Big Brother - Big Bed - New Room

Last night marked Thompson's first night in his new room...and while the room is far from being "finished", it was a move nonetheless. As he reminded us last night and again this morning "I'm so excited!"

In preparation for the arrival of Baby Jones and given the spatial layout of our home, we decided to move Thompson into a new "big boy" room and keep his original room as the nursery. This decision called for a bit of rearranging: moving our original home office (Thompson's new room) into the bonus room to create a playroom-office.

After four days of moving furniture, sorting through keep/donate/discard piles and organizing files, we are pleased with the layout and function of the new playroom-office.

As for Thompson's "big boy" room, we had temporarily moved a full mattress and box spring into the room while awaiting the arrival of his twin bed from Bobby's parents. After looking at the near-empty room, Bobby suggested we set up the full bed and offer Thompson the opportunity to sleep in his new room. Was there any doubt in his choice? The new room it was! Suffice to say, he was ecstatic! He even started emptying some of his dresser drawers to bring his pajamas and underwear into the new room. Oh, and we couldn't forget the garbage truck!

Selfishly, we like the new arrangement as it is MUCH easier for the 3 (or 4!) of us to pile on the bed for reading books and prayer time. Additionally, we like that this allows Thompson to adjust to sleeping on a larger mattress a bit higher off the floor without bedrails. We still have work ahead of us to "finish" his room, but for the time being - it's a welcome change for us all. Now, he keeps asking when he can set the crib up for the baby!