We took the plunge and bought mattress sets for the Littles. A few nights ago when both kids ended up in our bed, I couldn't get comfortable and deemed that the last night any kid would be sleeping in our bed again! You know how that goes, it doesn't. So on Sunday Xander and I went to the furniture store and he picked out their mattresses. We had them delivered that same night. I thought perfect, I really can have my bed back. Ha! Jokes on me. Really. When the men tried putting Xander's mattresses on his frame (the convertible crib), it was not fitting. I had them take back his set since it didn't fit. Sterling's fit, but having the boxspring on it was too high, so we stored it in Xanders room for the night since no one would be sleeping in there. During that time when I was supposed to be sleeping, my mind was working on why Xander's mattress didn't fit and the furniture man I talked to said any full size bed would fit. I was confused. So I put my mind to work. Well. You see. I've always wondered what the 'UP' and an arrow meant. When we put his bed together, we put it together like most beds, the grooves so the bed could rest on (and thought that up arrow was pointing to the groove for that to be up). Well this bed is different and I took it apart Monday morning and reversed them. Now was the time when I wished I hadn't told the men to take back his bed. Because we (Jayla and I) put the box spring on to see if it would fit. OMG. Tada. Fricking worked! It fit! I felt so dumb!
Can you say bed drama?!
So, now that Sterling has a big bed, I plan on laying with her to get her to bed...in HER bed. The first night didn't happen because Xander and Jayla slept in there. Last night, we tried for almost 2 hours. I got too tired of getting up and going back and forth. When she came in at 1120, I threw in the towel and put her in my bed...so I could finally get some sleep. She knows. I swear she does. I'm hoping my new plan will work, we'll try it out tonight.
Now that she has this big bed, her pictures look off on her wall so that will be the next task. It's usually the 'little' things that drives me crazy. Oh, and that rug...yeah, that don't match either, but I want to make it work somehow.
I found Sterling's comforter at Target. She's obsessed with purple right now and I wanted something that she can grow with, so this was purple perfect! When I get her walls finished, I'll take another picture. I envision beautiful coming soon.
Xander's bed is rather high, but his bed requires a box spring. He gets up and down just fine. Last night was a true example of 2 hours of up and down on his own. His set came last night, and I left Sterling's box spring on his bed and had the men leave 'his' in the plastic downstairs. We'll leave that one in storage until Sterling is ready for a 'high' bed. His bedding is also from Target, bought a few months ago.
On Sunday night, we got our favorite little girl back. I love having my helper back! She says she had a good time with her cousins, so that is always good, but was excited to come back too.
The kids and I did a little shopping yesterday. I had $50 in Gymbucks at Gymboree to use. Although we didn't need anything right now, I bought for next year. It's always good to have a few things ahead just in case of a growth spurt. We also went to Children's Place to take advantage of their $7 jeans. The best part of our outing? I finally got to go to Olive Garden! I've been wanting to go for the past year and Hubs is not a fan so we never go. Thanks kids for being well behaved so we could go to my favorite restaurant!
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