oliver jack kicked the habit!

 this week oliver jack passed his pacifiers on to the paci fairy.  i know, i know...people cannot believe that we let him have a pacifier for this long, but the reality is that it really isn't a big deal to me.  harper had hers until she was almost 3.  calvary gave his up close to 3.  and oliver jack follows suit.  one morning, after riding calvary's bike for a few days, oliver jack mentioned that he wanted his own bike.  i told him that when he is ready to give his paci up the paci fairy might bring him a bike.  his excitement was hand flapping obvious and he said he wanted to give them up that night!  we ran with it and, keeping the murray tradition, he talked to the paci fairy on the phone, tied his paci to the tree, and went to bed without his beloved paci.  he has not shed a single tear.  he let go of his paci without any of the drama that harper had...(please, mommy...just tell me you know its hard...tell me you understand) or the midnight cries of calvary.  he had a difficult time falling asleep that first night but i think that may have more to do with his excitement rather withdrawals.

the next morning he woke up and found a shiny new bike sitting under the same tree where he left his paci.  he was so excited he could hardly handle it.  ...hands were flapping, feet were rarely on the ground... he has been riding his bike every day and has figured out the pedals and even figured out how to brake...which is a good thing for going top speed down our drive way.  the only sad part about the whole deal is the all too familiar recognition that he is growing up.  he looks so big on the seat of his "rocket bike".  he is loosing so much of that baby chub and starting to look more and more like a real boy.  but mostly i am just proud of him...