Baby Room Goodbyes

So, we have decided it's finally time (maybe a little over due) to transition Christian into a big boy bed... and of course a new room comes with it! ;)  Let me first say, that kid LOVES his crib!! He has been the best sleeper ever from the beginning and we have been a tad bit worried to mess that up. But... he's going to be 3 in a few weeks and it's time. He's also not wanting to sleep in a diaper any more so the only way to let him sleep in undies and not have to wake up to him screaming to go to the bathroom over the monitor is to give him a big boy bed.. (and yes, we still have a monitor in his room and probably will until he's at least 16.. don't judge.. hahaha!) His baby room was done in jungle animals and I have the best memories creating the perfect room with Corey during my pregnancy. I remember how exciting it was for us and how much time we spent in there to make it perfect. I hand painted all of the animals and a palm tree on his wall so it's really sentimental for me. Also, he loved those animals on his wall. He started saying goodnight to them when he was one and every night he would have to kiss them goodnight or pet them before going to sleep. So after two years of these animals being apart of our bed time routine, you can completely understand just how hard it was to say goodbye. :(

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We painted over the animals and tree a few nights ago... We literally had to go through saying our "goodbyes" to each one of them. It was for sure the most emotional thing for me since having the boys. We got him a stuffed animal of each animal on his wall and he sleeps with them so he was fine with it and is so excited about his new room!! I, however, spent the night crying on and off... just when I thought I was good, something else would trigger the tears. Every memory of painting it, being pregnant with him, him growing up way too fast, and now starting a whole new chapter with him just got the best of me. I made Corey listen to all the stories I had to share about when I was pregnant with him, crying through them all, and he listened... and probably thought I was a lunatic. haha! After they were all painted over, him and Christian were in there talking and suddenly Christian ran out to me and said, "Mommy... I am SO excited about my new room!!" and then he ran back in to Corey and I heard him say, "okay daddy, I told her!" LOL! I laughed but seriously was thinking what a great husband I have for trying to make me feel better. 

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The room is now repainted and is looking GREAT! Corey got a new paint sprayer and was excited to use it for the first time so this project didn't take any convincing. We went with the same dark gray color that we used in Harrison's room because we are in love with it. Christian is over the top excited about it now and I'm sure he's also loving the fact that he's got to sleep with us this week during the whole process. I'm hoping tonight we make a little more progress and hopefully get his bed converted into a toddler bed. His bedding came in this week and it's perfect! I have been buying things here and there for his new room for a while now and I'm so excited to get it all decorated and see the finished product!