Bunk Beds!

The girl's got new bunk beds yesterday. This is one big step towards getting the rooms all rearranged and situated before so we can set up a nursery this weekend. All three girls have had their own room since we moved into this house in August, but now Baileigh and Mckenna will share while Brooke and the baby have their own rooms. The first few nights with bunks haven't gone extremely smoothly, but we anticipated that the excitement would effect the normal bedtime routine. Hopefully the novelty will wear off and their good sleep patterns will return.

Baileigh was excited to get the top bunk but Mckenna didn't complain about the bottom since it's a bigger bed and she thinks it's like being in a fort. Now that we have the furniture there is more decorating I want to do...I have wooden letters that hang from ribbons that spell their names and I need to decide where to hang them. I also saw these cute flower lights that mount on the wall from IKEA that I think we'll put up on the wall above Baileigh's bunk. Between this room, the bathroom remodel, the nursery set up etc. I could nest for the next year!
Since this is a bedroom set we anticipate using for the next ten years we also got the girls a desk. I look at Baileigh now with her first grade worksheets and think about her sitting there someday with her laptop and textbooks spread open working on an assignment with a picture of her boyfriend on the corkboard. I'm sure that day will be here before I know it...
The first bedtime. Brooke didn't want to be left out of reading time so she crawled in bed with Mckenna and Daddy. Baileigh wanted to do her own reading up top. I like everything about the bunks except that it is harder to cuddle with Baileigh unless I make her crawl down on Mckenna's bed.

My big girl...reading alone since she doesn't need our help anymore.