The Last of the Pacy.......

Four the past four years the pacifier has been a item on our weekly grocery list and a staple product that we could not survive without. As of this past Saturday the last two Lancaster babies, Bethany and Brock are going on a month sober from the pacifier! I have to admit the person who has had the hardest time was..... well,..... Me! I decided that Saturday morning a month ago that we were done with the pacys and told Bethany and Brock that they could trade their pacifiers for a toy if they gave them to Santa and to my surprise they said "ok." I'm thinking what!?!? "ok" for years now Joey and I have spent hours up in the middle of the night searching under couches and beds for pacifiers that you had to have to go to sleep, we have pulled the car over countless times to get pacifiers that fell into the cracks of seats, we have turned around and went back home realizing we forgot to pack the emergency back up pacifiers and you two just say "ok". I suddenly realized that I was the one holding on to the pacy. With my last two babies not having that little symbol of babyhood in their mouth I had another jolt of reality that they are not going to stay little forever :( Bethany and Brock had a few bumpy days to adjust to life without a constant cork in their mouth and their comfort soother at night but they made it. Surprisingly I made it too! They ended up traded about 20 pacifiers we found around the house for a Buzz light year and a barbie.

Now a month later it's nice not having to explain why my two and three year old still have a pacifier and it's nice not having to search for pacifiers at all hours of the night. I have realized that yes my babies are growing up but that doesn't mean the memories will stop. With each passing day they achieve another milestone and imprint another priceless memory on my heart that I can cherish forever! In honor of Bethany & Brock's pacifier milestone I've made a collage, bye bye pacifier, we've shared some good memories, you will be missed and not forgotten.