So! It occurred to me as I was taking some pictures of all of our new house stuff that I never posted any pictures of the last round of redecorating that we did. So I thought I'd take a pictures of the Dude's nursery because I really loved it.
We painted the walls blue b/c we knew he was a boy so why not.
Then my aunt made him this quilt with some pirate fabric so we devised a loose pirate/ocean/water theme from there. It worked out perfectly because the dude's favorite thing in the whole world is water:
Some stuff was pilfered from gizmotopia - like the red mirror and the changing table stuff. I refused to have 2 changing tables in our house even if we had two in diapers. I stand by that policy and am repeating it again. If it sucks for the older kid to get their diaper changed in a baby's room well, good. More motivation to potty train:
Some stuff was new. Like the rug (bought cheap from Target), the shelf organizers for diapers, and the wooden blinds.
Then I added some personal touches like these pictures. All of them are kindof ocean-y. The top one is of Shayne's Boat in Boston, the middle Uros Islands in Peru, and the bottom Bar Harbor, Maine. It was super fun when he reached the age that he noticed them and would point at the monster and react to it:
But my favorite thing about the room was the map. I loved the map:
It's a full on national geographic map. I had the idea because his name means "Man of the World" of doing a map... but all of the kids ones were too... kid like. So we went for it.
But! All of this is throwback. Because shortly after I took these pictures this happened:
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| BIG BOY BED!!! |
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| So proud of his new bed! |
He did pretty well with the adjustment. There were a few nights of putting him back in bed repeatedly a naptime or two where this happened:
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| He brought every single car, his car ramp, a pile of books, and some
other nonsense into bed with him before passing out on top of the
pillow. Like you do. |
But overall he handled it very well. So last weekend the BIG move happened. The one I've been anticipating/dreading since we found out about #3. Last weekend we moved the dude into his sister's room.*
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| I had to dig up a picture from 2011 - right after we finished it - to actually have a good picture of her room. |
It... well. It hasn't been nearly as bad as I worried it would be. Actually they really love sharing a room. A little too much. The biggest issue has been that they keep each other up because they make each other laugh. The first night (once we convinced the dude to stay in his bed) it would get real quiet and he would yell out SHARK ATTACK!!! and they would both dissolve into a heap of giggles.
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| Another 2011 pic. She still had her cast! Crazy. This corner held her play kitchen for a long time. Now the kitchen is in the basement and her brother lives here. |
Then, last night Matt was at work so I was on my own. And I had been trying to follow his "leave them alone. Eventually one of them will fall asleep if you don't go in there and poke at them" advice. But they were laughing SO HARD. I had to find out what was going on. As I approached the room I hear my daughter say "Here comes Mommy! SSSSSSSHHHHHHH!" I go inside and everyone is quiet so it takes me a moment to notice.... they had switched beds. Like full on brought their blankets and stuffed animals with them SWITCHED BEDS.
I'm not going to lie it was pretty hilarious.
So. Yeah. If those are the problems we're having - that they have too much fun together - I think we're doing ok. Now to finish sorting/washing/preparing all of the baby gear and setting up a new nursery!
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| Which pile of newborn clothes will I be using? Pink or Blue? Can't wait to find out!!! |
* (haven't done a foot note in awhile. figured not everyone would want to hear all of our rationalizations) We decided to put the two older kids together in the bigger of the two
rooms. It seemed like a better plan to me than trying to have someone
share with a baby who wakes up every couple of hours. And they are 2 and 4. It doesn't matter if they are sharing with someone of the
opposite sex. I figure in a year or two when the baby is sleeping
through the night / ready for a big bed we'll reassess. And also consider BUNK BEDS OMFG!!!!! We also decided
that we were not going to repaint any of it. See the girl was all
upset about the room situation. Which took me awhile to figure out b/c
she was super excited about having her brother in her room with her but
was then upset but was happy but upset but.... Yeah. Turns out all of the upset
was because she wanted her room to stay purple. It mattered SO MUCH to
her. And her brother could give two shits. So he gets to live in a
purple room for awhile. Maybe at some point we'll convince her, maybe
not. But either way it was a small concession to make to have both kids
happy and adjusting!
