Furthermore... we are expecting TWINS.
Our 20 week ultrasound tells us that we are expecting ONE BOY and ONE GIRL. :)
We are beyond thrilled!
That being said... there are some major changes that will take place in our home over the next few months.
1. Melody and our foster baby, "Peanut," will move from separate rooms to sharing a room.
2. We will create a new nursery for our twins.
3. Our home office is going bye-bye to make room for a kids-only playroom and learning space.
4. We plan to reclaim our living room as an adult-friendly space (no longer half and half). :)
Getting our house ready for this transition is going to be intense. We are about to have four children under the age of 3 in our little, humble abode. A friend of mine put this link on my facebook to give me some ideas for catering to kids in a small space. This post is FULL of awesome ideas to help you create a kid-friendly play/learning space, so consider this an "Inspire Me! Monday" link on Saturday night. ;-)
In honor of reading this post, here is a list of things that will be put in our play space after we clear out all remnants of adulthood.
- A 9 block cubby holder/book case for toys,books, etc
- A play kitchen
- Probably a glider/rocker for nursing & possibly a baby gate contraption around it to keep kids away from poking newborn babies while I nurse
- Baby swings
- A pack-n-play to give Peanut a safe place to play while I nurse
Other things I don't have, but might like to make/get for the play space
- Lots of pillows for a reading space on the floor
- An arts and crafts type storage area with learning boxes and activities
- A table for drawing/coloring, etc
- Cozy kid chairs or bean bags, maybe like these but without the names on them
- Artwork displayed across the window with a line and clothespins
- Pictures of my kids on at least one wall
I am so looking forward to finally having the motivation to turn a room in our house into a complete kid-friendly space. The only non-kid stuff that will have to remain in that room is our washer and dryer... The room we have been using as our home office is actually our laundry/bonus room. So I will also be looking for ways to kid-proof the area in front of our washer and dryer, so kids can't mess with knobs, etc. I am sensing the need for a closet to be built around them... but we will see.
And of course, there is LOTS of work to be done in that room before we can even begin to really make it into a kid space... clearing out the adult junk, fixing a problem window and priming and painting it. Luckily, I've had one or two people volunteer to help me with this project and I am definitely itching to get started on it. It might take a little more time to start on it though, since I am still backed up from the first trimester blues... which honestly lasted until the last week or two. The morning sickness, tiredness, etc are still not gone, but they are definitely not holding me hostage anymore and I can eat now, so things are definitely on the upswing.
It feels so good to be back on the blog, telling you what's going on in my head. Hope to see you again soon! :)
Love,
Rachel
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