my red-faced swollen-eyed snot-gushing little monster

i have absolutely no idea what's going on lately, but every single night this week has been a battle to get casey to go to bed......not that she's not tired, on the contrary, she's extremely exhausted - you can see it in her eyes......but for some bizarre and super aggravating reason she will not let herself fall asleep.......she'll scream bloody murder like we're pulling her arms out of their sockets.......absolutely nothing will get her to stop crying except her finally wearing herself out and falling asleep, however long that takes......i don't know if i could cry like that for over an hour without being exhausted enough to give up but she sure can.......and we totally don't care when she goes to bed, it's not like we're forcing her to go to bed......she can stay up if she wants to, but she just turns into this red-faced, swollen-eyed, snot-gushing, little monster that won't stop screaming......i know i didn't want to rush any part of this baby thing, but i'm definitely ready for this latest trend to pass......