We love our jogging stroller!
We packed a bunch of toys in the jogger for her, but she was only interested in chewing on the straps and sucking on her fingers! Whatever floats your boat, sweetie!
Here they are flying by me! Go, go, my Leyba loves!
Weekend fun
We love (and count down to) our weekends. The past few have been a whirlwind of activity—we celebrated our anniversary and David’s birthday over the long weekend—all with a common theme: delicious food. We’ve lunched at Mustard’s Grill, made dairy and non-dairy contraptions in our new ice cream maker (our anniversary present!), eaten all sorts of fresh produce and delicious fruit from the farmers market (oh, the mangoes and avocados are heavenly!), splurged with root beer floats (and strawberry chiffon shortcake), and rolled sushi rolls at home nearly every night this week for dinner (it’s been WAY too hot to cook!). I love summer eats in Northern California…
What I don’t like: summer wildfires and the resultant air pollution. We haven’t been able to exercise or even leave the house much lately because of the smoke, though it finally looks like the worst is behind us. So, today we picked up our jogging stroller and are now drawing up a training schedule for our runs… I can’t wait to get out there. I know it’s going to be hard work, but I feel so motivated! Yesterday we walked our route and, wow, I felt phenomenal. I can’t wait for the real endorphins to kick in.
What else have we been up to? While we’ve been holing up inside Miss Leyba has been perfecting the art of crawling backwards!
More on that soon…
Chill time
Here’s a snapshot of life with our daughter!
Hanging out from Carrie on Vimeo.
I tried not to talk too much so you could really hear her. She’s pretty quiet in this movie though. I’ll have to post one where she’s a real chatterbox.
We chat, play, read, explore, sing, dance, and chew on things (her, not me!) all day long. Life is good!
Letter to Miss Leyba: Month Five
Hi sweetie,
You’ve had such a big month. It has been a whirlwind June of physical developments: standing, sitting, rolling over, and crawling. You chat nonstop to Dad and I and have just recently started talking to other people too. You smile at everyone and love being out and about. Your hands are constantly in your mouth and you love sucking on your toes (sometimes both big toes at once). You are so much fun. We love you so much!
It’s amazing that you are five months old! Keep growing healthy and strong. We are here loving and supporting you.
Love, Mama
Well, hello there.
Wow, has it really been almost four weeks since I last updated?! Where has June gone?!
Here’s what we’ve been up to.
We went on vacation to New Mexico (first flights for Miss Leyba — she traveled beautifully!):
We saw family and friends:
We practiced standing:
and breastfeeding in public:
We celebrated Father’s Day and Grandma’s birthday:
and the arrival of our daughter with a gigantic tea party:
We also had massages, ate lots of gelato, took baths over at Gram Gram’s house, and hung out at Grandma and Grandpa’s store:
It was a great trip.
What we haven’t been doing:
Spending time online.
Right now I am feeling like every moment spent on the phone, answering email, or puttering online is a moment away from my daughter, so I apologize for basically dropping off the planet. My priorities keep shifting more and more towards family and things like updating this website are falling by the wayside. While I will continue to try to update here, for regular updates follow along to my thread on Twitter (also available through my Facebook profile). And I’ll try to get back to you soon. Thank you for your wonderful messages!