Bail Out

Kendra Dee is officially out from behind bars and has moved into her new sleeping quarters. As part of a room reorganization at our humble abode, the three girls are being reshuffled. Shayla is reclaiming her original solo quarters in the northwest portion of the house. Kiera is reasserting her ownership of the room on the southeast corner and "inviting Kendra to stay". With all of this rearranging, we also evaluated the sleeping vessels. With Kendra now 2 years old, we determined that she could move to a big girl bed therefore shedding the bars that had housed her for the first 24 months of life. We had the good fortune of purchasing some gently used bunk-y-beds (as Kendra named them) from a friend in the middle of her own remodel. With all of the correct furnishings and locations in place, we decided to shed the crib and changing table. At this point in the downsizing challenge, we are past the point of contemplating storage.

I was assuming that Spike (featured in this blog entry) would be a likely recipient of our used items. Apparently his/her parents have already purchased the nursery gear. But, as luck would have it, Spike just got word that there is a cousin on the way and he/she is still in need of baby provisions. AND, Spike's mom is willing to store the disassembled goods until her sister can pick them up. Talk about an ideal downsizing situation!

With the baby furnishings safely out of our possession, I tucked our growing girls into bed tonight knowing that I won't be lowering another slumbering infant into a crib until we perhaps have grandchildren someday. The crib that we passed on was the one that we had purchased for Shayla and then used for both Kiera and Kendra. We did not sell the crib before our move from Milwaukee even though we had no plans for more kids. Then low and behold we put it to use 4 years later for our baby Kendra Dee. And so now as I wash my hands of the baby bed, I feel it is a strong statement of completion. We have been blessed with 3 beautiful baby girls and that feels like just the right number.