paci

About a week and a half ago we took away Jackson's pacifiers.  And it has gone amazingly well!  One of those things that apparently I dreaded unnecessarily.  It was a spur of the moment decision on my part - we talked about sharing it (first with me, and then with other babies), and he seemed okay with that.  For the first few days bedtimes went just fine, but he didn't nap.  After three days of not napping (and he is NOT ready to give up his nap), I was resigned to try giving him a pacifier back just for naptime, but then he fell asleep on his own!  The next day he was wound up and I did end up giving him his pacifier, but ever since then he has done pretty well.  He has asked about it a couple times, but there have been no tears over it.  Thankfully, if he's not napping he's perfectly happy just hanging out in his crib for quite a while.  So, we are all done with his beloved "fi"!  Hopefully potty training goes as well as this did.  :)

Last week sometime Jackson got it in his head that he wanted to go to Sunday School and see Miss Stephanie.  Of course, he has no sense of time, so telling him it would be a few more days wasn't very helpful.  Love it that he was so excited for it - he'll talk about songs that they sing, and even list off a few of his friends that are in class with him (Kassie, Tommy, and Reese). 

Levi is SO CLOSE to losing his first tooth.  I'm not sure I'm ready for that.  :(  He has a bottom one that's been pretty loose for a couple weeks now, so if he spent some time working on it I'm pretty sure it wouldn't take too much to get it out.  A couple different times now Levi has gotten to go up to the cottage with Mike and Harold on a Friday when he's not at school, but Caleb and Logan are.  Works out pretty well as he jumps in and helps where he can.  (They are doing a major remodel.) 

A couple weeks ago Logan came down with another stomach bug.  So glad it didn't spread to anyone else, but I felt so bad for him!  There was one afternoon/evening that he was in pretty rough shape.  Thankful it passed quickly.

Last week Caleb and Logan finally had their 8 year well-child visit to the doctor.  No surprise that they're healthy.  :)  Caleb is 77 lbs (93%) and 4' 8" (>99%).  Logan is 65 lbs (75%) and 4' 5" (83%).  So thankful for healthy, growing boys!

After months and months of waiting, we finally took the boys to Rebounderz (an indoor trampoline park).  :)  They had been begging and begging, and so at Christmas we promised we'd go sometime.  And, finally, last week it happened.  (We were going to do it the week before, but that's when Logan got sick.)  It was so much fun for all of us!  I was surprised at how much Jackson enjoyed it as well.  There was a small child play area with a slide that he really liked, but he also had a lot of fun in the area with all the different trampolines that you can go back and forth on.  Most of us tried out the Ninja Warrior course, the foam pit, and the tall jump.  (The foam pit was miserable for Mike and I, it's nearly impossible to get out!) 

We're in that 'fun' transition time with the weather.  I guess I'm ready for the weather to get nicer, but it's still bittersweet since I know Mike only has a few more Friday's off left.  :(