January 2001 (20 months)

• Really happy, don't grizzle as much
• You have big 1.5 - 2 hour sleeps sometimes up to 3 hours in the middle of the day
• Loves swimming in the ba (bath or swimming pool)
• Your skateboard is your favourite toy, can do some tricks, jumps, stands at the back and flips up the front.
• Have another double ear infection, have started giving you echinacea to see of that helps.
• When you want something you grab our hands and lead us where to go.
• Anything thats said you can repeat really well, or you give it a good try.
• Love being around people, you are a ladies man, kisses, cuddles, showing off
• sleep right through 7.30pm - 7.30am
• Can name bodyparts ears, eyes, nose, lips, tongue, head, fingers, feet, guts, peepee

Christmas 2000

Santa - skateboardm trike, playgym, instruments, bubble maker

Nana & Grandad - puzzle and sandpit

Shinale - truck in a bag, plastic toys for sandpit and beach

Nana Fiamatai - truck, trolley of lego blocks

Aunty Rae & Uncle Saelala - 2 outfits from pumpkin patch

Darran - cowboy hat and truck

Jill & Jim - enginners hat, blow up bat

Nadija - book

Shair - flanner

Me & dad - swimming pool, hose, pumpkin patch clothes, blackboard

14th November 2000 (1 year 6 months)

• We have moved house and you have settled in really well.
• Saying lots: car, dappa (dummy), toast, sandwich, dada, gandad,  mu (murray), bik (biscuit), shower, ok, gone (holds hands up and shakes head), can make animal noises - cow, sheep, dog, cat and horse
• Have become really clingy to dummy and cries and stamps feet if we take them off you.
• Started to have tantrums when you don't get what you want.  On the ground stamping feet, throwing arms.  I ignore you and you FINALLY stop.
• Been using the time out mat still when I threaten mat you seem to know and stop what you are doing.
• I don't smack your hand anymore as it does nothing and you just hit me back.
• You have started being really defiant, if you don't get what you want or I'm not giving you enough attention, you push your books off the shelf or coffee table and makes the ooowww noise.  It looks really funny.
• You love being outside so I'm going to organise activities in the afternoon as you get really bored I brought side walk chalk and you love this.
• Love having a bath, plays well, was really cute when we had a bath together you just lay there playing with your toys, when we leave you wave goodbye to the bath.
• Love going in the car, any excuse (car, car, car) and get very upset if we don't take you.
• You eat too much junk food have to get you eating fruit and crackers instead, you snack so much you wont eat tea unless its tuna and rice.
• Been really good at daycare, eating well, making friends.
• Had another double ear infection same sort that caused febrile convulsion last time we ended up in hospital over night.  I heard a noise at 8.45pm, went in and you were really hot and wide-eyed, I took you to your dad and then you started shaking making rasping noises.  It was the scariest thing ever.  Rung the ambulance it took 15mins to get there.  You convulsed for another 10 mins before we went to hospital
• Had your first haircut on Wednesday 8th Novemeber, was so good.  You sat there looking straight ahead, you would turn to have a little chat and then turn back.  You are the cutest and look like a little boy now.  You saw Jill & Jim walk past and you were yelling and screaming.  You did your dad proud as e went to his barber Kevin, he as honoured to do the first cut and wouldnt let us pay for it.

5th September 2000 (1 year 4 months)

• Starting to be quite grizzly when teething with your back molars coming through, but your still sleeping well which is good.
• Really enjoying daycare, gets quite bore on the days you are not there and have to keep you really busy.
• When you played with Lily last week you were really good, gentle, sharing and playing together.
• Eating BIG dinners bedtime is 6.30pm - 7pm
• WORDS: uncle, aunty, you can make chicken, cow and horse noises.

22nd August 2000 (1 year 3 months)

• You really happy, runs all over the place, says lots of words mum, dad, water, aunty, bicky, dis, waz that, book.
• Points when you want something says, 'dis, dis'
• When we ask you to get a book you go to your shelf, pick one then come back and back into our lap for us to read to you.
• You sleep with your snuggly (boxers), 12 hours a night and your dummy
• Love the toys from the toy library - skittle, musical instruments, rocking car.
• Eats well, you know what lollies are, dam it.
• Started daycare absolutely loved it, everyone thought you had been before, slept well, played and didn't even notice we were gone.Your carer at First Steps is Kylee and she is lovely.  You go to her no hassles.
• You do the eyebrows if someone does them to you, you also flick your head right back and it looks like its going to fall off.
• You have 8 teeth and the back 4 are starting to come through.you haven't really teethed though, only noticed they were there when you opened your mouth.
• You were a bit funny when you were dropped off at daycare the 2nd day.  No smiles, when Kylee put arms out to pick you up you backed away.  You know whats going to happen now and are a bit apprehensive.
• I have been into Awatapu a few days with you, you were fine you just played with your toys, played peek a boo with the kids.  They loved you but you only handle 2 periods before your dad has to come and pick you up.
• Sopi looked after you for a morning and you were really good, ate and slept well.
• You cry now everytime I leave the house, you want to come as you love going in the car.
• Stayed at your dad's mum, cried when we left, didn't go down until 11.15pm, woke at 2.15am and wanted to play.  You came home exhausted and slept for hours.

1st Birthday

We had a party at Pompeii Pizza for your first birthday and nana and Aunty Jillaine made your teddy bear birthday cake.  We had a great night.
PRESENTS
Darran & Kirsty - truck
Pele & Shannon - Tommee Tippee Cup
Saua Family - 3 books and wrestling figure
Rae, Saelala, Dean & Maile - tracksuit, socks, beanie
Ruth, Sam & Shane - Musical turtle
Jacqui & family - bath bobbers
Mrs Fiamatai - beanie, pants, polar fleece
Felila - lock-a-ball, video camera
Cook Family - 2 bodysuits, sesame st puzzle, musical elmo
Mary, Lily & Steve - wooden pegs & hammer
Cherie - shape sorter house
Nana & Grandad - 2 towels, bear hottie. mess mat, handprint kit
Jillaine and Jimmy - red cart