Miracle in the Bedroom

Hi All,
I wanted to take a minute to post some great news. We have successfully had Drew and Bree both sleeping in the nursery for two weeks now! It's been so long, I'm sure everyone (except us) has forgotten that Drew started having sleep issues way back around Christmas time. He was waking up crying a few times every night. This sometimes led to him waking up Bree, which was twice as difficult to deal with. As a temporary fix, we moved Drew out of the nursery, in hopes keeping Bree asleep all night, even if Drew woke up. But, the problem with this arrangement was that we only have two bedrooms on our main level. Hence, Drew was sleeping in the pack n play in a variety of spots. He started in the living room, then to the kitchen area (which was the furthest spot we could put him from the nursery), and finally to our bedroom. He ended up in our bedroom because that seemed to be the most peaceful spot for him to get some uninterrupted sleep. You see, not only do we have just two bedrooms on the main level; the main level is basically one big room other than the bathrooms and bedrooms. So, it was pretty difficult to put Drew to bed (whether it be a nap or at night) in the main area and go about our business. Drew started doing better sleep-wise in our bedroom, but it wasn't foolproof AND he was waking up Jim and I! (Turns out, he can be quite the noisy little sleeper, with his tossing and turning.) Plus, we would have to tiptoe in and out of bed to not disturb Drew. I was pretty much at a loss as to what to do and was very close to concluding we needed to get Drew and Bree into their own separate bedrooms now vs. later. (I really thought they could share a room for years, not forever, being boy and girl, but much longer than the 10 months that they lasted thus far!) Separate bedrooms would mean one or both being on a different level in the house, and that is what I really dreaded.
I happened to mention our sleep dilemma one evening at my "twin moms" night out. Stephanie, a fellow twin mom, indicated she followed a method from the book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" which worked wonderfully. I ordered the author's follow-up book, which was on the same topic but geared specifically to twins. It had a lot of sensible information about the right timing for putting kids to sleep, awake but "drowsy". This meant putting the kids to bed earlier could actually get them to sleep better and longer through the night. It also said twins should be able to be successfully "sleep trained" in the same room, although some parents would choose to separate twins during naps since it can be such a short duration of sleep that you do not want to chance a mishap, or one waking the other. With this, I had confidence again to try the twins back in the same room. We had nothing to lose.
The first night, Drew and Bree were absolutely thrilled with being back in the same room. They laughed back and forth for an hour and half before dropping off to sleep. The second and third nights were similar, but for shorter durations. And the best part was, they both slept all night. So, after more than five months of nightly sleep interruptions, this seems like a miracle!