picture in every sweet spot in the room. However, now that he is growing into quite the little boy, he is starting to not be so compliant with my photographing. How very male of him!

I hope you enjoy the attempted pics with sweet Beckett, and then the ones where I clearly gave up fitting him in the photo. (And if you know anyone who might LOVE a puppy room, just let me know... :) )

Pictures of Brant's room...coming soon. It still needs a few finishing touches. And maybe a new coat of paint. We'll see how crafty I feel in the coming weeks!