tired

So, Baby Boot Camp was actually not nearly as bad as we had anticipated (knock on wood!). The baby actually put himself to sleep with just a minimal amount of crying each time. Apparently he was quite ready for us to stop rocking me already and just put me in the crib, mom! Sigh. I wasn't aware he'd get this independent so fast. We were successful in much of what we tried this weekend, and still have a few kinks to work out until we find the perfect schedule for him. But I would have to declare this weekend an unqualified success. Most of the thanks goes to JC- he had to do a lot of the dirty work. Thanks, honey!

Some other firsts this weekend: We only did 3 days on sweet peas because they were clearly not a fan favorite:

Carrots, on the other hand, were very well received.

We have two more days of carrots and then we'll be starting bananas on wednesday.

We discovered that Gray's hair is now long enough to shape into the coveted faux hawk (that's fake mohawk for the more, uh, mature readers). We had a great time in the pool fashioning him into a baby punk rocker:

And, best of all, Aunt Kate came for a visit! Unfortunately, we timed it wrong, and Graydon had just gone down for a nap when she arrived. But he woke up in the nick of time, and he was clearly very happy to see his aunt. Kate also had the misfortune of getting her hand chomped on by Graydon's new TOOTH! Yes, we've now got teeth over here! JC and I didn't even realize it (how I could breastfeed and not feel it is beyond me!) and I feel slightly bad that we have been sleep training him through this traumatic time. But he seems to be doing ok, no crankier than usual, so I guess we'll just keep on doing what we've been doing.

All in all, a busy, tiring, but productive weekend.