Some things have changed around here lately.

Captain Jelly Belly’s pants no longer fit lying flat in his dresser drawers. They have to be folded in half.

The little bin of “baby” toys I used to keep in the TV room is gone; everyone is allowed full access to the playroom now.

Gal Smiley doesn’t need a stool to get up on the potty anymore, so our bathroom floors are a little clearer (at least, for another year or so).

Just yesterday, Little Miss Sunshine learned to crawl down the stairs. Now that she can go up and down by herself safely, we’ll likely remove our baby gates soon.

Captain Jelly Belly can reach all the light switches in the house now, which comes in handy when you’re heading downstairs in the morning with a toddler in one hand and a dirty diaper in the other.

Gal Smiley finally outgrew the undershirts she’s been wearing for the past two years.

We no longer have a high chair in the dining room — just one booster seat strapped to a chair.

I sold the exersaucer, playmat, and Baby Einstein DVDs; I gave away the bouncy chair.

Little Miss Sunshine’s feet hang so far over the end of the change table that we rarely use it anymore.

I’ve been noticing that the diaper bag is no longer stuffed to the brim — I no longer carry extra baby clothes, toys, nursing cloths, or binkies. Time for a new bag!