Getting Ready for Baby Brother

We're getting ready for Baby Brother's arrival in a few weeks, so have made some room changes. SJ moved into SA's room (known as the Princess Room) and they now have bunkbeds! We were skeptical about how this would go for the first few weeks, so we made the move ahead of time to allow for an adjustment period. To our complete disbelief, from the very first night it has been great. I think they are comforted to have each other in the room, so they sleep better and there is no more getting up after going to bed for "one more thing." I wasn't expecting our sleep to actually improve when they started sharing a room... well, just in time for it to worsen with the arrival of a newborn.

We got a couple of cute polka dotted reading chairs for their room. Notice what they prefer to play with.

Baby Brother's room is a work in progress still. Paint is somewhat on the walls, furniture and bedding is purchased, crib still in the hall closet, pink floral ceiling fan is still hanging. It will be a cute boy's room soon we hope.

And, last but not least, we are now minivan owners! We loved the little SUV we had, but there was no way to wedge in one more carseat, so as long as we are going for a bigger auto, might as well get power-lift gate and power-sliding doors. I love this freakin' thing, it has already made my life so much easier. V and I know we're not cool anymore, so might as well embrace our new status in life. We're so excited about this used Hyundai minivan, you'd think we just bought a Lexus.