Not as bad as I thought it would be

So this picture shows Carter's happy place. Pacifier in mouth, handle up under his nose, blankey in hand and tag or corner of blankey rubbing around the pacifier.

Last week Carter was sick so I let him have his blanket and pacifier, "passy" whenever he wanted it. (So pretty much 24/7) Wednesday, Carter was noticeably feeling better. He ate only a few bites of his cereal in the morning and wanted down to have his blanket, passy and watch cartoons. When I tried put his passy up on the armoire, it was the meltdown of the century.

I decided that was it, we were getting rid of passy. I let him have it the rest of the morning. Abby and I talked to him about being a big boy and that passies are for babies. I told him if he was ready to be a big boy and throw away his passy, we could go to the pet store (one of his favorite places) and get a fish.

So, we went to the pet store. I let him walk through the store one time with his passy. We then walked to the trash can and I told him, "You are a big boy and it is time to throw away your passy." He looked at Abby, (apparently he needs to consult with her before making a decision) she told him to throw it away and he did. We went inside picked out two fish and set off for home.

He held the bag with the fish for a while then had a snack. After snack he asked for his blankey. I gave it to him. Then he asked for his passy. I told him, "You threw it away in the trash." He then panicked and said "uh, oh." He cried most of the way home and continued to say, "uh, oh."

As far as sleeping he is now doing fine. Last night there was not one tear. That first afternoon there was a lot of crying but he finally gave in and fell asleep. He does bring it up a little but it is not as bad as I thought it would be.

Now he seems like such a big boy. Hopefully I have given him enough time to get over it before the new baby comes. Next on the list: Potty training (Don't expect any post about this happening any time soon.)

April

I know it is only two weeks into April but it feels more like it has been two months of April. We have been very busy.

The 2nd of April Abby had pictures and an Easter egg hunt at school. It was a very fun day for her.


April 4th was my sister-in-law Heather's birthday. She is now the big 1-5. We sang Happy birthday and had cake with her on Sunday the 5th. I am really bad at remembering to take my camera to family events so I don't have a picture.

The 6th-10th was spring break for Abby and Dean but not for me. My class is a short-term online class so I still had school work due during the week.

April 10th was Savino's birthday. My baby brother is now 17. We went to Me-n-Ed's for pizza then back to my mom's house for cake.

Sunday, April 12th (Easter) was Abby's birthday. She is now 5 years old. It was a very busy day being that we were celebrating Abby's birthday and Easter. We started off the day with baskets of goodies from the Easter Bunny. After getting ready for church I had to take some picture of the kids. They looked so cute in there Easter Sunday clothes.


We skipped out after the 2nd hour of church and headed home. We had barbecued hamburgers. Along with Rachel's pasta salad, a fruit salad, chips and soda we were pretty full.

After the BBQ we dyed Easter Eggs. After that, Savino (our professional Easter Egg Hider) hid the eggs for the hunt. This was the first year there were participants other that my 18 year old brother Chris and Abby. Abby, Carter, Jacob and Chris, hopefully, found all of the eggs. After the Easter Egg hunt we sang Happy Birthday to Abby and she opened her gifts.





After my family left our house, we went to visit Dean's family. Heather and Tyler hid some Easter eggs for the cousins and we also sang Happy Birthday to Abby there.

Today I worked in Abby's preschool class. She took some frosted sugar cookies to her class and everyone sang Happy Birthday to her.

Big Boy Bed

Sunday night we moved Carter to a big boy bed. He transitioned easier than I thought he would. The first night he cried for 45 minutes. I would go in every couple of minutes and put him back in his bed. By 8:00p.m. he was sleeping in bed.

His first nap went really well. I went in to check in on him one time and he had cleared the bottom shelf of the changing table and was laying down on his belly, his arm hanging out, driving a car on the rug. The second time I checked on him he was in bed sleeping so I guess he is good with the new bed. Next on our agenda: Get rid of passy.

Zoo

Monday my sister Rachel and I took our kids to the zoo. We packed up all of the kids bright and early to start our adventure.

Carter is too busy playing with Baby Eli to look at the camera.


Cousin Jacob and Abby with the giraffes.