Update on the move

So, Nick and Lexie slept in their new room last night without any problems. No one woke up in the middle of the night. It seemed to work out really well.

My biggest concern with the situation is that they are downstairs and I am upstairs. There isn't a bathroom down there, so if they wake up in the middle of the night, they have to come up the wooden steps while they are half-asleep. That scares me.

So, I put the baby monitor in the room so that I can listen to them during the night. It was kind of annoying though, because it amplifies the sound so much that the ticking of the clock on the wall was driving me insane! That will come down today.

This morning I was laying in bed, listening to the monitor when Nick came bounding into my bedroom. I didn't hear him at all. That worries me.

He has to walk up the steps and through the entire house to get to my room. There are many places to stop on the way - my computer, the kitchen, the door to the deck. Not good.

My mom gave me a good idea - to hang a bell of some sort on the door so that I can hear it open. First, I have to put the door back on the room though. We took it off and had a baby gate on there (for when Nick was younger). I think it's time to have a door again though. Why didn't I think of that before Andy left??? I'm sure I'm capable enough to do it, it's just not my thing.

So, I have another thing to add to my ever-growing to-do list.

It's noon and we haven't finished schoolwork and I haven't even started on the closets. The girls are busy trying to get my mom to buy Girl Scout cookies over the phone. Sorry Mom!!