Saying Goodbye to Naptime?

I think the time has come, and I'm just not ready.  I'm pretty certain Kerriann isn't actually ready either, but she's pushing in that direction and I'm not sure how to stop her.  The past two days she hasn't napped even though she's looked exhausted.  She's falling more, getting hurt more, much more cranky and she says "No!" a lot more too.  She's not my happy baby.  It's crazy how different she is on days when she is well rested.  It's hard being home with her all day when she's not in a great mood, and I find myself letting her watch Elmo and Dora more than I probably should.  At least it keeps her from crying and getting hurt, and keeps my sanity a little more intact.

For moms with older kids, how did you know when it was time?  What did you do to ease the transition?  I've already started putting her to bed earlier but in turn she has been waking up earlier which seems to make her act even worse during the day.

Today I wanted to participate in a photo challenge that encourages moms to get in front of the camera with their kids.

I barely have any pictures of myself with Kerriann, though I have thousands of her, and probably a hundred of her with Kevin.  So I sat down and tried to get a few using the self timer and she was not having it.  She kept pushing me away and wanted to grab the camera.  Oh well!  Instead, here's one of us with Kevin from Sunday when we visited the Inner Harbor.  It's still not very great, but it's the best of the worst.  I'll share more photos from that as soon as I can.

Next week's theme is "Easter" so hopefully we'll be able to get at least one half way decent photo of us together over the weekend.  I'll have to recruit Kevin to help with that.