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No more holidays
I cannot believe it has been twenty days since Cayden was born. My holidays are over. It has been a fun, challenging ride and I would not change it for anything. I wish I could have more time off of work as it is a bit difficult getting the boys to school as Chell can’t drive for another two weeks.
Thankfully her Mum is able to help out a bit with the pick up / drop off to and from school. Cayden has had his moments throughout the night, and is slowly getting better at sleeping for more than 1.5 – 2 hours at a time but it would be great if he slept 3 or more hours consistently.
He sleeps most of the day so is awake most of the night. I don’t mind this and am grateful for how well Chell is doing with the feeding in the middle of the night and nappy changes. I don’t think I would be able to do anything as good as Chell though. She handles every situation great (although I must admit when he vomited on me on in the shopping centre I just laughed it off).
So it’s the end of my holidays, I’ve done my Tax and back to work tomorrow and no more spending all day with Cayden which will suck. Lets hope I can get back into the routine of having to work again!
A letter to my Son
Dear Son,
I don’t know if this is weird writing you a letter when you are only 8 hours old but I would like to write about your arrival. I am your father. I may not be perfect and I know I have made mistakes in the past and I look at you and just smile and wonder, wonder how something so beautiful and amazing can come from me.
I can understand most of your good side has come from your Mother, she has unconditional love for us all. She is the most amazing woman in the whole world. I hope I can be half the person your Mum is. You will see how amazing she is in due time when you see what she does for you without ever hesitating.
Now, our family. You will never be unloved. You have two amazing brothers, Jacob and Matt. Your twin sisters, Emily and Tiana. They are so happy you are here and could not wait to see you. You also have Gran, Aunty Margaret and Granma. These people will also help you whenever you need it. They have helped your Mother and I quite a lot and we are so very grateful for that. You were born into such a loving family and you will notice this in no time.
You also have Nan, Pop and Aunty Leiana who are my parents and sister. You may not see them very often as they live far away but I know they love you very much and will be upset they can’t spend as much time with you as everyone else.
It was hard leaving the Hospital tonight and having to go home alone. I know Mum will look after you (she has raised your wonderful Brothers and Sisters well). It was such a strange feeling though I cannot explain but I know I will see your lovely face in the morming.
I guess the way I would like to end this letter is to say welcome to our family. I may not always have time for just you (and forgive me), but you will have to understand that your Brothers and Sisters need our attention too. I can’t wait and I am sure your siblings and Mum can’t wait to have you at home so our big, loving, happy family can be complete.
Love forever and ever,
Dad
Tags: Family
iPhone 4 reception issue
If you have been looking at news lately you would have noticed that the iPhone 4 loses signal when held in your left hand. It seems if you bridge the little gap on the stainless steel band at the bottom left of the iPhone 4, you lose signal.
You can watch the following YouTube video to see the problem in action.
iPhone 3G 3.1.3 sync with Debian
This post is mainly for my reference but hopefully it may help some of you. I am running CrunchBang Linux 10 which uses Debian Squeeze as a base. I changed my /etc/apt.conf from “squeeze” to “testing”.
This is how I got my iPhone 3G to sync in Debian.
Step 1 – Install needed packages.
apt-get build-dep libgpod gtkpod ifuse
apt-get install git libsqlite3-dev checkinstall
Step 2 – Install packages from Sid / Unstable.
libimobiledevice
libimobiledevice1
libplist1
libplist-dev
libusbmuxd-dev
libusbmuxd1
usbmuxd
sudo dpkg -i usbmuxd*.deb lib*.deb
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iPhone baby campaign by Durex
I thought I might post something funny that I came across whilst browsing the internet. Here is a way you can help stop your iPhone “knocking-up” other iPhones. I hope you enjoy the video. 