Friday, April 10, 2009

Giggle fest

This is the gist of Taylor's bedtime last night. I think this happened the second or third time I put him back in his bed. "Mommy, I want a hug" I lay him down on his bed with his arms still wrapped securely around my neck, so basically I'm laying half on top of him with my arms stuck under him. I whisper into his ear "Okay Taylor, are you going to be in a good mood in the morning, because it's really late and since it's basically your fault (and your daddy's) that it's so late, you can't be in a bad mood in the morning" Taylor giggling because I'm tickling his ear with my breath. "Are you going to be happy tomorrow?" Taylor still giggling even though I'm not whispering in his ear anymore. "Okay, I have to go now, go to sleep" Taylor still clinging with all his strength onto my neck, and giggling. So, by this point, Taylor's laugh is so contagious, I start to giggle too...and neither of us can stop. Every time we stop to take a breath, he starts giggling again and then of course, so do I. Five minutes later...I'm crying because I can't stop laughing and Justin walks in the room and looks at us like we are crazy. I say "he's making me laugh, I can't stop" He laughs, turns around, and walks back out. Okay, this is getting out of hand, so I tickle his side a little bit so he'll let go of my neck, then he says "Daddy's Turn!" Yes! So I walk out of the room calling for Justin and telling him it's his turn. He goes back into to room with a detemined expression on his face. All of the sudden, I hear Taylor giggling again, and yes, Justin starts to laugh too. Good. Justin says "I was not going to laugh", and I say "It's impossible not to, huh?" He finally extricates himself from Taylor and tells him to go to sleep. We close the door and don't even hear another peep from Taylor. The laughing wore him out, and he went right to sleep. And guess what? He was in a great mood this morning! I love my toddler! Sorry, this was just such a funny experience, if you don't think it is, you probably just had to be there.

1 comment:

Carrie and Jeff said...

cute story. It's so nice when they fall asleep so fast.