He likes me! He really likes me!

I think tonight was the first time Joshua ever expressed a preference about who put him down for bed. Usually Amy nurses him, feeds him a bottle if he's still thirsty, lets him fall asleep in her arms, and puts him in his crib and he's happy with that. Not tonight.

Tonight he fussed and squirmed and cried and was generally restless while she tried to get him to relax and go to sleep. When I walked into the room to see if she needed anything, Josh twisted around to look at me and held out both his arms. So I picked him up, and he cooed a bit and put his head down on my shoulder. Amy and I swapped places. I sat down in the chair in his room and he went completely limp in my arms and fell asleep as peacefully as could be.

Maybe he was just finally tired enough to fall asleep, but I prefer to think that he actually wanted me to put him to bed tonight.