Whew! She's very determined...

I can't get over how HARD HEADED Eva is - wow.... and I thought Daddy was hard headed, but whew! Eva tops us all, in her shear determination alone. If she wants something - or generally - someone (ME) nothing is going to stop her, and those who try will be forced to listen to her scream and cry until she gets what she wants.

Last night, Eva kept crying every time I laid her down in her crib... which I'd wait until I thought she was asleep, but the minute I started to lay her down - her eyes pop open and she starts clinging to me. I was hoping Matt might be able to help, but he was working on the cable in the basement (which was for me) so I decided I'd just take Eva to bed w/ me. Here is where it all went wrong... I mean, no one sets out to make a bad decision, but looking back you always know the wrong turn. For me it was here... so Eva is in bed w/ me, all grins. In comes Daddy who offered to help, took Eva to rock her -- this was followed by S C R E A M I N G. Eva was quickly returned to me, w/ the comment "she's a brat" (Matt later clarified this statement say's she's not a brat but has a very strong will!) So back to where we started Eva & I in bed... where Eva slept apparently pretty well, and I got ZERO sleep!

I was either comforting her while she cried out in her sleep. Or ensuring that she wasn't falling out of the bed.... she turned in circles all night long. So when I wasn't worried about her falling out, I was trying to breath w/ her toes in between my ribs.... ugh!

I'm hoping tonight goes better. And someday Eva when you look back and read this, know you've always been "strong willed" :-)