Update on Lachlan

Yesterday we took Lachlan to a different doctor who told us to take lachlan for a blood test. When we got there they tried his veins, but couldn't find a big enough vein (he hadn't had much to drink that morning) so had to do a heel prick. This sounds so much nicer than in the arm, but it wasn't. They pricked his heel 3 times and had to collect the blood from the tiny droplets that come out of a prick!!! It took ages, or it felt like ages!
Anyway, we got the results today and it turns out Lachlan does not have German Measles, but rather just a viral rash (which is from his body fighting something).
We are very happy.

At The Park

Jonathan had one more 'Paternity Day' left to take before lachlan turned 1. We had planned to go to Tidbinbilla for the day, but it was a bit cold so we went for a little visit to the park. Lachlan loved it! He is just soaking everything in at the moment, and was noticing everything.








SO CUTE!

After the park, lachlan went straight to sleep. When he woke up, I put him on the floor in his bedroom. A little while later, we noticed it was a bit quiet and went and found him reading 'Spot Goes To The Park' Ha ha!

What a day!

This morning I took Lachlan into the drop in medical centre while Jonathan headed off to church to preach. Three hours later....I came home with a little German Measles boy! Lachlan has (or had) an appointment for his MMR immunisation tomorrow morning...well, he beat us to it and managed to pick up GM. Thankfully, he is not sick, just covered head to toe with a rash - still not very pleasant!

The doctor said that he should be clear from the rash and not contagious within 2-3 days, so everything is still going ahead for his BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are some pictures (taken on our new camera) tonight just before he went to the land of nod. The red cheek is not his rash - he had just fallen onto a block :(

Into EVERYTHING!

Each week, Lachlan seems to be becoming more and more adventurous. He wants to explore absolutely everything.......

At least my 'tupperware cupboard' gets a tidy every couple of days!

He is now taking steps. The most we think was about 8 steps at once. I think we should prepare for another time of bumps and bruises as he learns to be more steady on his feet!!

Lachlan's First Scribble

Of course, we don't usually let Lachlan play with pens, but last night at church I gave him my pen and showed how it drew. This is his very first piece of art, or maybe his first story, I'm not sure.

Well, a bit of a funny 'first', but seriously, I was amazed that he held the pen with his fingers, not his fist. I'll have to find my old art teaching text book to read about what babies do.

First Hair Cut

Finally we decided to trim Lachlan's hair :(

He has been looking like a little '70ish lately, with his locks over his ears!

He wasn't too sure about the whole thing, but managed to sit there for the whole time. Grandma did a fantastic job!

Thanks Grandma!!

My Talented Pop!

Lachlan's Pop made him this trolley with blocks. Lachlan LOVES it. For the past 2 days it is almost all he has played with.

Thanks Poppy :)

11 Months

Lachlan is 11 months old today. I have been thinking about his birthday lately - very exciting, although it will probably be a small family get-together for now - I think I will try to make his 2nd birthday bigger with his 'friends' from church :)

Here is what Lachlan understands at 11 months:
- Mum, Dad, Lachlan
- Book, ball, duck, brush
- Dummy, drink, nappy
- Teddy, Old MacDonald, 'Toot-toot Train'
- Cuddle, kiss, wave
- Clap hands, praise the Lord, singing
- Walking, Shoes, socks
- Birdies, pussy cat, puppy
- No
- Bath, sit down, lay down, time to get out
- Nose, eyes, head
- Hat


Hmmmm...need to think some more. I also need to take his 11 month photo tonight....still no new camera, and no batteries in the old one. I will have to scrounge around for some batteries later!

Never leave home without.......cheese!

Lachlan has not really enjoyed being in his pram for any huge amounts of time (probably because he is so used to his mum and dad's arms :) ). So, going shopping or for walks has always taken a little bit of planning. Is Lachlan hungry, tired, will there be something we can stop to do etc.
BUT I have found a secret to leaving home and staying out.......cheese. Lachlan loves it! It will keep him busy through every isle of Woolworths.

So, we are off for a walk now....with some cheese.

ANZAC Day

Yesterday we had our church picnic. It was beautiful weather, and a nice relaxing time. Here is a picture of Lachlan feeding the swans with Grandma....

A Lovely Day

Today was a nice quiet day at home. I made some pyjamas for Lachlan (see below....I'm very excited!) and Lachlan had a lovely play outside (not while I was sewing....I was outside with him :) )

In the evening Lachlan and I went in to Woden with Gran and Pop. Gran found these gorgeous mittens for Lachlan. I thought he would just pull them off, but when we put them on in the shops, he loved them and kept them on all the way home and until he had his bath!

Pyjamas!

Here are Lachlan's new pyjamas, made for him just today!

Just For The Record

Lachlan said 'mum-mum-mum' for the first time on Monday! So beautiful!

Thanks Joel!!!!

Joel bought these shoes for Lachlan when he was first born....they looked HUGE then!

Sweet

Ok, so I know Lachlan didn't pick the card, or write the message himself, but it still make me cry. (I don't have time to figure out how to crop the picture :( )

Australia Day Buddy

Just got sent these photos - Luke and Lachlan on Australia Day.

Imagine the mischief these two will get up to!

Lachlan's Room

I had quite a long time to prepare for Lachlan. During that time I would dream of what his baby room would look like. Michelle got me onto Wendy Bellissimo - she had GORGEOUS nursery stuff.


Although Lachlan's room isn't quite a Wendy Bellissimo nursery, I'm happy with it. Here are some pictures at the moment.



