Amundson Family Blog: Bye Bye Paci

We've been talking to Blake for a while now about giving up his beloved Paci. He's supposed to keep it in his crib and use it only for sleep, but sometimes he will sneak and grab it if he's upset. Campbell has tried multiple times to convince him to give it to the Paci Fairy because of all the great presents he'd get in return. He usually would end up upset and crying just thinking about it. Gabe thinks his front teeth are getting pushed out so has wanted to get rid of it for a while. I've wanted to let him keep it, it's one of the last 'baby' things that my baby has. Plus, he calm himself with it, sleeps awesome with it, not to mention, it looks so dang funny hanging out of his mouth. But most importantly, I don't want to mess with his amazing sleep ability!

This morning, Campbell got to attend a 'bring a friend to dance class' with E, so before we left, I flippantly said to Blake, "We should give your Paci to baby M." "OK", Blake said matter of factually. Not sure that he understood what that meant, so I explained that he would never have it again and he was still totally fine with it. Especially after I said he could go to Target and pick out a special toy in exchange.

As soon as he saw M, he ran up and handed his beloved Paci right over. I didn't even have time to pull out my camera and capture the moment. I was so surprised that Blake didn't even seem to care. He was more interested in seeing Campbell do her dance (Campbell had a blast of course, how couldn't a little girl dressed in all pink with a big tutu have fun?) & take multiple, multiple pictures of M.

On our way back home, we had to stop at Target to pick out a toy as I promised, even though it was already past lunch and naptime. Blake was so funny running through the aisles exclaiming in this funny, low excited voice he does, "Look at this!" to every single toy he saw. He finally settled on the most boyish of all boy toys, a Monster Truck - flashing lights, revving engine and rocking music.

Nap time was smooth, but I attributed it to Blake being exhausted and way past normal nap time. The only thing Blake said was, "I will say, where's red Paci? Where's red Paci?" I asked him what he'd answer and he just said, "At E's house." That was it.

Bedtime was smooth, but I was still nervous he's wake up in the middle of the night & realize what he'd done. No problem, he slept all night.

I guess he was ready. It was smooth as smooth could be. Yeah!

One last suck in the car before the hand off. I was pretty certain at this point he was going to not go through with it, but thought I better take a picture just in case.

M checking out his new Paci.

In the plethora of pictures Blake took of M/the floor/the ceiling, he got this great action shot of the 'baby' he's handing down his treasured Paci to.