Toilet training

We have commenced toilet training with Brendon.
Brendon now also understands the word "Home", how to say it and what it means. Latest words also include toilet, Chloe, bumped, shops, shoes and pyjamas.

Bye Bye

Last night Brendon amazed Mathew and I. We were all in the kitchen and I told Brendon that it was nearly time to change his nappy and put him to bed. He walked out of the kitchen, looked at his toys and said "Toys, Bye", waved at them and walked to his bedroom!

Happy Campers

We went camping on New Years Day. We went to the Deep Creek Conservation Park, Stringybark Campground on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Great campsite, friendly and informative camp host, fantastic weather, great facilities, plenty to see and do, lovely bush walks to go on, kangaroos hopping through campsite ... get the feeling we really enjoyed it? Driving home Mathew and I both felt like turning the car around and going straight back. Will certainly go back there for sure. We stayed two nights and spent one day doing a trip to Victor Harbour and Goolwa. We saw our friend Kathryn and her twins, Jasper and Cooper (from my mothers group) at Victor Harbour. We took our camper trailer which worked out well. Brendon learnt the baby sign for 'more' and says the word similtaneously, which is great. He can now let us know when he wants more to eat or drink, which we found very handy while we were camping. I stopped counting how many words he was saying when he reached 50, so would hazard a guess and say he is now saying about 70 words.

Christmas 2010

Well our little boy certainly was spoilt on Christmas Day. He received trucks, cars, lego, books, things to draw with, a cap, etc, etc. Will have to buy a bigger house to put all his toys in!

Updates

Brendon went to the scars clinic for his burnt hand yesterday. His fingers aren't healing as well as they could be. The scar tissue needs to adhere better to the tissue underneath it so it reduces his loss of sensation. Consequently we have to continue massaging his fingertips 3-4 times per day, literally pressing the skin back onto the tissue.
I also saw the eye specialist yesterday. I have two more weeks left of eye drops but have been given the all clear. I was told it is a recurrent condition and is likely to come back. As the cause of it is unknown, we don't know how to prevent it coming back. The doctor said I don't have glaucoma and no family history of hunchbacks, which are the most common causes of this condition.
Brendon is quite funny to watch walking around. He leads off with his right foot, and the left one tends to drag behind. We think this may be due to his sideways walking that he did for months while he used the furniture to walk around everywhere.
Brendon is saying so many words that we stopped counting at 50. It is probably closer to 60 by now.

Walking

On Sunday, Brendon decided that taking the odd few steps wasn't enough, he now wants to walk. Here is a photo taken of him walking at the Mini Club Christmas party.
He had two new teeth come through last week, so now has 11 teeth.

'Tis the season

The weather is heating up and here is a recent photo of Brendon, aged 14 months.
I went to the eye specialist today and have to continue taking the drops for another 3-4 weeks. Things are much better, the redness has gone and the swelling has reduced.