I'm Not Ready For This Yet!!

Where did my coffee go?!?!

"I've been up since 10:30a.m!!! We went to the bookstore, browsing, and my first trip to the pet shop. I LOVED the Labs; but Mommy says I can only have a pug. This is me after Mom tried putting me to bed four times in the last two hours. Do I look tired?!?"
"Let's play peek-a-boo, Mommy! I'll hide behind the shower curtain and you can say 'boo'."

After a couple of 'talks' (how much mommy needs 'nap' time as much as he does, how I would REALLY appreciate it if he fell asleep for a couple hours), and several consoling phone calls/texts to Daddy (busy at work), several attempts at trying to let him cry himself to sleep- I finally gave in, and did the next best thing:

...thought about all 10cups...
... settled on two of these. I, at least, plan on sleeping tonight! My new strategy: wear Him out so he sleeps tonight! And the afternoon went on:

We played and read some books...
...one-man band gig. Let's hear it for the audience!!!

And, the hours ticked by...

"Mom, this whole routine thing you are doing isn't working."

Isn't the bedtime routine supposed to be fail-safe??

OMG- 6:20pm, 10 minutes to go. All clean, fresh nappie and pjs, plus a night-time bottle for extra security. I hope this works!!!!!

ssshhhhh

Needless to say, I am not ready for him to graduate from two naps a day. Just yesterday he was still sleeping 12-13hrs at night and 3-4hours during the day. I still need 'no baby' time, and count on that precious time to take care of everything else around the house (yes, ok, it is also a great time to update the blog). Yep, definitely NOT ready!