Courtney and Dave Schoen: Just trying to keep up

To say June has been busy would be an understatement. So far we've had Grady's Baptism, a wedding in Wilmington, and an engagement party in Raleigh. Next weekend we have Sarah and Jonathan coming to visit. While everything has been awesome and catching up with old friends even better, I'm not going to lie I am EXHAUSTED. We attended Will and Claire's wedding in Wilmington - what a fun time. It flew by as I was busy catching up with old friends, so much so that I never took my camera out. Not once! Same goes for Kristin and Michael's engagement party last night. My how times have changed. In the past I would have taken 100 photos throughout the evening! Grady stayed with my parents while we were in Wilmington. Dave and I were so excited to have our first little getaway sans Grady. But, I didn't even make it an hour down the road before I called my mom to check in. And, of course, there were tears when we left. My parents were beyond excited to have him for the weekend. They converted the guest room into Grady's room - equipped with a jumper, toys, books, etc - everything he could ever need. It was too sweet for words. We came home Sunday and celebrated Father's Day with the fam. John and Christy met Grady for the first time. I think they liked him :)

So my last post I told you how close Grady is to getting his toes in his mouth, well he finally got that big toe in his mouth. I love watching the shear determination this kid has as he grabs that chubby leg and foot and shoves that toe in his mouth. Hilarious!

We put Grady in his highchair for the first time and he loved it. love him in the highchair. Although its bittersweet because it makes him look so much older. He has now had cereal, apples, and pears. For a while he fought the spoon but if I put it on my finger (no judgment) he couldn't get it in his mouth fast enough. Tonight, however, he ate from the spoon like a pro. I'm getting ready to start him on peas and if he's anything like me, he'll hate them.

Teething is still around. He has one bad day a week and it kills me when he screams in pain. I wish I could trade places him. I've been using homepathic teething gel instead of the Baby Orajel and it works pretty good. A few times we've had to give him Tylenol :( I'm really not into the Baby Orajel because it contains red 44 - what is that? I'm obsessed with keeping everything organic for Grady and unless someone can explain what the hell red 44 is, he is so not getting it!