i told this story to some of my mom friends, and they totally thought i was a nerd for being sad about it! but i am. not like, sobbing sad.. just my heart ached a bit to see my boys so clearly start a new chapter of their life, kinda sad.
here goes..
matt built chet and holden a bunk bed a couple years ago. it was back when tad was about to be born, and we needed to get creative with our whole 2 bedroom house + 5 people living in house situation. (which we are still dealing with, just in a different house, by the way!) anyways, matt built a snazzy twin bunk bed for the boys and, about 1 week into them using it, they always just wanted to share the top bunk instead of sleeping alone. for a few weeks, we only allowed them to share a bed on weekends. but, after that, they started sharing it every single night. and we ended up taking out the bottom bunk entirely, to create more floor space in their room to play and store toys on. the bed has been that way for 2+ years now... until about 10 days ago.
chet and holden are besties. seriously. bestest of friends. we have thoroughly enjoyed listening in on the baby monitor to their late night, and early morning, conversations. they are hilarious. and our boys STILL don't know that they can get out of their bed without our consent! haha. it's insane, but we don't really see any reason to let them know otherwise. (don't worry.. we have explained what to do in case of a fire, or other disastrous situation). so they just stay in bed and talk about who-knows-what until we tell them to stop, or come get them up in the morning.
lately, they have been talking way too late into the night. we would go in and warn them to stop talking but they often ignored our un-intimidating threats, and then they were tired come morning. so we decided that we would throw out a big threat. we told them that if they didn't stop talking so late into the night, we would have to put the bottom bunk back together and they would sleep alone.
well.. that threat didn't go as planned!
they were so excited at the idea of having two bunks again, and begged us to do it that night. and we did. and that was that. they have slept in their own beds for about 10 days now. and, although i know they were getting way too big to be sharing a twin bed, i was sad to see that chapter in their relationship end. it was a special one. i loved checking on them after they fell asleep, and seeing how snuggly they were.
holden goes to sleep so fast now! like, instantly. and he sleeps like a log. i am sure he needs that, being in kindergarten and all. chet has had a little more trouble adjusting - he says he gets lonely in the night. and i don't blame him.. i hate sleeping alone too! but he really likes having his own little space where he can hoard lots of books and stuffed animals under his pillow!
we are lucky to have 3 sweet boys, who love each other so much! and i love watching them grow up together. i am guessing that it will only be more fun to see, as they get older.
