A Sucker Is Born Every Minute

...and the sucker is I! Oh, how Ruby can work me. Tried to get her down for her nap today with no success. First of all, she is on to me. She knows that if she falls asleep in my arms (which she still does sometimes if really tired) she will end up in her crib. So she usually fights it and wriggles out of my arms and lays beside me as she does when we go to bed at night. Well, then, she quickly figured out that Mommy also snuck out when she took a nap in the big bed so no matter how she laid (and she changed positions like 10 times) she made sure an arm or leg were draped over me. Finally, I was like, hey, Mommy is tired, too. (We got up at 5:30 for her audiology appt. this morning). So I laid down and got under the cover to show her I was going to nap, too. I closed my eyes and stayed like that as long as possible, but, boy the kid pulled out all the stops! 

First she snuggled all close and lay there stroking my face. Then she played with my hair for a long time. I'd open a eye every once in awhile and sneak a peak and she was just delighted and wide awake. She was so cute I could hardly stand it. She would hold my hand, snuggle closer, go back to my hair, face, etc. Next she recited all the parts she knew of my face (eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, hair, ear)... THEN went on to say any other word she could to impress me - bear, flower and bu-fly (as in the ones hanging on the wall). She is too funny. Finally,  she climbed up on me and started kissing all over my face. She had me hook, line, and sinker! She also said I love you a few times and this sucker could not resist her adorableness a second longer. We both laid there giggling and I decided to give up on the nap. She had won this one. And really, she had worked for it! In the end, we had the sweetest, snuggley-est hour of bonding time and really, that is far more important than a nap in the grand scheme of things.

PS - The audiologist appointment went well. Her hearing (as we knew) is pretty good.  A bit of mild hearing loss in one ear, but they think it could be temporary and due to fluid and congestion in the ears. Seeing and ear/nose/throat specialist next to get to the bottom of it.