I'm afraid to mention it....don't want to jinx it

Our little family made a trip to Build a Bear Workshop at the Valley Mall on Saturday - our first expercience. We (mostly I) have been dreading finally yanking the paci away from Ella. Man, we'd talked about it for what seems like forever. That little thing served us well, that's for sure. Anyway, we made our way to the Bear Workshop to create a brand new teddy bear for Ella and hide paci away inside (thanks for the idea, Court!). We'd talked with Ella about it and she was on board. At the critical moment of stuffing the paci inside the bear there was a little freaking out, but she recovered. She loved making her new teddy!! The true test was the first time we put her to bed and there was no paci..... we got home from the mall and lunch and Seth took her into her room and she started asking for it. Uh oh. After a few minutes of tears and screams of "take it out" (of the bear), she calmed down and hugged on the new "Teddy Girl." She actually ended up taking a great nap. Since then we haven't really had any issues at all and Ella has been sleeping so well! Whew! I know it's only been a couple days, but so far so good!