Before and After

I apologize for not posting in a while. I'm a bad blogger. Here is an update of new things:

1. DANIEL WAS MADE CHIEF!! Woopwoop! He was one of three voted chief out of a class of 16. All residents voted.

2. Um. Maybe this should not have been a list, as I only have one new super important thing I can think of...

Well, Tyndall is still teething (EIGHT and counting) and gets better at scooting every day. She tries to crawl on her hands and knees but doesn't seem quite strong enough yet. She is pulling up, too. Danger! Danger! Warning! Our house is mostly babyproofed, if you were wondering. Outlets covered with plans to lock cabinets that have dangerous substances in them. Plan to move houseplants into a no-baby zone. We also picked out carpet to put in our basement, so we are moving forward with basement renovation plans. We are also going to the beach over Easter since Daniel and I both have that week off for vacation! Tyndall's first beach trip! We will take lots of pictures. Oh it also snowed. Tyndall was indifferent. She liked to watch the dogs run in the snow. I imagine it won't be fun until she can run around and catch snowflakes on her tongue and make snow angels and eat snow cream.

In other news, I have been making baby food. It's fun. It's easy. It's cheap. Tyndall hearts it. Here are before and after pictures.

As you can see, she loves it.

Also, we bought a baby jogger. My argument for it was that having a jogging stroller would compel me to run/exercise. Hah. Just kidding. It's just much easier to maneuver, particularly with the dogs. But I did get a teensie bit excited about the possibility of jogging with Tyndall in it. So jogging strollers are hundreds of dollars unless you buy a used one. On Friday, I spotted one for sale for $50 on Craigslist. I went to their house, offered them $40, and it was officially ours! The couple had taken pretty good care of the stroller, but it was well-used and the canvas fabric had faded and the reflective things had peeled off. I had some more reflective tape, so I fixed that pretty easily. Then I went to Michael's and bought some navy dye. I'm pretty proud of myself since I am not that crafty. Before and After:

Just like new.

Leaps and bounds

Well, I haven't posted in a while because not much has happened until today. True, we went to visit family over Christmas (posted photos on Picasa), and Tyndall is teething, but other than that things have been pretty quiet. On the other hand, she is developing her four top teeth simultaneously, which I think is rather uncommon, but other than a handful of bad nights, she's been ok. I knew something would happen suddenly, though. That's how she is: she's developing along with no new milestones, and then-- BAM! All of a sudden, with no prior warning or previous attempts, she rolls from her back to her front. Except today it was SCOOTING!! She rolls all over creation at daycare. It is her primary method of transportation. For that reason, I thought she just wasn't interested in crawling. She hadn't tried it yet, and she hasn't really gotten on her hands and knees yet (but she did that today, too). Check out the video!

Tyndall updates

You all should be getting our Christmas card soon. It's pretty darn cute, even if I am biased. If anyone would like me to share the pictures I have uploaded to the Walgreens website, just let me know. You can print them off from there and have them shipped right to your door! Anyway, Tyndall has shown serious all-around progress. Here's an update of the cool things my kid can do:
1. Roll over from front to back. She started doing it Monday and she does it all the time now. It doesn't even seem like it takes her much effort. She even uses her crib bars to pull herself over. I imagine it won't be long before she realizes she can use her crib bars to pull herself up! Eeeps!
2. Babble. She did this already, but she does it a lot more. She also babbles with other babies.
3. She holds her own bottle. She held it pretty much the entire time I fed her yesterday.
4. She leans over on her side to pick up toys that have fallen.
5. She protests and looks for a toy when she drops it.
6. She leans to get toys out of reach.
7. She rakes her hand to pick up a toy.
8. She slings her toys off to the side and back. She previously would just play with her toys and stick them in her mouth, but it's almost like she's experimenting to see what the toy will do and what noise it will make.
9. When I reach to pick her up, she raises her arms.
10. When I picked her up from daycare yesterday, she was lifting a large mobile off the ground!
11. Umm... I guess that's it. But she has gotten much more physical and squirmy.

We are heading to NC for the holidays. Merry Christmas to everyone!!

I love Binky, but I tonight I'm going for my right foot!

Tyndall in her WonderBug

On Fighting

In Atul Gawande's book, Better, he gives a great quote worth repeating:

"The seemingly easiest and most sensible rule for a doctor to follow is: Always Fight. Always look for what more you could do. I am sympathetic to this rule. It gives us our best chance of avoiding the worst error of all--giving up on someone we could have helped."

Funny baby

The last 20 seconds aren't much, but the middle of the video is pure awesomeness.