The Three AmiGohs

I took Linden to get his 12 month jab last Thursday. The poor baby was given 3 injections simultaneously, OOCH!  One on each arm and one on the left leg. It was by far the most painful experience for him because he cried for about a minute or so afterward. However he really enjoyed eating the tiny teddy biscuit and was back to normal pretty quickly. He didn’t get any reactions within the next 24 hours however there is a high probability that he might get a rash 5 -12 days following the MMR (Measles, Mumps & Rubella) injection. Finger crossed he will bypass these side effects.

The next jab is due at 18 months, definitely not an event to look forward to.

During our holiday in Perth Linden started to clap his hands, nod his head and open & close his hand. I think he was going through a growth spurt.

He seems very proud of himself to be able to do these new ‘tricks’.  He would randomly clap his hand, nod and open & close his hands during nappy change time, before going to sleep and even on demand. After all those months of listening to me singing songs such as; ‘If your happy and you know it clap your hands’ and ‘Everybody clapping, clapping, clapping’ and ‘Open, shut them’ he has finally caught on to the hand action. What an achievement! And it’s all caught on video. I’m sure he will enjoy watching this when he is 18 and be really embarrassed about it.

I enrolled Linden into Building Blocks – Fun Classes for Little People for this term (Feb – Mar 10) and today was the first class. During each class, the ‘little people’ learn through music, movement, art & craft, story telling and play but most of all have lots of fun.

Linden had a great time today. He was a little bit shy at the beginning but soon he was enjoying the singing and playing with all the toys. He also created his very first piece of art & craft (a paper butterfly) and painted it too. Watch out Van Gogh (haha, get it)

I was putting Linden to bed last night and after a while it was clear that he was not ready to sleep yet (he is still adjusting to the time difference between Perth & Sydney) so we played. At one point I asked him to give mummy a ‘kiss, kiss’ and to my surprise he actually gave me one. My very first kiss. So I asked for more, just in case the first one was a fluke but it wasn’t and he kept kissing me. I was so happy, I giggled like a school girl. He also gave Daddy a kiss too. It was just so adorable and funny to watch because he opens his mouth wide, rocks his head back and then bang he plants it on your face (just picture him giving a great big nod). It’s absolutely hilarious

So what does Linden’s kiss feel like? Well it’s wet, sloppy and there is drool all over my face and I LOVE it!

About a week and a half late but this batch is huge! There’s nearly 100 pictures. Enjoy by clicking HERE.

Here’s a preview of Linden really making good use of his holiday:

There seems to have been a technical hiccup sometime at the start of January 2010 where the Amigohs.com website went down. Not being in Sydney, I wasn’t able to reboot the DSL modem which was the problem. I am now back and everything is back online. Apologies!

Okay so I’ve broken my on-time commitment. It’s been a hectic month and it’s also the holiday season! Anyway check out Linden’s month 11 photos HERE!

We were at Myers today and I took Linden to have a photo with Santa. He was a little tired when we got there so I thought he was going to be grumpy and frighten by Santa but he was fine. He was very comfortable sitting on Santa’s lap and pose for the camera like a professional. The photographer said Linden was very photogenic and I couldn’t agreed more after seeing the photo

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year xoxo Linden

As all babies do, Linden really has developed and progressed in the space of weeks. In recent times I’ve noticed him:

1. Pushing the microwave door shut when I’m warming up water for his feed;
2. Waving back when I wave at him;
3. Imitating words such as “hello” (thought it sounds like “wa-wo”);
4. Being dexterous enough to relieve my wallet of credit cards; and
5. Knowing to pull his hand out of the way when he repeatedly closes drawers.

He’s also now 8.1kg naked weight! Hardly a sumo but good for a genetically lithe family.

I suspect it won’t be long now before he starts walking. And then the fun and games really begin!

We were all gathered at one of the mother’s place recently for an early afternoon tea Christmas party (07/12). It was perfect weather for a picnic in the backyard. The babies had a wonderful time playing and crawling about, while the mothers enjoyed the yummy food.

The babies also participated in their first Kris Kringle and Linden was given a very cool gift – an egg carton with different shape and numbers to sort. He was most intrigue with the toy eggs and likes to take them from the carton and throwing them everywhere for me to pick up.

So this was our last get together before we break for Christmas & New Year. The babies will have grown alot the next time we meet up. I wonder who will be the first to walk in the group.