Big Girl Bed

We have been taking about putting Layla in a big girl bed for awhile but decided to wait. I figured this fall we would change her bed and buy a nice new duvet set for the winter. This means we didn't have to worry about her roaming the house at 3am. The doctor at her appointment told me she was ready, but we weren't.
But like everything else in Layla's life she had her own plan. Layla has been a pretty good sleeper since 6months old. Then last week she started waking up at 6am to go pee. She had stopped using a diaper completely it seemed. We continued to put her in one every time she went to sleep but they were always dry...which some might think it is a good thing. But really I like my sleep and would like to sleep until at least 73O am each day, so I kinda wished she would just go in her diaper. But we couldn't untrain her, so we delt with it. Then Tuesday after a busy morning when she was clearly tired she started having a tantrum when I tried to put in down for her nap. If I picked her up her she would fall asleep. This happened again at bedtime. Jatovi was at a bulls game so I was all all alone figuring this out. While we were sitting in her chair with her half a sleep, I said "Layla do you want to sleep on the floor" I was joking and really just talking to talk since I had no idea what else to do. To my surprise she said yes, and laid down on the floor. I gave her her blankets and babies and left. No crying...she seemed happy. I waited 10min to see what she would do, and went back in. She was lying happily on the floor. Well this made me so sad to see my baby on the floor. So I took her mattress out of her crib and put her on it. I didn't want to bring her to our bed since I have made a point to not let her sleep with us often, and never over night. So this is were she slept!
The next morning Jaovi took the rail off her bed, but she slept on the floor again at nap time. That night I put her to bed and she slept all night. She has been sleeping well since. She has not left her room except to pee or get up as they yet. She starts calling us as soon as she wakes up so we have not had to deal with her roaming around the house by herself yet.
I feel a bit over whelmed with all of the changes in Layla these days. No more diapers, no more crib, speaking in sentences, eating at the table with no booster seat, and able to count to twelve! Is she really only 25 months old. I didn't realize this would all happen so fast. Babies sure aren't babies for long.
The last battle we have is her pacifier, but I have no plans on taking that away form her. I planned on her having it only till 6 months! Isn't that a joke! But it is the only baby thing I have left,and  it makes her happy. And really she only sleeps with it so how bad is it really?