Getting Ready

So we are making room for sweet Julia in our house. We have purchased some bunk beds in order to move Seth into Daniel's room. Also, we are moving the boys to smaller dressers we can keep in their closet to give them more space in their room.  Haley has decided she would like Daniel's bed from before as well as his dresser.

Friday night I started the transition by moving Daniel and Seth's clothes into the boys' closet.

This leaves the Julia's part of the girl's closet with only one little bluejean dress. For now. I actually have a lot of clothes my sister has passed down for me to store and use until/if they need them back for a third baby girl. I haven't even attempted to go through the smaller ones yet, but now that the dresser is empty and the closet has room, I may work on that memorial day weekend.

Step two was taking down Daniel's bed and moving it to Haley's room. His bed is the nicest of the kids, so I was either going to store it for later (because Julia will need a twin bed eventually) or see if Haley wanted it. Haley decided she wants Daniel's bed and his heavy dresser (which I replaced with smaller and cheaper modular storage that could go in the closet for Daniel and Seth). For the time being (probably until next weekend) Daniel will be sleeping on his mattress on the floor. We will be getting the twin beds probably early next weekend.

 

The only things left to do to complete the transition is 1) get Daniel's old dresser moved to Haley's room, 2) Determine whether to let Katelynn get Haley's old dresser or get rid of it (It isn't in the best condition and Katelynn currently has a 9 drawer dresser to share between her and baby), 3)Get the bunk beds and put them up, 4) Buy a mattress for Seth's bottom bunk, and 5)Transition Seth from the crib to the twin bunk.

I'm hoping to get everything transitioned before school gets out, leaving some time to let Seth control when he moves to the big bed. He seems excited when we talk about it, but he's two so his mood is subject to change at any moment. 

The other thing I'd like to do this summer is expand the closet in Katelynn and Julia's room. It is the smallest of the kids closets because I think her room was originally planned as a game room option (it's like 14 by 20) so the closet was an afterthought.

So excited to get this process started! This house is getting ready for family member number 7. We are only about 3 months away from her arrival!