Orchidopexies have nothing to do with orchids!

we had a quiet weekend to give lachlan time to recover from his orchidopexy that he had on friday afternoon, even though you would never guess from watching him walking around and babbling away that he had undergone surgery!

his walking has improved so quickly - he can now negotiate corners (instead of just walking into the wall) and slow down and stop when he wants too. he still holds my hand occasionally, but is just as likely to throw it off and try to make a break for it! sometimes he thinks he is so clever for walking on his own that he will give himself a clap as he waddles around the house.. it's the cutest thing!

i'm not sure if i will get more or less exercise now that he's more mobile - i won't have to carry him or walk him around while holding his hands as often, but i suspect i will be spending more time running around chasing him now.. i guess it will even out in the end.

Cool Dude

lachlan got his first pair of sunnies on the weekend, courtesy of his uncle van. he's been really good at keeping them on when he's in his stroller - not so good when he's in the car, but at least when he throws them off in the car, we don't lose them! i snapped these shots this morning while he was getting ready to go for his ride in the stroller with his popsy..

 

New Stuff

during the week, lachlan and i went shopping with grandma and she bought him some new shirts, thongs and a hat. the next day, popsy took lachlan out to check the mail and road test his new hat and thongs. lachlan has obviously gotten used to having to wear them, and now will keep his hat on for ages before he tries to take it off and he often goes to the front door and picks up his thongs because he now knows that when he has them on, he's allowed to go walking outside. you can't really see the hat very well, but it has a small pocket at the front and a little giraffe that sits in the pocket - it's very cute!

Going Outside

we've been trying to get lachlan to wear shoes and hats for awhile now, without much success. however, on the weekend, he finally decided they weren't too bad after all - i think he has now associated having them on with being allowed to go walking outside which is one of his favourite past-times. the only problem is that none of the shoes he currently has are a very good fit and most of his hats are getting too small too (95th percentile for head circumference) so i guess i'll have to make another shopping trip to get him some new stuff!

The Hat

lachlan seems to have a thing against hats - we tried desperately to keep him sun safe while he was playing in the pool, but everytime he remembered that he was wearing his hat, he tried to remove it - sometimes more successfully than others..

Caloundra - More Photos

finally, i thought i would post up the only photos of lachlan and me from the weekend.. the hooded towel that he is wrapped in was one of his birthday presents - it's a turtle, complete with tail and is very cute, although the hood is a little big and can slip down over his head making him look like he's trying out for the KKK.

Caloundra - Day Two

our second morning in caloundra started off with blue skies and warmer weather so we thought we would take lachlan down to the pool again for a quick swim before breakfast. this time we actually bothered to dress him in his swimmers seeing we knew that he loved the water - we had problems convincing him that he should leave his hat on though! he seemed a little more adventurous this time round and seemed very keen to go into the deep part of the main swimming pool, rather than just staying in his wading pool..

Caloundra - The Wedding

the reason we were at caloundra for the weekend was to attend the wedding of a good friend of john's. i probably should've taken some photos of the bride and groom, but it didn't work out that way, so here are some photos of lachlan with his daddy and popsy, as well as with the bride's nieces (the youngest of which was almost having tantrums because she wasn't allowed to hold lachlan because she's only two).

 

Caloundra - Day One

we went to caloundra on the weekend and lachlan got his first experience of a swimming pool. he had a great time, walking back and forth on the ramp in the bigger pool and around in circles in the little one.. we've decided that we're definately going to enrol him in swimming classes to get him waterproofed!