"Ma Ma....Ni Ni"

I love how things change. How many blogs have I written complaining or praising about Lucy's sleep? Well, here's a cute one. About a week ago, Lucy went from waking up about once a night, to suddenly sleeping ALL THE WAY THRU, 10+ hours. We were so thrilled (albeit cautious) when she did it the 2nd night! then the 3rd night...a glitch, and woke up once. (and when i say wake up, it requires intervention...not the put herself back to sleep which she does here and there most every night). But the 4th night was all the way thru again! The 5th night, another wake up at 5 am, which wasn't bad. Then the blasted 6th night....up at least 4 times, plus a few others that we ignored or slept through ourselves!! WHAT WHAT?! The next day revealed that she had a tiny runny nose, so I suppose that was the culprit? Then last night..."better", only 3 times requiring intervention, plus at least 2 self back to sleeps. The nose was runnier today. But now that we're on day 2 of cranky tired child and cranky tired mama (Tim gets to escape to work!), she outdid herself in sleep cuteness. About an hour before her nap was "due", we were in her room putzing around. She was reading herself a book, and then "found" her new favorite and brought it to me to read to her. So of course I read it. Then she brought another, that I was surprised by, but i started to read it to her, as she wandered around for a minute. Then after a page or two, she looked up at me and said "Mama??" I said "yes" (like i always do, waiting for the next word that never comes), and she laid her head in my lap. I said "Are you tired?" She shook her head and said "Ni Ni", and walked over to her crib to try and climb up in it!! We did a quick snuggle, and she happily laid down, (as she often does) and we said "ni ni" back and forth several times as I left the room. She was asleep in 5 minutes without a tear. :-) I love it when it's that easy!