Pacifier Follow Up

In case you're following our pacifier saga, just wanted to give you the update. Today is day 2, night 3 and so far so good! She's asked for it a few times and cries for about a minute when I remind her the "bunny" has it, but then she settles down and goes to sleep! I have to say I'm shocked and amazed at how much easier this has gone than I expected. I don't want to jinx anything but so far so good!

Oh, and her Uncle Jeff was generous enough to give her this:And it's HUGE! I think it's almost the entire length of Leah. And now she is sleeping with it. Along with a Dora pillow and blanket, and 6 other plush items. Thanks a lot, Uncle Jeff!

We finally did it

Leah has slept with a pacifier since the day she was born. Since she was about 6 months old, we limited it to the car and her crib. Then at some point it was only to be used in bed for sleeping and thats it. At 2 years, 3 months, it bothered me that she still had it, even if we had limits on it. She seemed very attached to it, and I dreaded the day we took it away. Well, last night was that day. I told her that a bunny needed them and took them for her babies, but the bunny would bring her a nice present to thank her. She seemed to be ok with that concept until she went to sleep and realized there were no paci's there. She cried for about 2 minutes, and then was quiet the rest of the night! The second I went in her room this morning she said something about the bunny bringing her a "nice present" and this is what she got:She looked at it and said "whoooooaaaaaaa". It was the cutest thing ever. She was very excited about it and we made sure to thank the bunny who gave it to her.

Now lets just hope she can nap today without it!!!

More vacation pictures

Family photo:



Leah playing in the sand:

Eating smores:

All the cousins:

Some pics from our trip

We had a busy day on the lake. Here are some pics:

On the road

We're up in Bass Lake today. It was a 4 hour drive, plus a stop for lunch. It was nap time towards the end of our drive, and Leah finally fell asleep.....about 10 minutes from the lake. We ended up driving around for an extra 30 minutes so she could get in a good nap.

Here is Leah and all her "friends".

Some new pics

Being cheesy:
Papa's birthday:


Being a goofball:

First pedicure:
(well, I just painted them myself, but still...)

Where did my baby go?

Seriously, does this look like a baby to you?


Or this? (note the dog in the stroller)

Awe, this is what I'm talking about: (Leah and her cousin drinking their milky)



And this:

They'll always be my babies....

**No chihuahuas were harmed in the making of this blog**