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10 Surefire ways to make your baby sleep.

Tuckered Out Tuckered out

That is a pure Twitter-bait title. I have no clue how to make my baby girl sleep except through time and patience. But I needed a hook to get you here, cause I just wanted to tell you about my baby girl.

I don’t normally use this blog for very personal stuff any more, unless it’s tech related or stuff I find on the ‘net. But I have in the past and I choose to today. Pray indulge me a little.

Amelynne Grace was born 13 months ago today. My first child. A gorgeously round chubby little thing with light brown hair and her mothers eyes. We get comments all the time about how lovely she is, how much she looks like me. I’m not sure if people are being polite (and really, who would want to look like me), but I see the most beautiful thing in the world when I look at her.

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Welcome Home Amelynne Grace

I’ve been putting off writing this, telling myself that I just don’t have time now I’m a new dad, but truth is, I wanted to say something special and couldn’t think of the words. I still can’t, but I need to say hello so bad, that I can’t put it off any more.

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Mil’s wish

I found a fun little iPhone app called Scribble. You use four pen colours (and there’s no erase) to doodle on the iPhone’s touch screen. Mil had a hoot letting out her frustrations on it. The images below are for Peanut.

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Pain and Agony Awareness Day

Sorry ’bout the title. It’s Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day again. I haven’t done anything this year to raise awareness, except I’ve tried to sum up Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia in 140 characters on Twitter.
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Peanut at Twenty

Here’s your next dose of Peanut — in case you had been hanging out for it.
We had.
Profile of Peanut

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Introducing… Peanut

Today is the day. Most of you already know, but today I get to write about it.

I’m gonna be a daddy. My wife of five years is pregnant and we couldn’t be happier. Our little Peanut (as we’re calling him ) is 12 weeks old already and due late July.

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Christmas

Hats off to Christmas (by Georgie Sharp) Hats off to Christmas (by Georgie Sharp)

Merry Christmas everyone.

Oranges. Big Oranges.

During my last holidays, Mil and I went to Canberra to see some family we haven’t seen in ages. It was very relaxing.

Before we left, Anna and Andrew gave us strict instructions to take a photo in front of something big (Australia is renowned for our big things). So on the way back we stopped in Berri at the Big Orange. We took a couple of photos, but this was the coolest.

At the Big Orange Photo taken at the Big Orange, Berri

This is where it is:

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So there you have it. Proof that we can’t not do exactly what our friends tell us to.

Fatty Fat Fat McFatterson

Today is the day.

Months ago I started wishing I had a bigger monitor for my Mac. I use dual monitors at work and I cannot deny how much easier it makes my life. I thought ideally I’d love a 24 inch monitor (such as a DELL — Apple’s monitors are expensive) so I started checking out prices. Of course, I cannot justify such an expense.

I begged Mil anyway, but she wouldn’t have a bar of it.

Well we just made a deal. I’ve needed some incentive to lose some weight, so Mil agreed that I could buy my fancy 24″ monitor if I lost some weight (I spend way to much time on my arse).

So today is not the day I buy my monitor. Oh no. Today is the day I begin. Losing weight. Changing my lifestyle, cutting down on bad foods, and exercising regularly (rather than never).

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Our newest family member — Herwin!

Our little puppy Herwin has quickly made himself at home here. We’ve had him now for about 2 months and he’s growing very quickly.

I’m re-posting the original photo album I linked to as a Flash slideshow, thanks to a new Picasaweb feature. Enjoy.