Bunk Beds

We've been talking about the idea of bunk beds for the boys for quite some time, and finally decided they were ready!  Alex starts preschool next month and we figured we should spread out all transitions a little bit.  We've also been talking about the fact that we need to take Nathan's beloved pacifiers away here soon at some point (I'm TERRIFIED of that day...) and potty training will be around the corner, so we needed to pick something to happen soon to avoid a million "new" things at once!  We went bunk bed shopping as a family the weekend before and the boys were SO excited about the thought of them!  We ended up ordering some online and they came in last weekend.  We spent the whole day Saturday getting their bunk beds up and furniture moved around. 

We started by taking apart Nathan's crib!  Nathan was a big helper :) 

Next came assembling the bunk beds!  The boys helped all day... I have to say, these boys are so blessed to have such a patient daddy!  They had their tool box, every toy tool imagineable, and enjoyed playing with the big box of screws too ;) 

The boys were just THRILLED with the result!  They requested a "superhero" room, so they have Spiderman sheets, Avengers comforters, and big Spidey pillows!  More on their "new room" to come (I had lots of fun redecorating!) 

At bedtime, Nathan still wasn't quite sure where he got to sleep... When we said to get in their beds, he double checked with us, "my BUNK bed?"  Too cute!  And his little smile tells how he felt about this whole transition...

I was a little anxious about Alex being on top, but he wasn't nervous about it at all...

So it took them a good while (1.5 - 2 hrs) the first few nights to fall asleep in their new beds (they were too busy talking and giggling) but they did great!  No one got out of bed or anything, and it went just as smoothly as when we moved Alex to a "big boy" bed 2 years ago!  It was really cute watching them come down together in the morning too, Nathan has been thrilled to be able to get in and out of his own bed and not have to wait for me to get him up :)  Most mornings they wait until they are both up and then play in their room or talk for a while before coming out.  (Nathan can't open the door by himself yet, it's a little hard and high, so if he gets up and Alex is still sleeping he'll yell for me).