Bye Bye Bink and the rest of July 2010

We always said we would take Jack's bink away by the time he was two. DADDY decided the time had come to say bye bye to bink the week after we got home from our camping trip. We decided to take Jack to build a bear and pick any animal he wanted, he chose a dog we now know as Woof. Jack's bink was stuffed into Woof and Jack wasn't thrilled. He rejected Woof for the first day and a half but now they are best buddies and we hardly leave home with out him.
The first night was rough, Jack was so sad. Mama was ready to end the madness and made Daddy take over. Jack was out after about fourty-five minutes and did fine at bedtimes after that. The process was smoother then we thought, thank goodness.

I don't mean to make Daddy sound like the bad guy because he had the best of intentions. He was definitely the strong one in this situation! :o)

Helping "stuff" Woof

Putting in the heart. (Mama is shaking behind the camera)

Not ready to give up bink

So sad but the next photo is the real heart breaker

This photo still makes me so sad, look at that lip!

This is how Jack eats an ice cream cone

Who is that handsome boy!?

Playing with his easel

One of his last sessions of swim lessons. Jack did AMAZING and we both learned a lot. He loves the water and by the end of swimming lessons he was swimming under water from mom to dad or vise versa for five to seven seconds! We have a pool where we live and have had several people comment on his skills! Look out Michael Phelps!

Loved the slide. The first few weeks his teacher guided him into the water but half way through we would just let go and he would hold his breath and fall into the water and come back to the surface on his own.