what were we thinking?

well, we did it!

zane made a bunk bed for the girls to fit crib mattresses, we bought steps from ikea, painted everything white, and finally got it all set up in the girls room this weekend. 

so far, it's gone pretty terribly. but i guess that's to be expected. the first night we kept them up late-partly to wear them out, partly to finish putting things together, and then they were up until probably midnight. running around, shrieking, giggling, yelling, etc. finally, some threats kept them quiet until about 6am. 

yesterday we were part of a multi-family yard sale on our street. the girls were outside all morning playing in the sun and warm fresh air. they were exhausted. and yet at nap time, they did a repeat of the night before. 

(let it be known that as i was writing this, the girls were upstairs for their "nap", and i had to go up 3 times, eventually removing one from the room for a "talk", then ended up sitting in a chair until they fell asleep.)

by the time last night rolled around they were both zombies, and with the help of exhaustion and some benedryl for nola (she was stuffy, we didn't just give it to her for the fun of it), they were asleep in about 30 minutes after some crying last night. 

so. we'll see how long it takes to get into some sort of routine, and for the newness and excitement to wear off. i'll say right now that it's definitely all nola that's causing trouble, but given her behavior the last few weeks, i'm not too surprised. when avery was her age, we had big time bedtime battles and once found her asleep on the bathroom floor :)

just want to say, THANK YOU zane for the amazing job you did with the bed. i'm pretty sure it's something the girls are going to treasure with all the memories they'll make in this room together!

and ps, i'm thinking of getting a rail for the bottom "bunk". nola fell out (or rolled half her body out) the first night, and i've noticed that she sleeps ascloseaspossible to the edge of the bed.