Evie is getting big. And by big I mean growing up, not fat. You have to be careful how you talk about women because they can get sensitive about that kind of stuff. Anyway, Evie is growing up and she’s outgrowing the crib/child’s bed that she’s been in since she was a newborn. She’s two for goodness sake and I’d hate for her to go to college and tell other students, “My parents saved money by not buying me a new bed.” So tonight Jessica and I went to the mattress store and ordered her a mattress.
She will be sleeping in a bed she won’t know how to make for a while, but its time she gets a bed that will last her for a while and one she can grow into. I wanted to buy her an iBed, but Apple doesn’t make one. I could buy her a Windows Imobile bed to help prevent sleep walking, but I’d hate to have it blue screen while she’s asleep and scare her. There are open source alternatives, but since coding springs is hard and less fun than the foam the only project I could find had temporary code in place that simulated springs, but didn’t offer actual support. Therefore I just bought a physical bed that serves the purpose and builds a foundation for her little body to grow in.
She’s getting so big, its kinda sad, but in a good, fatherly sort of way. She’s also figured out that she can do things herself, the problem is that she hasn’t figured out which things those are so anything we try to do for her gets a fight because she wants to do it. She’s a teenager about 11 years too soon. But at least she doesn’t want us to do everything for her 🙂 Except make her bed, that is.