Sym's Blog

Belated Update

2011-10-24T20:58:00.003+13:00

I haven't posted here for a while as it is much easier to use Facebook. But I do like to use my blog as a more permanent and referable record of what's been happening.

Katya

We are now 2 years since we had the re-op for the infection in her right CI. So it looks like we are clear of that horrible part of our lives.

Katya's language has developed very very well. We are about to enter her last term at Kindy. She is stringing 7-8 word sentences together. Her world is verbal. She asks questions. She is constantly bossing Larissa around and telling her precisely what to do and what not to do.

She starts school at the beginning of the year and we have chosen Khandallah School because it is a bit smaller than Ngaio (half the size). We are currently working through the transition arrangements. It is amazing the amount of information you need to pass on to new people who will be teaching her. Fortunately we are likely to have Erin (our special teacher) move with her.

Larissa

Larissa is now two and a half. She seems to be gifted in her language which is great for pushing Katya along. She can hear a word once and then use it in the right context straight away. A bit of a human tape recorder. She starts Kindy at the beginning of next year. She's a bit feisty which can be a bit trying at the moment. She loves her big sister and just wants to do everything that Katya does.

Medic Alert Bracelet

2011-10-24T20:57:00.002+13:00

Some time ago I read this article (http://cochlearimplantonline.com/site/?p=4076) which suggested that it was a good idea for anyone with a CI to get a Medic Alert identifier. The article talks about a case where a user had an accident and their processors were knocked off. They were also knocked unconscious and the hospital performed an MRI on them which ripped their implants out and destroyed their cochleas (meaning that they could not be re-implanted).
Low power MRIs are ok on CI users BUT the hospital needs to know there is an implant so they can bandage the users head. This secures the implant, preventing nasty stuff like this article talks about.
Anyway... the upshot of this is that I sorted a Medic Alert bracelet (as shown) for my daughter. It has the following etched into it:
BILATERAL COCHLEAR IMPLANTS/NO MRI SCAN
NO MONOPOLAR CAUTERY
HEARING IMPAIRED
Monopolar Cautery is an electrical device used in surgery to cauterize and uses the patients body as an earth, which again would be bad news for an implant.
Anyway, for a one off of $70 plus $30 every year after to keep an up-to-date electronic record linked to an ID number on the bracelet, it seems a good idea. Especially as my daughter starts school. There is a bit of form filling in required.

NZSL Dictionary

2011-07-09T09:00:00.002+12:00

http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/sat/sat-20110702-0845-rachel_mckee_sign_language-048.mp3

Interview with Rachel McKee from VUW on NZSL dictionary

iOS Apps for pre-school CI Kids

2011-07-08T13:11:00.003+12:00

My family has been an Apple family since the beginning. We are fortunate enough to now have a number of Apple iOS devices including an iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. These are fantastic devices. They are robust and extremely intuitive. My kids are now proficient and self sufficient operators of all these devices. It seems to take a kid about 15min to become proficient!

There are now a number of apps which have proved to be very useful for my daughter in the development of her listening and speech. I'm going to list these and comment.

SoundTouch

This is a great app. It has grids of pictures that you touch and it brings up a photo and plays the sound. The grids are different categories so it is good for learning groups as well as listening to different sounds and learning the nouns.

TapAndLearn

This app has two modes. One is a smaller set of pictures than SoundTouch but operates the same way. The other asks you to pick from three pictures after asking "Where is the...?".

ABC Phonics

This game incorporates elements of the previous two apps but also allows you to trace the word. Its probably more suited to 4+ year olds.

My First Couplets

This app is basically flashcards. BUT you can buy more categories of cards. AND you can even make your own cards with your own pictures and audio. Its useful if you want to hammer a particular word.

First words

This app is to teach the spelling of some early words. It has very good audio feedback.

Learn2Listen

This app is a smaller less refined version of SoundTouch. But still pretty good.

Ling 6

This is a simple Ling sound app.

