goodnight moon

Usually at the Odom/Castle household we start bed time between 7-730. Emma has her final ba-ba, we call Nana to tell her goodnight, and then we head upstairs to get changed into our nighttime stuff. I (or James when he is home from work) read a story to her (Goodnight Moon=mommy; On the Night You were Born=daddy) then I lay her down in her crib and say a bedtime prayer before I walk out of the room. I used to rock Emma to sleep every night but about a month ago she put an end to that. Great thing for the long run but it still makes me so sad at times..

But last weekend we had several busy nights where Emma did not have her regular bed time routine and it caused her to be super upset when I did lay her down to go to sleep. So Monday I decided that maybe rocking her again before bed would help ease the stress she was experiencing from bed time; and to my surprise I got two days of cuddles before she decided that she didn't want cuddles anymore. But those two days I will cherish for a very long time. She let me hold her close to me and talk to her as she touched my face and smiled and giggled at me. She still refused to let me rock her to sleep but I did get a good 5-10 minutes of special mommy-Emma time :)

I see the love in her eyes..