Tonight

Sam put Olive to bed tonight and she cried a few minutes after he left the room. I went in and she was sitting up in her bed, surrounded by about 10 stuffed animals, with a book on her lap. She said, "Daddy gave me all these guys. I'm reading my book now." I asked her why she was crying and she said, "I wanted you to come in and see my guys and my book." I kissed her and said she should go to sleep after she was done with her book. I fully expected her to cry again when I left, or after she was done with the book (she usually wants help with getting her blanket on). She didn't. But just now, 3 hours later, I went in to check on her before I went to bed, and she was asleep with her guys and her books surrounding her. All tucked in, blanket up to her neck.

Sweet girl.