Things have been quite a buzz around here lately. Daddy has started baseball practices to get his team ready for the season. Cora's back in school 3 mornings a week and LOVING it! Cade's cruising right along, reading everything in sight, and constantly on the move as usual, and mommy is frantically organizing and reorganizing to get ready for baby. We've been ridding the kids rooms of old toys and clothes and revamping them to create more space. We don't have an actual "bedroom" for the baby, eventually she'll move in with Cora. But we decided that for the first year or so until regular sleep patterns are established it would be better for everybody for the baby to have her own space. We have a "nook" in our house where we before were hiding a guest bed for out of town visitors aka grandparents. It's not an official room because it has no door or closet, but after a fresh coat of paint, a hodgepodge of old things, a new $25 rug from target, a $20 picture on the wall from homegoods, and some pompom fringe....it's a nursery!
(for a total budget of about $60!)






Then we did make one big purchase this fall. We felt like we needed to have a space for our parents to sleep when they come visit and poor Cade who will be completely outnumbered by girls desperately wanted a bunkbed. So we found a local guy who builds them and we got a great deal and a custom bunk bed! If you come to stay with us, you're bunking with Cade!(Cora's the one who's really enjoyed bunking with him. She usually sleeps on top! Every night when we read stories on the bottom, she undoubtedly bumps her head so we've come up with this solution!)





So as mommy was recovering some old throw pillows the other day for the baby's room and Cade's room Cora was feeling very left out, so her room has a new organized closet (thanks Pop Pop) and a new throw pillow too!




So that's it! We have organization (for the moment) and space for everyone! That's what we've been up to!