Big Girl Bed!

Grace just got her first "big girl bed" yesterday since we had to have her crib open for our forthcoming foster/adopted child! We had picked out the bed a few weeks ago, so she'd been anticipating it. We told her she could let us know what kind of sheets she wanted and she landed on Tinkerbell. So, before we got the bed we had gone around to several different stores in search of the best Tinkerbell sheets. She was filled with exhilaration when I went to go pick the bed up and when I got home she started running around the house shrieking, "I'm so excited for my new bed! I'm so excited for my new bed!" We couldn't have put it together fast enough for her. She diligently handed us the screws, keeping a close eye on the assembly. After giddily flailing around on it for a several minutes, the first thing she wanted to do (of course) was to get a stack of books and read them in her new bed... She appeared so grown up. I had this flash of her as a teenager. By now, all of her favorite babies and animals have also found a home on her new bed. Here area few pics of her new setup...

A couple of cute stories if you're interested:
A couple of weeks ago we were walking around the store and Grace was sitting in the shopping cart when out of the blue she struck up a little conversation...
Grace: "Mommy, I want Jesus to bring me my baby sister now."
Me: "You do?"
Grace: "Yes, I do. I really do."
-Long Pause-
Grace: "When I get home, I'm going to call Jesus."
Me: "What are you going to call Jesus about?"
Grace: "I'm going to call Jesus and ask him if he can bring me my baby sister now."
Me: "I think you should do that."
As soon as we get home, Grace walks straight into the house and grabs one of her phones without hesitation (I had since forgotten about it)-
Grace: "Hello, Jesus, it's me Grace. Will you bring my baby sister to my house now? Okay? Okay!" Grace hangs up the phone and looks at me, "He said yes, Jesus said yes."
Maybe she's onto something!

Yesterday I was putting together our bassinet getting ready for our home inspection from Dept. of Social Services. I was having some trouble and getting frustrated since it was in a million pieces and I didn't have instructions...
Me: "What am I going to do Grace? I don't know if I'm going to be able to get this together."
Grace: "Maybe you ask Jesus and he will help you."
Me: "That's a good idea... He probably will."
-Long Pause-
Grace: "Jesus is coming soon."
Me: "He is?"
Grace: "Yes, Jesus is coming soon and he's going to help you."
Within a couple of minutes (after several minutes of struggling) I figured it out and had it all together!