NOT a Hard Day's Night!

Whether he's finally learning to put himself to sleep, or if he was just exhausted from the day, Christian had a terrific night! I nursed him and then put him down. He was soooo sleepy but cried for about 20 min before falling asleep. Ironically, that 20 min was harder for me than the 3 hrs earlier that day--I just knew how tired he was and how hard it must be for him to learn something new like that. However, once he was asleep, he stayed asleep ALL NIGHT LONG! He fussed around 4:30 but then put himself back to sleep and didn't start making more noises until about 6:45. AWESOME! Then, I put him down again for his morning nap...only 10 min of fussing. He took a short nap, but that was okay since Emily had gymnastics to get to anyway. This afternoon, he went down great and woke up about 40 min into his nap, but then after fussing for a bit, went back to sleep for another 45 min. Again, I'm not sure if it's because he's learning or if he's just so tired from yesterday (I largely suspect the latter) but I'll take a victory anyway I can!

Emily also had a fun night--she and Cubby spent the night at Grandma Karen's. Her first "sleep-over"! She only had to get up once during the night to potty, but otherwise slept soundly and had a great time playing with Grandma this morning after Daddy left for work and before I came and picked her up. She's even taking another great nap this afternoon. Wow, this day is soooo much better than yesterday. The sun is shining once more and the kids are well-rested. What more could you ask for???