Early Bedtime

I've been trying to put Hannah to bed early. Early as in 9pm instead of midnight. She gets tired and cranky starting around 8, so it works. Except, it takes 2 hours to get her to sleep some nights. So I get out of there, FINALLY, around 11, and no longer have an evening of baby-free whatever ahead of me. Such is life. She has the front left tooth coming in now. Last night, she had a LATE bedtime. I couldn't believe how good she was all evening, as we attended a dinner party and the in-laws with some of their neighbours. We didn't leave until almost 11, and she was not only cheerful as we placed her in the carseat and into the car, but she promptly fell asleep for the entire ride home. We nursed to sleep, and she was up with me at 8:30, off to another swap meet with her auntie and cousin. I made her nap around 3 in the afternoon, until 5:30. I NAPPED WITH HER. It was lovely. I had weird dreams. She took her first steps the other day, pushing on a desk at moms group.