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!!
Friday, December 16, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
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."
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
NEW New link
Sorry the link to the photos doesn't work. Let's try it again:
Let me know again if it doesn't work!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
More photos
You can look at our picture album online to see more photos from October: https://picasaweb.google.com/home?hl=en&tab=qq
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Long time, no blog
I do apologize it's been a month since I last blogged. Lots has been going on. Tyndall and I went home the first weekend in October. It was the first time she got to meet the rest of my family! She was a big hit and she liked everyone-- particularly T. Catherine and Gerry. Of course, she loved visiting with Tattie and Pops again.
Back in VA, Hope came to visit us and we had a blast! (Would you expect anything less?) We watched some Halloween movies, made fun fall food, and went to Carter's Mountain. Unfortunately, we decided to hit up Carter's Mountain during the "Apple Festival" at 2 pm on a Saturday. Big mistake. Huge. It was extremely crowded. I don't like crowds. We stayed for approximately ten minutes and Hope, Tyndall and I began the hike back to the car while Daniel bought our pumpkin. The pumpkin was $16.00 but he was charged $16,000.00. The owner felt pretty bad and gave it to us for free, along with some apple cider donuts. Our trip with Lara and Trey was much more successful. Hope and I also made caramel apples and butterbeer. The butterbeer was ok, but the caramel apples were amazing. And we celebrated Hope's birthday with Halloween sugar cookies and homemade icing. Tyndall had her first taste of the good life (i.e. sugar).
When Trey and Lara came to visit, we did some cool stuff too, including visiting a cidery and winery. They were preparing for weddings at both places-- October is a great wedding month!
In other news, we got into Malcolm Cole, the daycare (sob). It will be a sad day when I drop off my little baby. At least I won't be going to school; I am starting to drop her off a week early so I can get used to it. (I say "I," not "we," because I already tried to con Daniel into dropping her off the first day. Didn't work-- he has to be at the hospital at 6 am, a bit too early to have Tyndall ready to go.) I think she is a really easy baby to take care of, but her caregivers will probably think she is extremely fussy. She doesn't like being away from me. :(
Things Tyndall is doing now:
1. Watching my lips and trying to form words
2. Maybe interested in eating? (she was watching my mouth when I was chewing, but we won't be giving her solids for a while)
3. Talking lots!
4. NOT rolling over or enjoying being on her tummy
5. Trying to sit up when she is lying down or reclining in her chair or stroller (I know... I don't think this is normal but I'm not sure...)
6. Gaining weight! Wearing 6 month clothes easily, and some 9 month clothes as of today.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Fall times (cont.)
Like Katie, I'm so excited that fall is here. I'm always torn between fall and winter as my favorite season. I always look forward to the smell and feeling of a fall morning. I've been working out in the yard quite a bit, planting some mums and pansies, and over-seeding the backyard. Working outside is infinitely more enjoyable in the fall compared to the summer.
Work is moving along for me these days. I've been working in the surgical ICU, and this will be my last week. It'd be a nice rotation if it weren't for the hours, the surgeons, the hours, and the surgeons. Anyway, I move back to the operating room next week, which I look forward to.
Like Katie said, we picked up a couple pumpkins during our trip to Greenwood this weekend. Pictures don't give justice to how beautiful the views of the Blue Ridge Mountains are out there, but we tried anyway! I'll include a few for everyone to enjoy:
It's fall, baby!
It's officially fall, my favorite season, and it's getting cooler outside. We got pumpkins yesterday from Greenwood Grocery while we were heading to a friend's house in Crozet. Tyndall had lots of fun there and we took some great pictures. Here are some more updates:1. Tyndall attended her first football game at Monticello. Her eyes would get really wide when she heard the noisemakers.
2. She weights almost 12.5 pounds and is close to 24 inches long-- 85th percentile (I think).
3. The rest of my family finally gets to meet her this week!
4. Hope is coming for a week in October. It will be ridiculous.
Well, that's about it. I will post some pictures of the pumpkins. Meanwhile, here are the last sunflowers from my garden.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Cool things my kid can do
1. Roll over.
2. Smile spontaneously.
3. Squeal.
4. Imitate the baby velociraptor from Jurassic Park.
5. Look cute.
6. Sleep 9 hours a night.
7. Dress herself.
Just kidding about that last one, however, #1 and #6 are pretty darn impressive. Ok that's about all she can do right now. She's only 9 weeks old, gosh.
"Hi, You've reached the Leaches!"
My first year of teaching at Monticello, I had a student who thought it would be hilarious to record an answering machine message that would say (in a very corny voice): "Hi, You've reached the Leaches! Sorry we can't come to the phone, but leave a message and we'll call you back! BEEEP." He would crack up every time he said this, which was a few times a week for an entire year. We never got an answering machine, but we do have a blog as of September 19, 2011, which is waaay more 21st century anyway. And now we have a baby-- a B.Leach (Baby Leach). So I suppose Daniel created this blog as a way to post general stuff and things about our life (boring, who wants to read that?) and our baby's life (super awesome) so that facebook is not our sole medium of relaying information and pictures. Because really, how many people do you know who post hundreds of photos of their children on facebook? Too many. I also suppose that we will use this blog to publish other things besides our life and times, but there's not much better to write about than Tyndall. I think I might turn into one of those people who talks about her kid all the time. What can I say? I'm in love. Enjoy.
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