Correct. My wife and my bedroom is downstairs. (This house has been added on to/changed so much in the past 70 yrs. that it has a "unique" floorplan). We will not be re-locating our bedroom upstaris once the baby comes. At least we don't currently plan on it.

Gracie does not sleep in our bedroom. She has a spot in the breezeway and a spot in the living room she much prefers. We've put beds in both spots. The three of us will be watching TV in the living room and at almost exactly 10:00 every night she gets up, "says" good night to each of us and migrates out to the breezeway. She crashes out there until we get up for work. The exception of course is the weekend when approximately 45 minutes after our weekday wake-up time we are reminded to get up by a wet nose.

I really plan on working hard to make-sure Gracie and the baby get to grow up together. I have no intention of relegating Gracie to an afterthought or putting the kid off limits. I've had a dog as part of my life since I was born and I want my kids to have the same experience.