Our BIG Boy!

Some new things going on around here with a 2 (and a half!) year old. Take a listen and hear about what a big boy Logan is now!

So the whole paci thing... something I have totally dreaded having to deal with ended up being so much easier when it wasn't even planned. I have been asked when I was going to do this and sometimes I would think it was a big deal and getting rid of it needed to happen... other times I would think it wasn't too big of a deal and that as long as it was in bed only (which it has been since he was 9 months old!), it's really not an issue I wanted to deal with.

Well, on Thursday, he went to my parents to spend the night and when he went down for his afternoon nap, my mom couldn't find the paci I had packed. Logan seemed ok with the idea that she would keep looking or my dad would go buy a new one if they couldn't find it, as long as he laid down and tried to go to sleep. Well, by the time my mom got ahold of me and I told her where it was in the bag, he was ASLEEP! She decided to see how the nap would go and he slept his usual 2 hours! They made a HUGE deal out of the BIG BOY excitement of having napped without a paci and he said he was going to give all his pacis to baby Ryan (though he said he needs to take them to baby Ryan's house, obviously a sign that he has no idea what's about to happen when we add another member to the family!). At bedtime, his eyes filled with tears and his lip started to quiver and then my parents praised what a big boy he was becoming and encouraged him that he didn't need it anymore. He went to sleep no problem! Same went for the nap the next day, so no more pacis!

At home of course, he was a little more emotional (thinking that I would have found one here) but it didn't take him long to fall asleep and there wasn't very much crying involved... just more of a whine. He did wake up VERY early this morning at home, probably because he didn't have that soother to get him to go back to sleep, but I'm thinking that will adjust as he gets used to not having one. His nap this afternoon was almost 3 hours without it, so maybe he caught up on some of that sleep then!

Jeff and I really can't believe how big we were making this seem in our own minds, trying to plan the right time to do away with the glorified soother... and then by accident (let me remind you that the paci WAS in the bag) he ends up being weened.
Big news over here!

On another "big boy" note, we just ordered Logan's new furniture for his big boy room... he was with us when we found it and was immediately calling it his big boy bed!
Here are some pictures of him checking it all out.

Trying out the ladder...
"like at the park, Mommy!"

Checking out the top bunk

Sitting on top very proudly...
Gives you a better view of the furniture

Had to try out the bottom, as that is where he'll actually sleep.
I think the ladder will be stored in the closet for awhile!

The store said it would come in within 3-4 weeks, so now we need to get busy. Things to do... paint the room, buy matresses, pick out bedding (needing both full and twin sets!) and get stuff that is currently in his room re-disbursed to other places in our house. Not to mention that the closet in the room he is going into is currently our storage of ALL things baby that we have held onto as Logan has been growing! LOTS to do... and lots to organize!

Another thing he is starting to want to do on his own is dress himself. This is how he put his underwear on by himself for the first time... he was SO proud, letting me take pictures of both front and back! Inside out AND backwards... too precious!

See the tag in the front?

Not looking real comfortable!

Here are some shots of our big boy helping his daddy wash the car. He was so excited to get to help daddy with this task and was very proud of the job he was doing with the sprayer!

I didn't get any pics, but he became quite the helper when we were visiting Jeff's parents in Graham. The windy day we had put branches and leaves all over the yards and Logan had his own sized rake, working hard to make piles with Papa. He loved getting to pick up the piles and put them in the garbage... it was play for him, as he didn't even know he was "working."

Oh, and one more thing. When we were in NY, Zachary made Logan a hot dog for lunch and just assumed he would eat it the same way that big boys do, making it with a bun and ketchup. This was a new thing for Logan (who has always had them cut up for him) and he ate TWO of them! He sat with all the big boys at the table and ate his hot dog just like the rest of them. Thanks Zachary... he wanted to be just like you! He has had a couple more since we got home, and eaten them with the bun too! What a big boy thing... no more cutting it up like I used to!