It's good to know he loves his brother

In DC since we only had a 2 bedroom apartment, of necesity the boys slept in the same room. This was generally a fine arrangement and they rarely woke each other up. They also went to bed easily at the same time because Isaac was so little he wasn't that interested in playing and usually passed right out and we also had black-out curtains hung so they really couldn't even see each other.

Once we got to Salt Lake, we took over 3 bedrooms on the main floor that are very close together. Because there were 3 we decided to put Ethan and Isaac in separate rooms- partly because it doesn't get dark here until 9:30pm and partly because Ethan has had a persistent cough that wakes everyone up. So it's been nice to have the extra space. But with the baby coming and me painting the room I had to move Ethan back in with Isaac last week.

The new development that I hadn't realized would be a problem is that Isaac has recently discovered how to climb out of his crib. This is a whole new ballgame for us since Ethan even at 3 1/2 still slept in a crib and never once tried to climb out- he doesn't even climb out of the bath tub on his own. Isaac is a much different child. He frequently climbs out of the tub and now the crib too. So the past 2 night we've heard small banging noises coming from their rooms and have gone in thinking we need to lecture Ethan about going to sleep and instead we've found Ethan passed out completely on his bed and Isaac rolling around him, banging into the wall trying to get under the covers so he can sleep next to him. His efforts are hampered by his insistence on dragging his binky and monkey along with him.

While very cute, we've had to put Isaac back in his crib or we know neither of them would sleep very well (Ethan kicks a lot in his sleep). Finally after 3 times of doing this last night I brought in my camera and this is how Isaac ended up sleeping since we wouldn't let him sleep next to his brother. I guess the monkey will have to do for now.

The good side of Isaac learning to climb out of his crib by himself is that I now don't have to get up to let him out when he wakes up in the morning. It was lovely to wake up at 7:15 this morning and walk into their room and find them both up and playing happily with their cars. I don't know what time they woke up and I really don't care. I slept in! (at least that's sleeping in when you have kids)