Holding time today

Went SO smoothly!!! She didn't kick and scream and bite and scratch!  Praise for progress!  (I will probably see it again, I'm just so thankful for a calm holding time THIS day!). :) She did try to push away at first and didn't want to cuddle in. But it only lasted about 30 min today, and she very quickly moved to cuddling in, blowing kisses at me and giggling. I said "are you ready to go to nap now?" and she said "no" and she cuddled more. That's goood!!! :) :) :)

Is it normal that Ruby doesn't like to give kisses? She learned how at one point and liked slobbering on everyone's cheeks (me, Karry, and her brothers, that is). Now she won't. She turns her head away and won't give them. Is that normal? I think I was like that as a kid, too, but I don't like to use myself as a gauge for normalcy. :)  (and that word--gauge--is spelled very strangely, I thought it was guage, but both spellings look weird!)  Oh, but she'll kiss the dog--when it's time to "give kisses goodnight," she'll hug all of us and turn her head away, and then she'll go kiss the dog, straight on. What's the deal with that? Any thoughts? :)