Bedtime in our household usually goes one of two ways. Either Alex falls asleep in my arms or is sleepy enough that he doesn't protest when I put him in his crib, or he immediately jumps up and screams when I put him in the crib and I have to walk out and say "sorry, sweetie, it's night night time," after which he continues to be mad for about 2-5 minutes and then settles down and goes to sleep.
Not last night.
Last night we did our usual stories then lights out and rock and nurse. He wasn't nursing too well because of his stuffy nose, and kind of chattering away, not relaxing down at all. Bracing for a screamfest, I gave him a kiss and put him in his crib. He didn't protest, and I thought "hmmmm, maybe he will go to sleep after all!" Not quite. He didn't protest, but he did proceed to talk to himself for a good half hour. We could hear him through the closed door. He was perfectly happy sounding. Just chattering away. He finally went silent around 9:15 pm.
Weird.