New beds

Now that Mark is done with school (hallelujah) he has been able to get to several projects that have been put on hold. One of these was to put together beds that have been sitting in our garage for the past year. None of us were thrilled with the idea of bunk beds, but we were just running out of space, so for the time being they will have to do. The girls do enjoy them thankfully. We'll have to figure out where grandma can sleep when she visits though because that futon mattress is very uncomfortable, but don't tell that to Dani. Sam finally got his big boy race car bed. We acquired this for free off of freecycle. He's doing fairly well. He sure gets excited when he walks out to find you because he's no longer trapped inside the crib. We do have to encourage him to actually fall asleep there, however. Before long Joseph will be sleeping through the night (we can only hope) and then the crib will once again be occupied. Now that we've experienced having Mark out of school, it's going to be difficult the next few weeks while he studies for his test. Back to studying. I'm beginning to wonder if it ever ends. I hear him mention something about a doctorate, but so far I've put my foot down. We want our husband and Daddy!

Add on: I'm adding this section on after Sam's second night in his big boy bed. I'm absolutely amazed at the transition. Tonight I told Sam to say good night to Joseph as I was putting the baby to bed. He took the initiative to go and tell everyone else goodnight as well. I then proceeded to put the girls in to bed figuring I would be awhile with Sam. As I was heading to their room, expecting Sam to be right behind me, I couldn't find him anywhere. A quick search led me to his closed door where behind it I found Sam snug in bed with covers on, the light off, and his space heater turned on. That was amazing enough that he put himself to bed, but then he didn't get up even once. I hope this is a good sign that sticks.