Jetty's afternoon nap is something of a production. He goes down all ready for sleep, but seems to need some wind-down time once he's in there -- to converse with his stuffies, watch his aquarium, whatever. It's hilarious to listen to him babble. Every so often, if he gets really raucous, I open the door and give him the Stern Mommy Face, whereupon he dives for cover, sticks his thumb in his mouth, and fake sleeps. He's not quite bright enough not to scramble back up when he sees me start to leave. Meanwhile, I'm working hard to maintain Stern Mommy Face instead of cracking up at his mischief.
Today, he really, really wanted to get out of taking his nap. He did some squealing and giggling and finally tried, "MaMaMa? MaMaMa?" over and over. I very nearly caved. But just as I was on my way in (how can you resist that?) there was a brief silence, and then he tried again: "DaDaDa? DADADA???"
At the next brief silence, here's what I found:
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I love him. That's it.
:) :) :) :)
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