Lots to catch up on - but one piece of big news is that Anne Peyton finally gave up her nighttime/naptime pacifier! Shortly after we returned from Peru (more on that later!), John realized that she hadn't mentioned her paci lately, so he suggested she sleep without it that night. Amazingly, she agreed to it (we had suggested it many times before), and he agreed to sleep in her bed to help get her through the first night. Each night thereafter she slept without it, although sometimes it was difficult and she heartbreakingly requested it. Then, about a week later, we suggested that we give all the pacis to the mail lady so she could deliver them to all the poor babies without pacis. This had also been suggested and discussed MANY times before (even with the mail lady), but this time she agreed. We were a little nervous about showing her the box of pacis, but she didn't turn into a paci monster. 
Instead she bravely carried the box out to the mail truck and handed it over. It really was a BIG moment because you can't imagine how much comfort she derived from those things; they were her ROCK whenever she was upset about anything. So the courage and independence this showed was major. We celebrated immediately and called a few people to let her brag about her bravery. A week later or so she rec'd a letter in the mail from a little girl in California who had received the pacis and was so very grateful!! (thanks, Nonney!).
Instead she bravely carried the box out to the mail truck and handed it over. It really was a BIG moment because you can't imagine how much comfort she derived from those things; they were her ROCK whenever she was upset about anything. So the courage and independence this showed was major. We celebrated immediately and called a few people to let her brag about her bravery. A week later or so she rec'd a letter in the mail from a little girl in California who had received the pacis and was so very grateful!! (thanks, Nonney!).
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