Where will they sleep?

Is this the dreamiest room ever? I want to copy it and fill it with sweet little girl-angels. But what if they're boys? Haven't found any inspiration for boys rooms that I like! And no, we won't be letting them decorate their rooms themselves. I am the sole designer in this house and my heart would break to see rooms filled with cartoon characters who spew questionable attitudes. Besides, I won't give in to the commercialism! ( Erin, I like to pretend I'm that tough, anyway, so shut up.)

Beds and logistics are our latest struggle. With our last class on April 10th and the home study shortly after, things are really coming down to the wire. But without knowing how many boys or girls or what ages we will be getting, we are paralyzed! We bought two twin beds off of craigslist. CPS requires each child have his/her own bed. They cannot share. And kids over 6 cannot share a room with the opposite sex sibling. So these are a few challenges we face. We considered bunk beds. Have you ever changed the sheets or made a top bunk bed? NIGHTMARE! And we will be required to change the sheets weekly regardless of need. Another requirement, if you're curious, is that a waterproof mattress pad cover is required for all foster children. Bed wetting is apparently pretty common in traumatized kids.

Will we need toddler beds? Another crib? I think we have decided that regular twin beds can be toddler friendly (with fancy new 'rails' offered now). My mom has an extra crib, so if needed, we could get that quickly. But will 2 twin beds be enough? Our agency says we can go out and buy beds on the fly if needed. We can fit 4 in one of the bedrooms and 3 in another and still meet the 40 sq. ft. per child rule. But oh how I long to paint and buy bedding and hang lighting. If you're thinking I should stay neutral (Jennie, I know that's what you're thinking!) to fit either gender, I've considered it and it goes against my nature. I want a pink room and a silver sage & black room for boys. But it'll have to wait since I don't know if the larger room will be needed for girls or boys.

I'm aware this might sound a bit shallow, but I'm pretty sure once we have 4-6 children total in our lives, I'll never have an opportunity to care about anything but function ever again! So give me my decor or give me death! Too dramatic?

And by the way, we are expecting a baby of our own in October! Yep, 10 weeks pregnant and sonogram shows a very active little peanut with a strong heartbeat! Praise God! Even though His timing is hilarious! After our last miscarriage in January, we got really serious about foster/adopt. We probably would have kept foster/adoption on the 'someday' list if the January pregnancy had not miscarried. I guess this is God's way of pushing us out of our comfort zone!

That's where we stand for now! Caton is standing in her crib calling for me! That still freaks me out!