Transition from Monday to Tuesday... things are looking up

Yesterday afternoon was Truman's 18mo appt (a month late) - the appt went great, he wow'd all the nurses with his vocab and his Dr said everything looked great!  A little fluid in one ear (remnants of his recent ear infection) and he definitely has a cold brewing but that it was getting better.  He's in the 97% for height and 50-75% for weight - hear that Seahawks?? ;)  He received two shots, which he did not appreciate, but was swayed by the cool soccer band-aids and an Elmo sticker. 

During my discussion with his Doc we discussed his 'Paci' - (pacifier) and she has given me a date of 6/1 - only at night and by the end of June NO MORE!!  okay okay, I know he'll be fine and he doesn't need it and its a germ factory at school but hmmm.. not sure either of us is ready for this one! ;) (I know Rodney is)  I'm sure its just like sleep training, a rough 3-5 days and then he's over it but its those rough 3-5 days that I do not look forward to!  I'm also a little sad, this is really the last remaining 'baby' item for him... we've (amazingly) had the same pacifier since he was in the hospital.. SAME ONE! only a few holy shit moments, one specifically at Christmas when he was two and a half months old we were at Target doing some shopping and got to the checkout with NO PACI!  Rodney and I then took another 30min, backtracking through Target and received our Christmas miracle ironically on the ground in the diaper isle... !  I'm sure we'll both be fine and move on without it, but between you and me it sure is nice to be able to give him that Paci for instant comfort and a little peace and quiet ;)

On a more positive note this morning Truman slept until 6:45am... WUHUU!! I actually got a shower without interruption (bonus!) Traffic wasn't bad, Truman was in a good mood so I was hopeful about a good drop-off.  We said hi to Shadow the donkey, the ducks and the goats, walked into the classroom...so far so good... we walked into the playroom with the other kids and he was a little clingy but no tears and then the big transition from mama to Ms Rita..   NO TEARS!!  there wasn't actually a smile either but NO TEARS!! I'm considering that a 'W' for today!!

- progress today mama