growing boys, bigger beds

When I was pregnant with Luke (we didn't know he was a boy until he was born) Matt would say "well, if it's a boy we'll build some triple bunks and put extra padding under the carpet and call it good."

And it was a boy.  And now he is almost three.  But we've shelved the triple bunk plan for now.  So yesterday we bought a used set of bunks and brought them home.

Late afternoon I started calling Matt "the bunk bed hero".  Like his boys needed any more reasons to adore this Daddy of theirs :)

I spotted our van enter the complex and head down into the parking garage.  Quick as a flash the kids were in their shoes and thundering down to the garage to meet the new beds.

Matt and Graham had ALL the help they needed.  (Graham bought a set for his boys too; the dads tag-teamed assembly at both houses.)

[In the above picture you can see my version of a closet :)  The simple plywood shelves above the door in the boys' room hold our Christmas decorations (gonna be needing those! woohoo!) and suitcases stuffed with out-of-season clothing plus a few other odds and ends.  The big black duffel in the middle is filled with heavier winter gear that I'm needing to get down this week or next.  It doesn't make for the prettiest picture but it's super handy storage and it is tucked above the doorway so most people don't even know it's there!]

And here's the end result!  Luke will move from his toddler cot onto the smaller bed at left.  Isaac on the top bunk and John Paul on bottom.  We have mattresses ordered but won't get them til Wednesday so for now it's kind of a hodge lodge sleeping arrangement with the old small mattresses tucked in the bunks and Luke still on his old bed, but give us a few more days and we will - finally - have all three boys together!

The girls will miss the little bro when Luke moves out.  They love to pull his bed over next to theirs and Julianna falls asleep with her head just inches from Luke's ... so precious!  But they will also enjoy being a "girls only" domain again!  And Luke? He is oh-so-READY to join the boys' club!!

We are going out of town (just one night) for Thanksgiving so it's looking like post-turkey will be our  first night with everyone settled in their new beds!