Paci Free

So today we hit a huge milestone in the Klauser home, we are forever "paci free".  Ian was attached to his pacis more than the other three combined.  Dad (Nate) and I have been preparing him for weeks that it was time to loose it.  We had tried many things to make him hand it over and nothing worked; until a good buddy of his received a balloon at church from a family friend for being "paci free".  We told him he could get one too if he slept without his.  He really wanted that balloon, but I'm not going to lie, last night was not pretty.  Dad pretty much laid on top of him until he fell asleep.  Ian also woke up almost two hours early but was proud and smiles all day.  We rejoiced with him and took him to pick out his balloon.  He did have a few whinny, "I want you, Mom" during nap-time today and bedtime tonight but successfully fell asleep on his own paci free!  

My two favorite things about this whole event is that first, he was so proud of himself and the kids were for him too.  Secondly, every kid thanked God for helping Ian be strong to get rid of his pacis during bedtime prayer tonight.