binkie award

we did it! i woke up this morning with a plan to get rid of the binkie, and we did it today!

i put them in a baggie inside a gift bag, and made up an award for gabey that said "I gave my binkie".
we went to the mall, and had mcdonalds.




i gave him the award, we took a picture, and i gave the binkie to a mom with a baby there. she was cool, and had her other kids clap, and give gabey high fives and cheer. he was ok, kind of whimpered a few times on the way home. he was like "binkie?"


at one point i put the sign on a coat hook on the car, and he held up bunny so bunny could see the award. later, he asked to hold it.




we got him a balloon that says "congratulations" on it. and when he saw it, he screamed, "BALLOON!!" and starting running around it in circles. i got video, but accidentally deleted it. lol.

he was fine until naptime, and then he cried for about a half an hour, and then we got him out, so it's 8:30pm and it's been a looooong afternoon for me. lol. jeff went to watch the ohio state game over his friend's house. gabey has been totally bipolar, lol, laughing and being giddy one second, and crying the next.
i'm not looking forward to tonight, i'm hoping he'll just be soooo dead tired, that he'll just drop off. here's to hoping. lol.