Nautical Bedroom

Josiah finally has his (read my) dream kid's bedroom!  I've wanted this bed from Pottery Barn since I did Josiah's nautical bedroom when Asher was born.  I've been looking on Craigslist for years and finally one popped up last week.  It must have been destiny as it turned out to be Josiah's dentist in LAX who also has a son with Autism.  The bed was Jonah's and they took REALLY good care so the bed is in great shape.  It came with both the double mattress and the twin trundle mattress. 

Once we heard the story as to why they have to give up this great bed, we felt grateful.  When spring comes, apparently Jonah only sleeps a few hours every night and they have to sleep with him.  They had to buy a larger bed so they could be in the bed with him.  We are really lucky how easily Josiah goes to sleep and stays asleep.

Len borrowed a truck yesterday and went to pick it up.  We had the boys sleep in Asher's room last night so that we could put the boat bed in Jo's room after Len got back.  The frame is solid wood and extremely heavy.  He put it together easily and we put the room all together.  It looks SO perfect!

This morning the boys were excited to see "the surprise."  Josiah was so cute about it.  He said things like "now we have our very own boat!" and "my room is SO fun!" "we can show my room to all my friends!"  We only had Joyce here for 2 hours this evening, otherwise we played in his room most of the day.  We played pirates and  boat ride and school.  He was much more expressive about the bed than I expected him to be so that was really fun.  Asher was thrilled even though it wasn't even really for him.  He pulled the trundle out and that was his space (except for when Josiah was pretending it was his potty, but that's another story).

Eventually we'll take the bed to the cabin as it we could put both boys in one room and it would be the perfect "lake house" bed.