Figured Out

It still amazes us how much Aeriana understands and how quickly she learns. Today she proved that she's figured us out.

Each Sunday, on the way home from church, Erin and I try our best to keep Aeriana awake. It's usually around 1:30 that we're taking the 15 minute drive, and Aeriana is exhausted due to a combination of two hours of playing in Nursery as well as the time being well past her nap-time. Needless to say, we're not always successful in keeping Aeriana from her much desired sleep.

Generally I'll try to play with her by stealing her blanket, giving it back, and then stealing it again. That usually keeps her laughing for the drive, and thus happily awake. Sometimes Erin and I will get to talking about different things and before we know it, Aeriana will be passed out cold. At that point we try to wake her up quickly, stealing her blanket, calling her name, whatever it takes. However, sometimes she's out so cold that nothing wakes her up, at which point we just feel sorry for her, give her blanket back, and let her sleep.

That brings us to today's drive home. We were having fun with the blanket for a few minutes, but then Erin and I got to talking and when I looked back Aeriana was asleep. She wasn't sleeping too deeply, so her eyes popped open when her blanket disappeared... but then she showed just how much she's got us figured out. Instead of crying because she didn't like her blanket being stolen, or laughing because she thought it was funny, she just looked at both of us and then quickly clamped her eyes shut as tight as she could. Then she'd wait a few seconds and just peek out at us, notice we weren't buying it yet, and clamp her eyes shut again. You could tell she was just hoping her blanket would magically land back in her lap and she'd be left to her sweet dreams.

Once she'd done this a couple of times, Erin and I were laughing so loud that Aeriana couldn't restrain herself either. We laughed the rest of the way home, and being the ham that she is, Aeriana kept pretending to sleep just to make sure the laughing didn't stop.

Now all we have to do is figure out how to make her 'pretend' to be silent...

Wish us luck.

Labels: Aeriana, Brett, Erin, family

posted by Brett at 8:18 PM