The uses of these apps is really limited by your imagination. They can be used simple to hear a sound or word. They can be used to get responses to a "Where is the...?" question. They can be used in a multi-component request like "Find me the cat, dog and goat?". As I say... limited by imagination.

There are a heap of other apps probably more suited to school aged kids. These ones are good for pre-schoolers and new CI kids.

Free CI Book

2011-07-07T21:25:00.001+12:00

Here is a link to a free book for parents of CI kids.

http://ebookee.org/The-Parents-Guide-to-Cochlear-Implants_1055039.html

MAPing

2011-07-07T21:15:00.001+12:00

Here's a useful article on MAPing for CIs

http://www.hearingpocket.com/mapping.shtml

Another good CI comparison

2011-01-20T15:12:00.001+13:00

Here is another good comparison of CIs

http://cochlearimplantonline.com/site/?p=2321

This is also a very useful site.

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General update

2011-01-20T15:08:00.001+13:00

I haven't blogged much recently. Mostly I'm on facebook nowadays.

Also, this month as been mega busy. By the end of the month we will have spent time in Whangarei, Havelock Nth and Christchurch. It's a great opportunity to teach the kids about maps.

Anyway, I'll load some photos soon of our travels and mad Christmas.

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Useful comparison of CI brands

2010-12-19T21:21:00.003+13:00

This is a useful comparison of CI brands

http://funnyoldlife.wordpress.com/cochlear-implants/choosing-a-brand/

In NZ we don't have access to Advanced Bionics yet.

What this article doesn't capture is the usability of the CIs. Cochlear leads here. For parents with little kids, this can be quite important.

Nucleus Freedom Instruction Videos

2010-12-10T18:20:00.001+13:00

Cochlear have really upgraded their collateral and website. Here are all the instruction videos for Katya's Nucleus Freedom Processors.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CochlearAmericas?feature=mhum#p/c/4F3EF3B20A1E8614/1/v_NQYLqTBlg

Lunch

2010-12-03T14:54:00.003+13:00

Bye Bye Truck

2010-10-12T08:40:00.001+13:00

Huge moment this morning.

Katya finally said Bye Bye Truck. This has been a goal for our SLT and us.

bye by cat!

2010-10-08T11:56:00.001+13:00

This morning Katya said Bye Bye Cat. This is a huge step from one word utterances. But the bye bye phrase is big because we have been working on that a lot.

She is saying lots of two word phrases now like yellow flower.

It's very exciting as it is the first step to sentences.

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Its been a year!

2010-10-02T13:19:00.002+13:00

In a few days time it will have been a year since I changed from being a paid worker to being a full time stay at home dad.

I have had a little bit of time to reflect on the last year. It seems like time has gone very fast and things have changed considerably (for the better) since Oct 2009. I am incredibly grateful for those who have walked with me (in one way or another) over this last year.

It will be interesting to see what the next year holds.

2degrees and my iPad...

2010-09-09T14:09:00.001+12:00

I was contacted by 2degrees after my recent posts.

They now have a page on setting up ipads. I'm not sure if it was there when I was trying to do so. I certainly couldn't find it. Anyway... here it is.

http://www.2degreesmobile.co.nz/microsim

They describe the process as a bit fiddly. It certainly is.

For me, I will convert my Vodafone SIM to a micro-SIM and use an adaptor ($7 on Trademe) to run it normally in my iPhone. If I need 3G in my iPad (like a Xmas when we go to the inlaws) I will swap it into the iPad.

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More 2degrees progress

2010-09-07T19:33:00.001+12:00

I think I have finally had success with getting 2degrees working on my iPad. I had to put the micro-SIM in my iPhone and add some credit and purchase the data pack. I got a confirmation txt.

I also rang up and got a web password txt to my iPhone.

I then returned the SIM to my iPad.

In short you absolutely NEED an iPhone to set up an iPad with 2degrees systems. This is pretty poor and they need to sort this out.

