I just got ratted out!!!

Tunnel Vision, originally uploaded by JoelGonzales.

So late at night, Julie had already gone in to put Christian to bed a couple times and the next time was my turn. Sure enough, Christian is very unhappy about being in his crib, so I go in to comfort him and it works. I put the pacifier in his mouth and he drifts back off to sleep, but with one eye open, making sure I don't leave the room. OK, I think, I'll just bring my laptop in here, do some work, he'll be happy that I'm in the room and he'll go to sleep. Win-win right? Wrong, apparently the laptop gives off too much light and the neat pictures on the screen are somewhat of a distraction to an infant with no desire to sleep. Christian gets to his feet in the crib and I feel a pacifier hit my leg (I'm sitting on the floor). Not wanting to give him any attention, I hand the pacifier back to him without looking up. 3 seconds later, I hear it hit the floor. I gather it up and hand it to him. He hits my leg with it again. I quickly feel around for it and hand it to him. I get the hint of a chuckle for my efforts. Again, it hits the floor, but I put it in his hands before he knows what happened and I'm rewarded with a little chuckle again. He throws it down again and it bounces onto my laptop. I pretend to frantically look for it. Christian is laughing and laughing. We repeat this several times when all of a sudden the door swings open...busted! Christian, without missing a beat, goes from cracking up to CRYING!!!! He started crying as soon as he saw Julie. His cry seemed to say "I've been trying to go to sleep, but Daddy has been in here keeping me awake". Julie and I both laughed and then I was banned from ever trying to get Christian to bed again.