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About a month ago, Sutton gave up his pacifiers, and this was one of our ways of celebrating! It all started after Christmas when Greg and I were talking about when to take away his pacifiers. I always think it is harder for me to actually do it, than for the kids to give them up.

So I mentioned to my friend Carrie who watches Sutton that we would be taking them away soon. He is 2 1/2, so I knew it was time....

Well, Carrie called me back that same day and said "Sutton has something to tell you". Well, apparently after nap they had a good talk about how he was a big boy now, and he told her that he wanted to throw his pacis in the trash! So they threw them in the trash can, and he was calling me to tell me about it!

Well, I knew now there was no turning back. So when I picked him up, I told him we could give the other pacis to Patrick (our children's minister at church) and he would save them for baby Luke (wink, wink) or we could put them in the mailbox so they would be mailed to the hospital.

You may wonder why I made up weird stories, but I had always heard that it is best to get the pacifiers out of your house so that your child doesn't ask for them over and over AND so that as a parent, you aren't tempted to change your mind.

Well, Max immediately told Sutton that the mailbox is dirty and that would get lots of germs on the pacis....so he nixed that idea. (Someone remind me not to have older brothers around when I am explaining these same options to Luke one day)

So Sutton decided to gather all of his pacis to take to church that night and give to Patrick. Only problem was I neglected to call and give Patrick a heads up. Apparently, he handled it well and went right along with our plan. Thanks Patrick! So here they are...Daddy took them to buy a big tub of ice cream so we could all celebrate Sutton's big accomplishment. I stressed about this for literally months, and within a few days, he never mentioned a pacifier again.

Sutton, we're proud of you buddy! You are such a big boy, and you don't need those stinkin' pacis anymore!