Let's Turn this B*tch into a 3 Bedroom!

The title of this blog post is a direct quote from my husband to me, said at about midnight one night this week when I brought of rearranging our one bedroom apartment. He looked at me, said, "Let's turn this b*tch into a 3 bedroom!" and promptly rolled over and fell asleep within 10 seconds. This is how most of our conversations at bedtime roll. Me = thinking non-stop and tossing out answers to real and imaginary problems. Adam = sure, whatever babe, zzzzzzz....

So I was pleasantly surprised when he agreed to this project for our weekend. We thought it would be a minor shifting of furniture, but it took 10 hours of Sunday off and on. We had to disassemble our bed, the crib, unscrew the bookshelf from the wall and empty it 2/3 of the way to shimmy it 4 feet, move a rocking chair, etc. A seemingly small project turned into a day long event, but it worked.

We now have officially given Nico his own sleep space. We lost our work space, but it was in our bedroom and he now goes to sleep at around 8-9pm so we weren't using it anyway. He slept in his crib last night (out of our bed) for the first time. I kinda missed him and realized I don't know how to sleep without a baby in the bed after four months...His crib and the rocker occupy a space that's about 4 feet wide but it's his. We are separated from him by a massive bookshelf. Alexandra still has her own room for now until Nico can sleep through the night without fail.

I have to brag that we are pretty good at living in small spaces. This is the third manifestation that this 800 square foot apartment has seen since we moved in in July, and each works in its own way. Pretty good to know that we can do it, since I think that when we finally make a move to buy something in 3 years from now, it'll most likely be a 1 bedroom!

Maybe we can fund our future apartment by starting a consulting business on how to shift your 1 bedroom into a 2-3 bedroom. Any business name suggestions?