Bye Bye Pacifier

December 15th was a great day at our house.  Ella decided to put her pacifier under the tree so Santa would come early and give her a Jesse doll in exchange for it.  She and I talked about it and Ella decided right away that was what she wanted to do (I thought I'd give her the idea and that she'd think about it for awhile and maybe go for it).  Gustavo and I decided we were up for the consequences so we called Santa on Ella's Belle phone and he came right away.  It took Ella nearly 2 hours to fall asleep the first night and she had a melt down when she woke up at 2 in morning, but things only got better from that point on.  She never regretted her decision and sometimes asked for her pacifier, but accepted our answer that Santa had it.  All in all, I am still a big believer in the pacifier.  It helped her be an AMAZING sleeper for quite some time and weening wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be.  Ella is officially a big girl, oh wait, she still isn't potty trained... that is our next milestone to conquer.