Anyway, the first night - of course a Sunday, who doesn't do these things right on the cusp of a busy work week? - we put Anthony to sleep in his new quarters, crossed our fingers and returned downstairs so Brandon could read Twilight and I could finish watching the past week's Jersey Shore.
What?
Anyway, after a few trips upstairs to remind Anthony of the meaning of "night night time," we were rewarded with an extended period of silence. We tiptoed upstairs, ready to settle in for a nice restful night, quite certain our hearts were about to be warmed by this...
...only to instead encounter this chilling sight:
Instead of succumbing to sleep, Anthony had decided to waltz into our bedroom and take up residence in our bed, where he was quite contendedly thumbing through books and sipping his water. It was kind of like the scene in The Godfather where the guy wakes up and finds the horse head in his bed, only with less blood. And at least that guy didn't have to turn around and try to get the horse head to fall asleep, so really a lot worse.Anyway, we soldiered on, once again extolling the virtues of the new bed as Monday's nighttime rolled around. After settling Anthony in, we again returned downstairs, this time finding ourselves rewarded with nary a peep from upstairs. After a couple rounds of high-fives and fist pumps - plus the requisite vampire fiction reading and reality TV watching - we skipped upstairs to peek in on our perfect child.
This time, we found this:
Which would have been great, only he wasn't in his bed, he was on the guest bed. You know, the one I may or may not like to catch a few ZZZ's on when Brandon's featherlight breathing makes it hard for me to sleep. The best part of it was, he must have made three or four trips over to that bed, because he had everything from his crib - we're talking four blankies, several stuffed animals, a couple books, a Hot Wheels car and some water - right along with him.In retrospect, it was kind of cute.
Ok, it was cute even in the moment.
Anyway, Tuesday night brought continued perseverence (we don't learn, do we?), and another stab at the New Night-Night. After a multitude of trips upstairs - dude, how are we supposed to concentrate on Team Edward and Snooki with all that racket??? - 8:30 p.m. found Brandon and I mumbling curse words under our breath as we hastily returned the crib to its natural state, Anthony looking on all the while with something that can only be described as ill-concealed glee.
Yes, we're back to this:
Our experiment has failed, and we have seen the error of our ways. I am suspecting there is a line forming to tell us "I told you so..."But, if it means fewer nighttimes of this:
...and a more of this:
...it will all be worth it.
...and a more of this:
...it will all be worth it.Otherwise, he'll just have to take the crib along on his honeymoon.
3 comments:
OK, I'll go first. I told you so -- I knew Brandon was secretly a girl. First, the Prince Dauntless tights, then the girlish scream over the itty bitty spider at our house and now Twilight books (with a side dish of Jersey Shore)? How could you not see it?
And hey, unless there's a good reason to move Anthony out of his crib *wink* ;-) I would keep him corralled as long as possible!
I guess I am with Ellen. If there isn't a good reason to take him from the crib, leave him there if he stays in it. My kids at this age were jumping out of the crib so had to remove them for their own safety. Except Julie. The mattress had been used by so many, it finally fell apart so we did away with the whole thing and put her in a regular bed.He will be ready some day, don't you worry. I love the way he made sure he had all the important stuff with him when he "traveled". Love you all. Shirley
So cute! The little guy just wanted to do a little reading before settling in...to one of his sleeping options! I love to see photos of Anthony and his books. And speaking of reading, I commend Brandon on his eclectic interest in reading material!
By the way, we are having some computer trouble, Kelly, and none of our messages are being sent. Hope to get it straightened out today!
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