I don't believe it... but it's true!

Last night, after a fun swim lesson and dinner, Riley and I went through our usual evening routine and then crashed on the couch to relax and go nite nite. This was around 7:30pm. Lately, we have been waiting until 8:30 when it finally gets dark out and then putting Riley in her crib... whether or not she is actually asleep. It's worked rather well for the last month or so (knock on wood). Last night, Riley managed to thoroughly surprise me though. She was tossing and turning back and forth on the couch with me while holding onto two or three stuffed animals... sometimes she'd drop one off the side of the couch. LOL. Not a huge deal, this tossing and turning, as we have a rather big couch... unfortunately, as the weeks go by, my belly is getting bigger and there is less room for her to toss and turn. Twice, she actually climbed up onto my side and laid her head down on my shoulder. Yeah... cute, but... that wasn't going to work. Finally, after one more rather crazy toss and turn which resulted in a kick to my stomach, I asked Riley if she'd like to go lay down in her crib. We've done that many times before and the answer was always the same, "NO." But, shockingly, Riley actually said YES. I thought I heard her wrong, so I asked, "You do? You want to go lay down in your crib now?" And she said YES again! So, going with the flow, I said, "Okay, let's go then." She sat up and hopped off the couch. Reached down and grabbed the bear that she had dropped a few minutes earlier, waited for me to get up and then pick her up. I carried her and her stuffed animals to her room, laid her down in the crib, said "Night Night" and shut the door. I waited a second and didn't hear a peep, so I went to our room to turn the monitor on and again, no sound other than the creaking of her moving around in the crib. An hour later, when I went to bed, I still couldn't believe it. I'm thinking the transition to her toddler bed this weekend might not be such a big thing after all. Wowsers.

On another exciting note, Riley's swim lesson this afternoon is all about Water Safety. I'm supposed to clothe her FULLY. As in... long sleeve shirt, pants, socks and shoes. And she's going IN THE WATER wearing ALL of that. Yikes. Wish us luck.