Lachlan

13 months and it's all go Go GO!

2010-04-02T18:05:00.004+11:00

It's been a busy month....

I've learned the joy of "pointing". Now I can show you where I want to go and what I want to eat. Finally!
My pointing finger is also called my naughty finger. It has an obsession with power points, computer switches, remote controls and well any type of button really. Mum and dad also love it when we are in the lift and I can reach all of the buttons. They are fun ones - they turn red or green when you touch them.
On Friday 19th, I did my best standing-unaided effort yet. I held a surfing-like position unsupported for a good 3-4 seconds. Mum and dad were very proud. I maximised the attention by doing in front of Grandma and Grandpa.
On Saturday 27th, I took my first few steps. It won't be long before I am walking (actually running!) after Elimena.
I am very good at shaking my head as a yes or a no indication. Between that and the finger pointing I'm set.
I am kind of hovering between having one and two daytime sleeps.
I will eat pretty much anything. I still sign for milk when I want it. Last night we went out for Chinese with Nanny and I ate a I still signdim sim and a half, two prawns, some rice, a cheese stick and a tub of yoghurt.
I am excellent at waving and saying "Bye".
My words are coming along in leaps and bounds. I regularly use mum, dad, more, bye, hi and will try anything you throw at me. I am finding "Eli" difficult though.
I love kisses and cuddles.
I've had a few colds this month and I have been a little mischievous but mum says generally I am a happy-easy-going-fun to be around little bloke :)

I love pressing buttons

2010-03-21T10:20:00.001+11:00

I love powerpoints. I love clicking them on. I love clicking them off. I love pulling out the plugs. No matter what the punishment (instant naughty corner), it's worth it. In fact, I can't help it. They are just sooo cool!

The obvious one in the lounge room is my favourite, but I'm happy to crawl under the TV table to the set there and can fairly easily reach the ones behind the dining table. The hall set is right outside my bedroom, so quite convenient particularly when Mum and Dad are busy in the lounge!

If powerpoints are being carefully guarded, I'm happy to go for computer switches, home theatre systems, routers or phones. The dishwasher also has some great buttons to press.

I certainly know how to press Mum and Dad's buttons!

I'm ONE! Happy Birthday to me!

2010-03-02T09:26:00.002+11:00

I'm one and it's so much fun:
* I love powerpoints, the media centre and playing in the recyling bin.
* I have fun repeating words after you and am getting really good at saying "ta". Mum and Dad are working on my "ta". It is a fun game to play.
* I have had a few colds of late but nothing too spectacular. I had a fever and was a little grumpy on Friday and all weekend - yes throughout my party. However it was my party and so I could cry when I wanted to. I had yesterday off play-care but insisted on going today to get all the attention :) The sickness is a cunning ploy to delay my one-year-old immunisations (3 needles!) as long as possible.
* I love walking around things and am keen to be able to run after Eli.
* Yogurt, cheese sticks & BBQ chicken are my favourite foods.
* I know how to work mum. Kisses and cuddles will get me ANYTHING :)
* I know how to defend myself. I pull Eli's hair when she gets in my way.
* I love music and very cutely like to bop and jig along. What is a "jig" you say? Well you stand up and move your hips and one leg in time to the music. Yes - it is very cool.

The Explorer

2010-02-02T01:00:00.001+11:00

I've made it to 11 months and I can do just about anything
* I can say mum, dad and try very hard to say Eli. I love trying my best to repeat sounds after you. Particularly if you shower me with praise.
* I have six teeth - four up top and two down low.
* I like to crawl - EVERYWHERE! I am a very keen climber too.
* I do recognise my name and I do know what is naughty (gets attention) and what doesn't...
* I'm sleeping like a champion. I still like at least two good naps a day (or three little naps).
* I'm pretty easy with food, but I particularly love meat and yoghurt.
* I am still given 3 bottles of milk a day but I'm not that fussed by them. I can drink them if I want to. What I do love though is the straw-sippy-cup. There is nothing more fun than the drink-and-spit.
* I like to pull to standing on things and then push off - only to land in a heap. I'm dead keen on walking and have lots of confidence.
* I find lots to launch and smile about and love showing mum with kisses and cuddles. I am pretty sure that a smile will get me anything!
* I love bopping and singing to music. I can make up words with the best of them :)
* I really love the remote control and will crawl / climb with focussed intensity when trying to get it. Don't get in my way!

