Batman's Moving In!

Yes he is. And he's about to take over D's room!

We've known for awhile that D is just too big for his crib...but he's so happy in there, that it's hard to think about moving him out. He's never once tried to climb out, and when we used to ask him if he wanted a big boy bed, he would just respond with "no, my crib" - so we left well enough alone.

Lately we've realized it's getting to be time - and even though previous efforts of promising him superhero or whatever kind of bedding was in sight for his big boy bed fell flat - we realized we hadn't hit him with the big guns....Batman.

If you don't know, D is borderline obsessed with Batman. And he's 2.5 years old. It seems a little young but he's obsessed. He sleeps with a Batman and Flash action figure every night, spends HOURS a day with the Batcave (hence my previous post), and watches the old Adam West episodes of the Batman TV show that we DVR for him. So we offered him a Batman room - and he bit...BIG time.

It's gotten to the point that now he whines for his Batman bed or his Batman paint. So we're full steam ahead. We went and bought light blue paint tonight - and starting Sunday we'll be covering up the green stripes that have donned his room since before he even arrived. This makes Dain and I a little sad. We worked HARD on getting that room to look like it does. Three different colors of green - and my vision of a room of greens came alive. He had a nursery that looked like no one else's ever would. Here's a picture - back from when we first finished the paint job.

But I suppose all good things must come to an end at some point. Our realtor, when we first listed our house on the market, had suggested we paint over it then to a more neutral shade - but D was still under a year old, and we just weren't ready to say goodbye to the fun, whimsical room that we poured our hearts into. But now, in order to get him into a big boy bed, and to give him the room of his DREAMS, we will let it go.

Here's a preview of what's moving in. The bedding and the giant bat signal wall decal.


Some things will be moving OUT of his room - along with the paint. The changing table, that my dad poured his heart into - and the green toy box that houses the stuffed animals. But it's necessary. We're still trying to figure out how we can squeeze the rocker/glider still in the room - because quite frankly I don't know how he'll live without it. But that's that. We'll add some more superhero artwork, change out the green lamp, and call it a day. I'm so excited/anxious to see what D thinks when this all comes to pass. I'm sure he'll be too excited to sleep.

Greaaaaaat.