New pools, hysterical Maya moments, and au revoir a la paci

A little pool time. Tried to capture how beautiful our new pool is. We got a new liner and it is basically a new pool and just looks awesome. The water looks crystal clear and the liner is nice and squishy on your feet.

Maya got a kick out of me swatting a bug and shouting. I just kept going with it and she just laughed hysterically which caused me to laugh hysterically.

Maya drops it down low and does a little bootie dance.

**Very exciting news. We have been struggling with Delaney giving up her night pacifier. She had been using it for naps and nighttime and we had been telling her when she turned three she needed to give it up. She was agreeing and we mailed one pacifier to a child in the hospital. She was left with one pacifier and we kept saying she needed to get rid of it. We got nervous about getting rid of it and kept stalling on it. Meanwhile---Delaney kept chewing on her last remaining pacifier like it was a cow chewing on cud. Each night she would chew on it until the end of the pacifier came off and it was left as a little stub. She would continue trying to suck on it for a few nights but she kept saying it was "yucky" and would put it in her mouth and then immediately take it out. On June 22---Delaney stopped asking for it and hasn't needed it anymore. Hooray!!! It remains in her room because I gladly hand it to her when she remembers it but then she looks at it and says "yucky". Our little headstrong child just had to get rid of it her own way. I am very proud of her---she's so grown up. Sniff.