Night Time

i can't believe after all our trouble in the beginning with sleep that we have such a good sleeper who loves his night time ritual. when it seems like aiden is getting tired (fussy, rubs his eyes, yawns, cuddly) i say to aiden "night night?" and he will say "nigh nigh" (SO CUTE!) and then he always wave bye bye to the dogs. after we get PJ's on we sit in the rocker read a book and brush his teeth - he LOVES brushing his teeth - I do the finger toothbrush first so i get it all clean and then i give him this funky oval shaped toothbrush we got from the dentist and he "brushes" his teeth (really he sucks off the training toothpaste) and then when he's done he gives me his toothbrush and then turns around and curls up or he'll reach for the crib.

once he's in the crib he'll lay there a little bit - sometimes he rolls around - sometimes he sits up and plays and talks. he has 2 blankets a stuffed dog and his seahorse in the bed with him. the other night he played and talked for at least an hour before going to sleep - crazy boy!

aiden loves his routine... sunday night we went to Stone Mountain to see the laser show - which doesn't start until 9:30 - i was a little nervous about how he would do - because when he gets really tired he gets CRANKY! he had a BLAST! he loved the music - he was up dancing and just having a grand time. he did good in the car too - i just got elmo on (we only do DVD's for long trips) and gave him some juice and little man was probably asleep within 30 minutes. when we got home around 12:15 am i got him out of the car - gave him to daddy and he put him in his crib - not a peep... and it really didn't look like he moved all night until we woke him up at 6:15am.

he's getting to be such a big boy - i really LOVE that little guy :)