30: You

I snuggled into bed with you

early afternoon today

You yawned - I knew it was time

You cradled your blankie and rubbed the tag

while sucking your thumb

Your tell-tale sign

It was time for me, too

I don't remember much

past your yawn

your blankie

your thumb

I made it over the hill...

...and then woke up to you 

tapping my nose and 

finger-combing my hair

and giggling

One more tiny kiss on the hair

"Sleep tight"

and

"I'll set the timer and you can get up when it goes off"

and

"Make sure you're quiet enough to hear it..."

And you ran around upstairs instead

while I sat downstairs reading

So I invited you, again, to

"Stay in bed quietly"

"Just five more minutes"

and 

"Be super still..."

And guess what?

You were

For better than three hours

***

At dinnertime

you bounced downstairs

to notice the cookies on the cooling rack

"I was TIRED, Mommy!"

and 

"That was a goooooood nap!"

fell between cookie one

and cookie two

***

Sleepy you...

Funny you...

Growing you...

Blessing...you

Write on,

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