going, going, gone

i've been meaning to post this for some time now but between school, preschool, being pregnant, and everything else i have have lost any free time to post.  remember this sweet face?

and this one...

and this one...

notice a theme?  yup, his O's.  he and those O's were one in the same.  always one in the mouth and at least one in the hand.  well, about 3 1/2 we started telling mr. brooks that when he turns 4 he had to give up his O's.  this was a day that i was dreading.  i was not sure how it would go but since we had been telling him he had to give them up i had to go through with it.  

on his birthday we made a big deal about being a big boy, and even got him a big bed to sleep in and let him pick out a new stuffed animal to "trade" his O's for.  as bed time approached i kept waiting for the meltdown.  he and his O's have never been apart.  but, in true rockstar style he went to bed with no problems.  it's like the O's just disappeared.  he hasn't even asked where they went.  now, don't get me wrong, there are several times that i have wished he still had those O's so that he would go and sit in our bed and "spend some time with his O's" as he used to say.  i'm so proud of the way he just let them go.  such a big boy.  we'll see what happens when this new baby arrives and he/she wants an O!  

speaking of the new baby, things are going well.  i've started getting weekly shots of progesterone to hopefully keep the preterm labor from happening.  fingers crossed and prayers said that it works.  we all know my history of preterm labor.  i am also going on monday for a level 2 ultrasound on this baby's heart.  they will check and make sure everything is hooked up where it should be, so to speak.  we are just praying for a happy, healthy baby this time around.  we've had our fair share of the other stuff i think, don't you?