Bedtime for Luke

It's quite light at bedtime these days, so often Luke finishes nursing before falling asleep. He'll crawl out into the co-sleeper and lie down with his head on his pillow. He'll arrange his blanket, snuggle with his stuffed giraffe or teddy, and we sing some songs. His favorite song is "Hop Old Squirrel," which just runs through a bunch of things the squirrel is doing - hopping, wiggling, jumping, etc. Luke suggests other verses, too. While moving around the teddy bear, he'll say "wiggle bear" and smile when I add in that verse. He also likes to include dad, Emmett, Jay and Jacob (two boys in the neighborhood), and all the dogs he knows, Jake, Jenny, Wiley, Lucy, and Zoe.

In the end, he usually asks to nurse again to fall asleep. But a couple of times, he's fallen asleep while holding my hand. Which is also very sweet.