The Drink and Spit

2010-01-25T01:00:00.001+11:00

I am a big fan of the drink and spit. Particularly on hot days or when I have my nice clothes on.

What you do, is suck on the straw of your sippy-cup and get a big mouthful of liquid. Then when the time is right, you spurt it everywhere. If it is a hot day you can drizzle it all over yourself. If you are trying to get Eli's attention, you can aim it at her. If you don't like the clothes you are wearing - hey presto! If you don't like the clothes mum is wearing...as you can see it is quite useful.

But the big trick is, to look around proudly afterwards with a big toothy grin. This will make all the adults smile and stop you from getting in trouble.

If you look very close...

2010-01-15T21:00:00.001+11:00

...the count is now six!
yummy steaks here I come!

Steak here I come!

2010-01-14T20:53:00.003+11:00

On Monday...I had two teeth in the middle down the bottom. Plus four menacing ones up the top - ever so close to cutting through - but not quite.

On Tuesday...I cut a new tooth - the one next to the middle on the top right. So I had three teeth to show and three yet to peep through.

On Wednesday...I cut another new tooth. The top left middle one. So now the count is four to see (if you look very closely!) plus two menacing teeth just below the surface.

On Thursday...another tooth cut through to join the team. It was the top left one next to the middle left one. So five to show and one is still hiding.

On Friday...will the last one finally come through?

DIVE DIVE DIVE....

2010-01-10T01:00:00.001+11:00

I love playing with Eli but have found that I have trouble keeping up with her. So I've solved the problem...Often the best way to get her attention is to crash-tackle her. If she walks past, if you are in the bath together, whatever - you just DIVE onto her and then hold on for dear life. Then you too can do what ever fun thing she is doing :)

The best way to follow your sister around the house

2010-01-03T20:15:00.001+11:00

Crawling is still a challenge, but who needs it when you can it in the back of your big sisters bike? All I want to do is follow her around anyway!

10 months OLD and having lots of fun!

2010-01-03T13:29:00.004+11:00

* I can sit along with the best of them. In fact I sit so well that I can sit in the trailer of Eli's bike as she zooms along (carefully watched by Dad of course!)
* I am an expert roll-er and can tummy-shuffle or sit-shuffle in any direction I want to go (including around in circles :)
* I have two teeth down the bottom and four about to push through up the top any day now.
* I can push to a sitting position from lying on the floor. No-one has actually seen me do it but they have entered the room to find me already up.
* I like to stand and hold on to things. I'm still really enjoying the jolly jumper.
* My favourite foods are meat, meat and pretty much any kind of meat!
* I love to sing ("ahhhhhhh") with you and bop to music.
* I have a little cold at the moment and thanks to my grommets (I assume?) it has stayed a little cold and has not become a full blown ear infection.
* I am trying really hard to interact with people (especially Eli). I like to clap, wave and hi-five.
* When I get older I am going to become a demolition man. I love destroying block towers and block buildings at whatever rate you can build them at.

The Joy Of Sitting

2009-12-17T21:31:00.001+11:00

Wrestling with Nate and Eli

2009-12-10T20:24:00.001+11:00

Mum and Dad - I love to wrestle. Stop worrying!

This is a classic action shot from around our house these days as Elimena and I do some great wrestling, with me giggling the whole time. Thankfully this is only a photo so you can't hear the olds in the background saying "Be careful!", "Gentle Eli", etc.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

2009-12-09T20:31:00.000+11:00

I'm not sure what Christmas is, but I'm loving all the activities and cool hats people are wearing around the house!

Dummy

2009-12-06T20:40:00.000+11:00

I'm not sure it's appeared in public here before, but just for the record ... I love my dummy!