When I am putting Lachlan to sleep and I look around, I can remember everyone who gave us the things in Lachlan's room. It makes me grateful for such wonderful friends. THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!!

Emergency

We took lachlan into Emergency on Saturday morning. He was really struggling to breathe. Throughout that night we had taken him into the bathroom with the hot water running, and that seemed to help. At about 5:30am he woke and was trying to cough, making him quite distressed.He had croup. The nurses said this is just the beginning of 'the season' and that Lachlan was the first of many more to come. They gave him some medicine and we went home to bed. Saturday night wasn't very nice, but by Sunday afternoon his breathing was almost back to normal.

Through the whole weekend, Lachlan was his normal happy self - what a champ!

Holidays......1

There are holidays where you arrive home feeling refreshed, rejuvinated, and ready to take on the world. Then there are holidays where you feel like a holiday to recover. The past week was the second sort of holiday.

This will be a long post.

Lachlan's First Youth Camp - Wow! What an amazing time. There were well in excess of 100 youth at the camp (not including day trippers). The day time teaching was awesome, and the night services were powerful. It was so great to see our younger youth being inspired, re-filled with the Holy Spirit and it has been even better hearing about their determination to make a difference in this world.

LACHLAN AND LUKE BEING VERY INTELLECTUAL

Lachlan slept for most services - he was very good. I got a bit of a cold, then Lachlan followed. Jonathan did a great job organising the camp. He was given a fantastic book called 'speeches that changed the world'. It includes a CD of the speeches.

We left camp at about 2pm on Monday and headed into Bowral. We stayed at a place called Briars. It was nice with doors opeining up onto a grassed area. Unfortunately it rained, so we couldn't let Lachlan crawl around out there. We all had an early night after a hectic weekend.

LACHLAN AT BRIARS IN BOWRAL

In the morning we drove to Homebush to go to DFO. We went late last year and saw heaps of bargains. I wanted to get Lachlan some new clothes for winter, but at the Pumpkin Patch shop there was just a little rack of boys clothes - the rest of the shop was pink!

A little disappointing, but I came away with a couple of things :)

We drove to Parramatta where we stayed at the Waldorf. Our room was small, but nice. It had a washing/drying machine so we could get our clothes washed for the rest of the week. Lachlan loved exploring, and even mastered crawling under a chair (bending as far down as he could), having a little play under there, then crawling back out.

A little tip - our a/c broke a week ago. We were quoted $580 here in Canberra. Jonathan dropped the car off in Parramatta and it only cost $350. Which meant our next day at the show was more than free!

On Wednesday we were out of the hotel by 8:00am. We caught the train to the Royal Easter Show. Halfway there we realised we had left Lachlan's baby sling back in our room. I was VERY annoyed with myself, as I knew we would need it. I couldn't stop thinking about it for hours.

It was a nice day, not too hot or cold. Lachlan was pretty tired (as we knew he would be). After a quick look around we went into the arena and let him have a little sleep.

WALKING TO THE TRAIN

He loved the petting farm (as did mum and dad ;) ). All the little goats and fawns were very cute.



After looking through the home and lifestyle arena (HUGE) we had lunch and Lachlan was extremely tired. This was when the baby sling came to mind again......... I knew Lachlan would have been fine in there, and may even gone off to sleep as we walked around.

I ended up sitting on a bench with Lachlan asleep in the pram while Jonathan had a quick look at the horses.

After a little walk around we headed back to the hotel (via the car repair place) on the train.

It was an exhausting day, but a great one. Nichole Kidman and Keith Urban were at the show the very next day, just walking around like normal people :)

The next morning was another early start. We had to be in Darling Harbour, checked in to the Novotel by 8:15 so that Jonathan could make it to his conference by 8:30.

LACHLAN MAKING HIMSELF COMFORTABLE AT THE NOVOTEL

Well, we were only an hour late. We did get a little lost, but we are blaming the Novotel for that. Their sign was tiny, and once we passed it we had to do this huge loop so that we didn't end up on the cross city tunnel.

Whenever we drive in to Sydney we always comment on the time when we were in Pensylvania and we decided to drive into Philadelphia for the day. That city is HUGE!!!! It was kind of funny, these two Australian's looking into the horizon seeing these massive high rises. I am pretty impressed actually, as Jonathan did very well!

Such country bumpkins!

Anyway, Lachlan had a sleep as soon as his bed was set up and Jonathan headed off for the day. Lachlan and I went for a walk around Darling Harbour, and I bought him a cute little vest at Cotton On. We went back for another sleep, then after that we ducked into Paddy's Market. I bought Lachlan a colourful little recorder. He learnt how to blow into mine a week ago. He is so proud of himself when he makes a sound with it.

EXPLORING DARLING HARBOUR

That night we went to China town for dinner and walked and walked up and down George street, into the Queen Victoria Building. That place is amazing! They have this gorgeous toy shop on the top level. I can't think of anyone who would/could buy anything from there. The stuff they had was gorgeous though. We went into the ABC shop and Lachlan made a green dinosaur friend (Dorothy) I wanted to get Lachlan this Play School board book that has single words and rhymes that go with the words, but had no money left. When Jonathan got home on Friday night he had gone back to the shop the next day and bought it for Lachlan - so sweet.

On Friday Jonathan had his conference again and was to fly home that night. I headed off out of Sydney with Lachlan. Poor Lachlan only slept a little while, then was really upset. He had a bit of a cold and wasn't feeling himself. He cried on and off all the way from Parramatta to Bowral. I took the trip slowly - arriving home at about 4:30pm.

An exhausting week.
LACHLAN AT HOME FRIDAY NIGHT IN HIS COSY PJ'S