I've definitely noticed our lives have aligned!
For the bed issues, we've decided to bite the bullet and get them twin beds. We don't want to just take the rail off the crib because it will be only having to transition once...that's what we're thinking for now. Who knows if it'll work.
My ILs are keeping the kids tonight, so I don't know if he'll continue to climb out, but it's only a matter of time before Hannah does it too...and she's nowhere near as strong and "graceful" as M is at climbing, etc. So I'd really worry the most about her getting injured.
Lately I feel more and more clueless! When we saw Marshall out and DH put him back and they fell asleep, he came out and we both at the same time said, "What do we do now??" Neither of us has an idea.