My experience with 2degrees continues to be poor. The promised $10 credit hasn't been applied. When I got the web password I asked to talk to a supervisor. But they could not speak to me then and were to ring back later. Someone rang back later. Unfortunately I can not understand their ascent so i don't know their name and they didn't leave a phone number.

The 2degrees web site is not very good. It does not show transactions immediately. I still need to confirm that I have bought a data pack.

So.... I continue to recommend avoiding 2degrees until they mature their systems. I've also had recent problems with XT as well. While technically both 2degrees and XT are more suited to Apple products, Vodafone seems to provide a better implementation.

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Getting an iPad going on 2degrees

2010-09-06T15:17:00.001+12:00

I have previously posted on getting an iPad going on the 2degrees network. Essentially I said it was easy.

I have now found that it is not.

It is easy to get going on a casual rate but that costs a fortune. It has proved to be almost impossible to get a iPad going on one of their well priced data plans.

The process seems to rely on you owning an iPhone 4.

The problem is the txt messaging SIM application that is required to buy the data pack. It has no way of receiving a txt. This means you don't get a txt confirming you have bought the pack. It also means you don't receive the txt saying the purchase of the pack failed because the moment you connected the SIM it chews 1cent of the credit meaning you don't have enough credit to buy the pack.

To check that the purchase of the pack is successful, you need to go on their website. However, you can not get a password to the website because the password gets txt to your iPad (and remember it can't receive txt)!!!

You can't get a password through their call centre either.

Basically you are stuffed. You have to buy the card AND more credit.

That doesn't seem such a big deal... If you know about it in advance. You can buy credit via their phone system.

That's if your name isn't Sym... In which case your credit card number is rejected by their system!

My only option is to buy vouchers from a service station... Which is pretty third world. Frankly I'm not sure it is worth the effort.

My current recommendation is to avoid 2degrees for ipads because they don't have their processes sorted.

I also wonder about their customer service. When, after 2 weeks, we finally got to the reason why I couldn't connect (despite regularly chasing them) and established that really their processes were stuffed for iPads, they gave me a $10 credit. This of course prompted me to try to add credit and then expose other faults in their system. A better customer service approach would have been to get me (customer) to the point I was trying to get to. That would have been a good customer experience... Not a poor one like I have had.

I won't be moving my iPhone from Vodafone anytime soon. Vodafone have looked after me well over the years.

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Comparison of CI brands

2010-09-02T15:34:00.002+12:00

Here is a useful link comparing the different CIs

http://dus28.grange.psu.edu/CIChoices/CIComparison.htm

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Location:Rosalind St,Wellington,New Zealand

A further review of the iPad

2010-08-26T21:11:00.000+12:00

Well I have had my iPad for a while now. So here are a few observations:

>it takes a month of Sundays to charge unless you use the supplied charger. This is a pain because I like to use my computer for charging as it means I have the comfort of knowing it has been backed up

>the keyboard is pretty good. One finger typing is great. Multiple-finger typing causes some issues.

>the screen and sound are awesome.

>I can't work out why you would get the 3G model if you already own an iPhone.

I would fully recommend for someone who already has a laptop. It is not a laptop replacement. It would also be good for people who are technologically challenged. It is pretty hard to see how grandma could break this.

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Location:Kandy Crescent,Wellington,New Zealand

Getting 2 degrees going on an iPad 3G

2010-08-17T19:59:00.003+12:00

There is a lot of mis-information around about how to get an iPad 3G going on the 2 degrees network. My iPad is working beautifully on the 2 degrees network so I thought I would write down how to do this.

Buy a 2 degrees micro-SIM. These come with $20 credit on and cost $20.
Put it in your iPad.
Go to Settings/Cellular Data/SIM Applications/Send a txt and use your $20 credit to buy a data pack. You do this by txting 'buy 512mb' to 233.

That's it. Simple.

if you ring 2 degrees they will tell you that you need to activate the micro-SIM in an iPhone 4. Its rubbish.

If you talk to DSE, they will tell you there are micro-SIMs for iPhones which are different than the ones for iPads (and they don't have any iPad one left). Its rubbish.

