Good bye paci's, hello bottles!

These past few weeks have been jam-pack full of excitement and fun for all of us. So many things have happened I will try to just highlight a few. The biggest "milestones" these weeks though have been AJ being finished with the paci (finally!) and Abby kind of starting to take a bottle. This all happened while I stayed with the kids at my parents house for a week while Adam went on a fishing trip with his dad and brother. It was wonderful having the week with my family, and I know that everyone enjoyed one another's company. AJ constantly asks to be with his grandparents and Ashley, and I know they miss him terribly.

AJ went bowling for the first time ever! He insisted on carrying his ball all the way to the lane. He had a blast!

Here is Abby screaming during her bath. I wish she enjoyed getting baths, but I know her time will come soon!

Here is Ashley holding Abby at McDonalds so I could play in the playland with AJ. We went several times to McDonalds and played for hours on those dirty tunnels. Let's just say hand sanitizer was frequently applied.

Here is AJ coming out of one of the tunnels.

We spent many mornings and afternoons at one of the local beaches. AJ had so much fun throwing rocks in the water, playing with the sand, and "falling" on his bottom in the water. Ashley was a good sport and went in the water with him :)

Here is Ashley and Abby having a conversation.

Here is AJ eating his cake when we had our going away party for the pacifiers. I had bought a cake and balloons for our celebration. We sang "Good bye paci's" to the tune of happy birthday, then blew out the candles. We then went outside and AJ let two balloons go that had a pacifier tied to it. I videotaped the whole thing, and he still to this day watches the videos several times every night. I think it helps him cope with the fact that they are gone. He has only asked for them a few times, and when I say he can't have them and ask him why, he will say they went up in the air and went to little babies (who need pacifiers, and two year olds don't). He has had a harder time sleeping in general and misses a few naps, but overall handed this super well.