The Paci Fairy Cometh

Dear BabyLady -

Right now the house is silent, short of "Luna's" insistent meows to get downstairs to feed she & Murph.  You are asleep. In Mommy & Daddy's bed. On a "nest" of blankets I built for you & your new friend, Koala, because you know, koalas live in trees.  =)  That was my last idea to get you to settle down & go to sleep last night.  Though you did OK at naptime, you were very upset last night at bedtime because your pacis were no longer.  You are 2 1/2YO & it was time for the Paci Fairy to come & for you to ditch that habit.  We talked about it for a couple weeks & then yesterday was the day!  Mommy took you (& a sleeping Tait) to Build a Bear Workshop @ Somerset to build a bear all of your choosing to replace pacis' position in your sleep routine.  You chose a Koala, which you named exactly that.  =)  We chose an outfit: hoodie, skinny jeans, & Ugg-style boots, all like you have!! So cute!  We took her home & before nap you dropped your last 2 pacis in a little gift bag for the Paci Fairy to take to babies who don't have pacis & can't sleep. You were so brave & solemn about it!  There were some tears at naptime, but after laying beside Mommy for 5 mins on Mommy's bed, next to Murphy, with your arm around your new friend Koala, you zonked out for a good nap.  So precious!!  Bedtime was a lot tougher for you, after all, old habits die hard!  It was nearly 11PM by the time I executed this Koala nest idea & got you to calm down.  In the midst of all of this, BabyTait popped back up, too, from his bed to join in the fun.  What a circus it was there for a while!!  At any rate, you were very brave, we are very proud of you ... & I must admit, while I was ready to ditch the pacis (you'd wake up during the night & need us to retrieve it from the floor & they were chapping your poor little chin), it was definitely bittersweet.  Our sweet, silly, smart girl is growing every day before our very eyes.  & it is an amazing, wonderful ride with you each & every day.

Sweetest dreams in a Koala nest of BabyTait's blankets, BabyLady, sweet dreams,
All my love like always,
Mommy =)