staring at the ceiling

Judah's bedtime is quite possibly the most entertaining part of the day. After bathtime, i'll put his jammies on him and all three of us will chill on the couch and kind of wind down so judah can get relaxed before he actually goes to bed. well, inevitably i'll make "the move" towards judah and he knows that it means it's bedtime. he's so funny, because he'll sit there with me for the longest time, but once i make a quick move toward him, he runs and says "no! no! no!" Then as we walk down the hall, he's usually kicking and screaming the whole way (i'm screwed once he gets a real bed). once we get into his room, i'll have his music playing so he can kind of get relaxed again...usually it doesn't work and he's still upset. but after i finally walk out of there and let him chill for a minute, allen and i will be watching tv or something and we'll hear judah just talking away. it takes him at LEAST thirty minutes to go to sleep, if not more. he'll start with making random noises that are just plain weird, then he'll move to saying every single word in his "judah dictionary"..like literally, he'll go through the list. i'll go stand at his door to listen, and he'll be saying "mommay, dadda, doggie, hey, papa, apple, bye bye, thank you, wa wa, please" and all the rest of his words that i can't remember right now. then after he's done with those words, he'll go into his sentences. "hey daddy, wa wa please, up please, thank you, hey mommay"..and many more. then (if he's not asleep by this point), he'll go into the laughter. it is so cute. i'll just hear him laughing about nothing and allen and i will mute the tv so we can hear him because he's wayyyyy funnier than anything on tv. sometimes, i'll peek into his room and he will be staring at the ceiling, cracking himself up. then there's other times when he'll catch me peeking at him and he'll give me the biggest grin and hold his arms up for me to pick him up. i've gotta admit, i have a cute kiddo. bedtimes are the best! :)