New Milestone

Last night marked a new milestone for us. Genna got scared enough that I brought her to mommy and daddy's bed.

I was home alone with the girls and getting ready for bed. At around 10:45 Genna woke up crying and calling for mommy. I went in to see what was wrong, and saw that she was really freaked out. I brought her into the kitchen to give her a drink of water and a chance to snap out of it. After several pulls on the old sippy cup, Genna wiped her mouth and began her tale ...

"I'm scary (scared), dad."
"Oh? What are you scared of?"
"I'm scary of the monster in my crib."
"Oh. Do you want me to go look? I don't think there isn't a monster in your crib."
"Yes, there is a monster in my crib. Chicken Elmo is in my crib."

There we had it. Genna had been visited in her sleep by her arch rival, Chicken Elmo. I sang to her, got her laughing and after a while tried to put her back in her crib. She wouldn't have it - it was put up with her shrieking in fear or bring her to bed. So, for the next half hour I tried to sleep while Genna tossed and turned next to me. It wasn't until Annie got home that Genna would finally go to her own crib.

Let's have a bit of a breather before the next milestone, shall we?