In only a matter of weeks, we'll need a crib available for a new baby, which meant that it was time to get Jillian out of it and into a real bed. So, Michael and I decided that instead of moving Annabelle downstairs to a room in the basement by herself (I wasn't ready for that), we would get bunk beds and have the girls share the room that Annabelle has. After waiting for weeks, the bunk beds finally arrived last Monday morning. After Michael got home from work that night, he got started putting them together. It took a little longer than expected, but he got it done and the girls slept in their new beds that night. They were both so excited. I was a little nervous about how Jillian would do. Annabelle has slept on a top bunk many times before at grandparents' houses, and I knew she would be fine. But now that Jillian didn't have the bars of a crib to protect her from falling out at night (and she is a mover when she sleeps- I would usually find her feet where her head should be), I was nervous. But she certainly was excited.
That night, they both did great! Jillian didn't fall out and I think she slept better than she ever did in her crib. It was funny to see her in the bed though because she's so small and can get lost in the covers. It's been a week now and neither kid gets out of their beds once they're tucked in. Jillian seems to be sleeping better and I'm loving it.
They also love playing pirates on their beds. They have lookout towers and they use their blankets as flags. It's so fun to see them playing so well together. The only downside of their sharing a room is that they wake each other up in the morning. Before, one of the girls would usually sleep in longer than the other and because they each had their own room, it wasn't a big deal. But now, they both seem to wake each other up a little bit earlier than usual. But so far, it hasn't been too big of a deal. I have early morning piano lessons three days a week so I'm up already anyway. The other days, if I haven't slept well (which is pretty much every night now), I can ask the girls to go downstairs and play for a half hour and they do it. Although they do try my patience pretty often, I really do have some great kids.
