My not so little guys...

My Ty is growing up so fast! I caught him today pulling up on the couch, he fell down pretty quickly, but nonetheless he pulled up. It makes me so sad because he doesn't want me to hold him too much anymore. He just wants to explore. This last week he hit a big milestone for me, he can now sit up in the cart at stores. It is so nice to be able to put him in the front part, the only hard part now is wrangling in my other two. He can also hold his own in the bathtub now with his big brothers. It is nice to be able to put the three of them in together.

The other night I put him in this tupperware and he wasn't sure if he wanted to laugh or cry. And check out Maximo's little cheeks peepin through in the background. He can now pull his pants and undies down, but can't get them back on by himself. And to be honest he prefers running around without them on. big

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Maximo has now been paci-free for almost 3 weeks. I am so proud of him. I took him to Target one day while Athen was at school and let him pick out a toy and he had to pay for it with his paci. He said , "bye, bye pah." Later that day at naptime he asked for his paci bucket and I handed him the empty bucket and gave him his toy that he bought with his pacis and he cried for a bit and then went to sleep. I think the anticipation of it was harder for me than him actually getting rid of it. Yesterday we were playing in the boys room and he saw something under Athen's bed. He asked (screamed) for me to help him and I looked under the bed and saw a paci and a Cars map. I pulled both of them out from under the bed and he snatched the map out of my hands as quickly as possible. I was shocked that he didn't want the paci but he didn't seem to care at all. He has also been napping in Athen's bed in the afternoon. He absolutely loves it. I tell him that if he gets up at all then he is going in his crib. He won't even move a muscle. He even waits for me to come and get him when he wakes up. The problem is at night he now wants to sleep in there... Athen has grown into a little boy overnight! He is into so many little boy things: legos, cars, racing, wrestling, burping, tooting, and just being plain silly. I can't believe he is almost 4 1/2, it's just plain crazy to me!