Two Boys and Their Beds

Ever since we moved into our house this summer, I have been so happy to live here. Although Caleb initially asked us to do a few drive-by's of our old house because he missed it so much, I have only gone along with it to be nice--not because I miss our old house, because, I do not. Since the day we walked out of the door and into our new home, I have not missed the old place. And maybe I should. Maybe I should be more sentimental about the place...after all, it was our first home and we have a lot of good memories there. We were thrilled to buy it six years ago. But after adding our children and our dog to the space, there were just too many times of feeling so cramped.

So, here we are in our new place, for going on three months now. And we love it. One of the best things about it is that the boys have so much more room--both to run around, climbing on furniture and railings and such, as well as more room for sleeping. Our old house was a 2-bedroom home, with the 2nd bedroom acting as sort of an office during the years when there were no children there. It was so designed to work as an office that it had an outside door that led to a sunroom, which led to the backyard. When we started putting children in that room, we locked the back door all the time, but I never really liked having it there. Additionally, having a large door on one wall takes up a lot of space in a room that isn't too big to begin with. By the time Asher joined the family, we had two toddler beds squeezed into that room, side by side. One bed was partially in front of the door, while the other bed was partially in front of the closet. I was small enough that we had to put their dressers inside the closet because the room wasn't big enough for two toddler beds and a dresser.

When we first moved, we transferred their little beds and dresser along and, even though they are still sharing a room, it was so much bigger! There was room for both beds, their dresser, and extra left over! (This is sounding a little sad). But we were happy with the space, as neither bed had to be placed in front of a window, closet door, interior door, etc. Just regular, old space like a bedroom is supposed to have.

After a couple of months of the little beds, though, we did decide to go ahead and get bunk beds. I must say this: I love bunk beds. Call me weird, I don't care. I always wished for bunk beds when I was growing up and I never lived in a dorm situation in college that used them either. But bunk beds, especially when considering larger beds for two growing boys, have been something that I've wanted to put into our family. And hey, we actually have the two boys to use them! And now, the space!

So, around the time of Asher's birthday, we put the bunk beds together, much to their excitement. I might add that this decision was in part due to a couple of things. 1. Caleb was still using his convertible crib that was changed to a toddler bed 3 years ago, which we bought sometime in 2007 when we were expecting him. He not only had outgrown this bed, but we wanted to change it back to a crib for Ellie. 2) Asher (via second-child syndrome) was sleeping in a toddler bed that we bought on Craigslist and that was falling apart. So, it was time for new beds anyway.

To make a long story short, the bunk beds are set up and excitement reigns in thatroom. They love being able to climb, and although there was a little bit of an argument at first (on their parts) of who would take the top bunk, they have been thrilled to sleep in their new beds. And, their mom is just thrilled to have the room to do it.