Moving and a-grooving @ 9m

2009-12-03T01:00:00.001+11:00

* I love music and will happily bop in time.
* I can Hi-5 along with the best of them and will wave for mum.
* I love to sing with Eli and dad.
* I can sit for hours (at least half of one anyway :)
* I can do push-ups (and tummy time) along with the best of them.
* I can do consecutive rolls (I just started today so that I had something to blog about!)
* I am still very happy and smiley.
* Mum - I am starting to get too big for all-in-ones!
* i get bored easily and so I like to do new stuff constantly.
* My favourite foods are Weetbix and yoghurt (separately of course!)
* I like to have two long naps during the day. At night, I still like to interupt everyone's sleep with calls for cuddles. I would hate for them to forget that I am here :)
* My hair has a disctinct red tinge....was it the post-man?
* I love charming strangers with my smile.

Santa and Kathy his helper at playcare

2009-12-01T20:55:00.000+11:00

A few weeks ago, I started going to playcare on Fridays. This is a good introduction for me before I start full time in January, but I also wanted to give Mum and Eli a chance to enjoy some time together on "adventure Friday's".

Here are some photos of me at the Christmas Party. It was great! I met Santa for the first time and had some great cuddles from Santa's Little Helper (who I'm pretty sure was Kathy - one of the people who take such great care of me!).

Lachie's Big Boy Car Seat

2009-11-25T20:57:00.001+11:00

Here is some nice video from my first trip in a big boy car seat.

A bit of excitement

2009-11-15T01:00:00.001+11:00

Mum and dad were looking a bit bored on Wednesday night (the 12th) and so I thought I would provide them with some excitement. So I decided that instead of sitting on my own unaided for 10 seconds, I would up my efforts to 20 minutes. They were awestruck at my new stamina. I got lots of attention and praise (sorry Elimena!).

I've decided I like this whole sitting up thing. I get a much better view of the world this way :)

Wondersuits

2009-11-08T11:12:00.005+11:00

While Elimena has some beautiful fashion outfits, my baby collection is a little more limited. But ... it's what you do with it.

Rather than individual style, I prefer to go with team co-ordinated outfits and what better than the simple, iconic Bonds Wondersuit. Available in sizes 0000 to 2, it's cute, comfortable and very cuddly. (Sorry Mum, you just have to enjoy the cuddles from us as they don't come in your size...).

Jolly Jumper

2009-11-03T20:30:00.000+11:00

Elimena did the Riverdance, but I prefer the classic approach.

8 months and counting

2009-11-02T01:00:00.003+11:00

* I can roll in both directions. I will roll from back to front for dad but not for anyone else!
* I am really inquisitive and will twist and turn whatever angle it takes to check things out. (Yes mum has been calling me Mr Busy-body!)
* I know my name.
* I have three meals a day and three milk feeds. For breakfast I like weetbix. For lunch I like fruit and yoghurt. In fact any time of the day I like yoghurt. For dinner I generally have veggies.
* I love it when you give me a piece of steak to chew.
* I am very chatty and smiley. I do a real heart-felt chuckle.
* I love playing with the music table when I am in the jolly jumper.
* For my eighth month birthday mum & dad are buying me a big kid frontward facing carseat like Elimena's. I can't wait! Finally I get to see where we are going!

Steak!

2009-10-27T11:16:00.001+11:00

Man ... where have they been hiding this stuff! Vegetables (yuck!), Weet-bix (good) and yoghurt (yum!) are my staples, but every now and then I have the chance to chew on something great.

(Although you can hear it in their voices, it's a shame we don't have a photo of Mum & Dad beaming with pride as I chow into meat with abandon!).

Little Grommets

2009-10-27T01:00:00.002+11:00

Little Grommets.....nah! not me and my friends!
The ear thingys :)

I had grommets put in my middle-ears today. Hopefully this means the end of my continual bout of ear infections.

Fingers crossed.

Eye colour?

2009-10-15T13:42:00.001+11:00

How would you describe my eye colour? Do you think it will keep changing?

Lachlan @ 7m+1wk

2009-10-09T01:00:00.001+11:00

* I can roll if I want to but to be honest it really doesn't excite me.
* I can sleep through if I want to - in fact i've done it three times in seven and a bit months
--- but I like the company so why bother?
* I love to snuggle and chuckle and laugh.
* I love playing with the music table while in the jolly jumper.
* I will eat veggies, mashed fruit, yoghurt and rice crackers But my favourite of all is weetbix. I have one and a half blocks every morning for breakfast...yummo!
* I love my dummy and watching Eli rush about the place on her important business.
* I have two big sleeps a day. Although sometimes I add a little catnap in between :)