the room situation...

we've had a few changes with rooms and sleeping arrangements since we moved to SD nearly a year ago. drew has always had his own room. grady has always had his own room. a couple months before drew was born, we moved the crib out of grady's room into what would be drew's nursery. we repainted & decorated grady's room & put up a twin bed. being just about 18 months old, we were expecting that the transition may not be easy, so wanted to start it before drew was born. well, the first night, grady stayed in his bed - the. whole. night...didn't get out once! literally, didn't even climb out of his bed, let alone the room. we were thrilled. it continued this way for the next 2 years. 

well, then we moved to SD and didn't have a house initially, so grady went from sleeping in a spare bedroom, to sleeping with me, or jon, or both...it varied by the night. (and drew slept in his crib in the basement living room). so much had changed so quickly & he was having a hard time adjusting, so we let it go - saying we will get back into routine when we buy a house. well, we bought a house, but it didn't get easier. he still wanted to sleep with mom and dad, and it's been a fight nightly. and now by this time, expecting another baby, drew and grady would need to share a room very soon. we have been hoping grady would find his room more appealing if his brother was in there with him. however, we've been dragging our feet now transitioning drew from his crib to a twin bed in a new room. a new bed AND a new room ... i was dreading it. change his even more difficult for autistic children. so, we had planned to do it before gannon was born, but that didn't happen. i have felt safer with drew in a crib. with him being autistic, he is also quiet as a mouse sometimes...and wanders. i've had nightmares of him wandering out of his room at night if he isn't confined by a crib. (we are now planning other ways of preventing that). but, we had to do it. 

so, we completely re-docorated drew's {old} room, into what is now gannon's awesome nursery. and as of three nights ago, drew was kicked out & is now sharing a room with his big brother! and grady isn't as opposed to being in there anymore. yes, he'd still rather fall asleep downstairs and then be moved, and yes there are still nights we have a little baby & grady in our bed, but oh well - it's getting better little by little.

and how'd drew's transition go? AWESOME! he has followed suit... we put him in his new bed, with lambie, all his blankets, giraffe and spongebob, and he didn't get out once. SO so so proud of him! we are on night three and he's gone to bed each time like it's nothing new... and he's even been taking naps in there too - how did I get so lucky? am i jinxing myself by saying that was way too easy?!

well, I'll take it for now ;)

okay so sorry for the long winded story... what's a blog post without some pictures?

Drew's first night in his big-boy bed...

 grady & drew's room that we finished decorating a couple months ago.

and gannon's finished nursery...  

i was planning on keeping drew's lambie-themed nursery in place for gannon as well. but i was kind of bored with blah-beige colors. i wanted some color! and, being the 3rd boy, gannon doesn't get a lot of stuff of his own...so he deserves his own "new" space.

this was mostly all pinterest-inspired :)  the bird-feeder i found a craft store, painted, and hung from the ceiling. the bird mobile, my mom and i hand-sewed and put together...it was a little more work than i had anticipated, but gannon LOVES it, so it's worth it. and the "G" wall hanging - i bought a canvas, covered it with a chevron sheet i found at target, painted the G and glued it on. we had no space for it left on the wall when all was done, so jon thought of screwing it to the crib - i love it! the rest was from various places - a local furniture store, etsy, poppy tree frames, amazon, land of nod, and nordstrom. the grey and teal walls i wasn't so sure about at first, but the tree/bird decals (which were a horrible pain in the ass to put up) made it all work together. hope that little boy likes some color! he's just about grown out of his bassinet in our room, so will be sleeping in there sooner than i'd like :(

frames from poppy tree frames. love them. the top one will be a baby's first year frame.