Bedhead and why naps may not be worth it

Graesen took a nap today.  The first real nap he has taken in over a week (maybe two).  Taking away his pacifier totally threw him off.  But here's the thing, even before we took the "meemie" (the name he gave his pacifier) away, naps during the day meant a very late night.  If Graesen napped he wouldn't be able to fall asleep at night until at least 9:30, sometimes as late as 11!  Yet, he was cranky without a nap.  It made it hard.  I either got him napping, which put him in a good mood in the evening but kept him up late, or he was cranky and went to bed early.  Well, today Graesen crashed in the car on the way home from Costco.  He slept for about an hour and a half and then I loaded him back in the car to head to work (that's when I took the pictures of his impressive bed head-which I fixed as soon as we got to work).  Now guess who is wide awake and singing to himself?  It is 10 at night and he cannot calm down!  That one little nap means that I now have a kid who is wired when he should be asleep.  I even drove around for about 50 minutes after work trying to get him to fall asleep.  He sang to himself almost the entire time.  I am hoping my next child will be a better sleeper!