The Up-Up Bed.

Things are changing in the Erickson house.  Haven has finally graduated from her smaller, bedside crib into the full-sized crib, and since the full-sized crib was converted into Sonja's toddler bed, we needed to find Sonja a new bed.  Luckily for us, Peter's parents had just the bed.

Sonja sleeping in her old crib, now Haven's new crib.

Haven and Sonja in the toddler bed.

Most households with two or more children go through similar growing pains and when Peter was little, things were no different.  For that reason, Peter's Dad Jeff built Peter a special bed so that his younger brother Zac could have Peter's old bed.  And what a beautiful bed.  It became known as Peter's "Up-Up Bed" for good reason: it's around three feet off the ground, with plenty of room underneath for playing and fort-making.

The Up-Up Bed.

Jeff originally built a ladder with the bed, but it was broken some time ago when the bed was loaned out.  He is working on fixing it now, so in the meantime, Sonja is using a metal step ladder and it's working just fine.  But really, I don't think Sonja cares what type of ladder she has, she just loves her new bed.  In fact, she spent most of the day yesterday playing in her bed.  She carried a whole bunch of toys up the step ladder and gave them all a chance to be tucked in and have a nap.

Playing doctor to one of her dollies.  I believe she's writing a prescription.

I think the best part of having the Up-Up Bed is the history: this is the same bed Peter slept in as a child.  Of course, Sonja has not grasped the concept that her parents used to be a little as she is now; I don't even think she believes that we have Mommies and Daddies, she just looks at me with a disbelieving look on her face when I say it, just like when I told her my first name is actually Sara, not Mommy.  But personally, I love to imagine Peter as a wee little boy, climbing up into his special bed, snuggling underneath the covers while his parents kissed his little rosy cheek.  


Rosy cheeks, snuggly Babes, sweet dreams.