Fighting Sleep

As most of you know, kids tend to fight sleep. Braylon Matthew is no exception! He refuses to go to sleep until he physically has no strength to keep his eyes open. Once he is asleep, he's out for the night...it's just getting to that point! We keep his pack-n-play (playpen) in the livingroom, that way we can contain him if we need to get things done or if Madison has her toys out. Tonight, after watching him rub his eyes with both fists and fighting his eyelids, I turned off all the lights and laid him down. He kept standing back up with his pacifier in his mouth and his eyes closed tight. I think we went through this 3 or 4 times before he actually fell asleep. He was bound and determined to be "up" even if he was sleeping!
Matt and I were talking, if someone told us that we had to go to sleep, gave us pillows and all the blankets we needed....you wouldn't hear a sound from us again!