Update: Bedtime!

Perhaps the exclamation point was a clue that bedtime tonight went well. It also went off early. !!!

Oh, and I should also mention that Little Miss Zoey HAS figured out how to get out of bed on her own...Bryan went to check on her this afternoon and found her quietly pulling all the books off her bookshelf and looking quite pleased with herself. Luckily this was after a two-hour (much-needed) nap.

Tragically (for Zoey), two hours in the afternoon was NOT enough shut-eye to recoup the losses from last night, and when she had an ultimate melt down at the dinner table, Bryan and I knew we were on our way to an early bedtime. Hooray!

It. Went. So. WELL.

We did everything we normally do--rocking in the rocking chair, warm milk (which Zoey has now started demanding in the bossy way of toddlers: "Dada! Milk! HOT!"), stories in bed. Plenty of time to guggle Mommy. Also, in a new twist, she wanted to read to ME tonight, which was totally adorable. She garbled her way through two dinosaur stories and looked quite proud of herself. Then it was kisses and hugs and tucking in with Mr. Owl and plenty of story books. There were tears. But they lasted for approximately 45 seconds and we have heard nothing but blessed silence from her room since 7 p.m.

Aaaahhhhhh.....