A New Room and a Big Boy Bed!

Our room addition is all complete and we decided to make it Wesley's new room instead of Cora's. We figured there is just so much "stuff" a baby needs and Wes can be perfectly happy with a bed and his toys :) So once the carpet was in and we told Wes that this was his new room, he grabbed his box of toys from his old room and "christened" his new room!

A friend told me she couldn't picture where the new room actually is, so I took this photo of the hallway (it's probably still pretty hard to picture though if you don't know how our house is laid out). But I'm taking this picture from the top of the stairs looking down the hallway. To the left is the door for the "nursery" (Wes' old room) and past that on the left is the door to the master bedroom. Directly across from the master bedroom is the door to Wes' new room on the right.

And since we decided to move Wes, that meant moving him to a big boy bed! My sister in law had mentioned that Walmart had a good selection of toddler beds, so we headed over there on a Sunday (definitely not recommended!) and picked one up along with a new mattress. Here's Mike getting it all assembled.

And here's Wes on October 14th all excited to spend his first night in a big boy bed! My fears of him wandering into our room in the middle of the night have so far been unfounded and he's doing great. He is used to going to bed in the total dark, so I think that deters him from getting out of bed. Nap times have been a little more difficult though, the temptation to get out of bed and play with his toys has been pretty strong! But after a few stern discussions about staying in bed during nap time and he's doing much better.

We just feel so blessed with how this room turned out because everything we've wanted to put in it fits just perfectly. The little bed fits on the back wall like a glove and having three sides against a wall has been helpful as well. And this dresser from Ikea fits perfectly in the little nook right under the window. The bottom has doors for this books and toys that he can get to on his own and the top has shelves for some of his clothes.

He's definitely loving it and I'm loving the fact that, though close quarters, everyone will have their own room!