Logistically it'd be a pain to drive for speech therapy, Lilydale's quite away off the main highways so it'd take at least 45-50min to get there. The speech therapy place here apparently have on their notes that I've waited, but the old speech therapy place said to call them and make sure they definitely know that we've been waiting, and for how long, so I might do that, so they know we've been waiting since July. I'd prefer to have the appt after the hearing test anyway, and that's late Jan.
My sister's best friend from highschool is a speech therapist and says I'm doing all the right things. He is saying new words all the time though.

Good luck with that cubby Shell. I went shopping this morning for some stocking stuff (read: big stuff that will take up lots of room ). I'm going to make their stockings too, instead of buying a big santa sack - I don't want to set a super high standard that I have to try to match every year!

Is everyone struggling to find things to buy that won't just add to the junk that gets strewn across the floor?? There are so many things that I think 'ohh he'd like that' and then I realise he'd like it for a day and then it'd just end up as more toys they're bored of. Hence the smaller stockings that I'll put Thomas stuff in, and matchbox cars and bubbles. And bananas, they love bananas.

OH! And while I'm on the subject of Thomas...are there 3 different types of track now? There seems to be wooden track (what we get), then 'Takealong' track and then 'Trackmaster' track?? What's with that?? Are they trying to change over from wood to plastic? So annoying, because none of them fit into each other. What are they thinking?

Let us know how your Santa photos go guys!