It just works. And at least in Wellington the coverage seems good and strong.

The only criticism is the txt interface is awful. I mean truly utterly awful. But if that is the only issue, then its pretty good.

First impressions of an iPad

2010-08-10T22:00:00.001+12:00

I like my iPad. It is very fast. The screen is lovely. And if you already have a laptop in the family it is perfect.

The bits it don't like are applications that are meant for iPhones that just blow up bigger. They go chunky and in some cases are unreadable.

That aside, you can't fault it. The keyboard is great. The web browser is just ridiculously fast. The video playback is just beautiful. And reading stuff on the screen is just lovely.

There are some really cool apps for it. And lots of the good iPhone apps have been updated to work properly on it. The BIG exceptions are facebook and Skype. These guys need to sort there stuff out.

While I have a 3G iPad I have yet to decide if I will connect it that way. Probably not. But the fact that you can is pretty cool.

So... Give me a few weeks and I'll do a full review. But it is looking good so far.

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A quick test blog from new iPad

2010-08-10T21:46:00.000+12:00

No chickens were hurt in the making of this picture.

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Location:Rosalind St,,New Zealand

Katya says her name

2010-07-10T07:45:00.001+12:00

Katya said her name for the first time.

Katya's Eye Op

2010-07-07T19:42:00.001+12:00

Ok. So today started at 4am when for some strange reason Katya woke up. This was great because we got to give her breakfast before her fast started at 6am. At 11am we went to hospital for her eye straightening operation. She came out of recovery around 3.30pm. She then went back to sleep in the Day Ward and we had to awake her at 4.30pm. She currently can't open her eyes because they are too sore. Hopefully tomorrow her eyes won't be as sore and she can open them. Tonight I will need to sleep in her room as I suspect she will wake up hungry.

Romans 5:1-4

2010-06-25T15:52:00.001+12:00

Listening Progress

2010-06-24T13:12:00.002+12:00

Yesterday Katya and I were playing listening games. At one point Katya stopped and pointed to her ears indicating she was hearing something and then signed a bird. She then pointed outside where indeed there was a bird chirping.

The bird was not noticeably loud.

We have been seeing a lot more environmental sound being discerned recently. No adjustments to the processors. So it must be a brain thing.

Good Clean Teeth

2010-06-18T21:31:00.003+12:00

Katya and Larissa are really starting to do a lot of things together. It has been noticable since Larissa has started to walk.

Cochlear Article

2010-06-06T08:07:00.001+12:00

http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_59c68da0-6d36-11df-8961-001cc4c03286.html

Larissa Walks

2010-05-26T19:53:00.001+12:00

Interesting link of CI kid

2010-05-19T16:03:00.001+12:00

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/A_World_of_Silence_and_Hearing_Dallas-Fort_Worth.html

2010-04-27T19:38:00.001+12:00

I am famous! This is the launch of the Rugby World Cup - me with the Webb Ellis Trophy (Rob will be jealous!)

Dinner... PIE!

2010-04-27T16:34:00.000+12:00

Larissa said "Katya" tonight

2010-04-20T19:23:00.001+12:00

On the waterfront today

2010-04-19T16:53:00.001+12:00

Yes... That is a helicopter on the back. Very nice.

Walking is coming...

2010-04-17T18:37:00.002+12:00

Katya started walking very soon after she started sliding along walls. Looks like Larissa won't be too far off.

Larissa's One Year Old Birthday Celebration

2010-04-15T13:35:00.003+12:00

More Painting

2010-04-10T14:08:00.003+12:00

My mum was down which allowed me to finally get onto our room and finish the revision to the stair way.

Rooms a bit of a tip at the moment. Just getting settled back in.

Easter

2010-04-05T08:49:00.001+12:00

The Aussies are here

2010-04-03T15:46:00.003+13:00

We went to the market at Frank Kitts park this morning. Each time we go to the waterfront something interesting is happening. Today the helicopters were being cleaned and two ANZAC frigates from the Aussies were in. A friendly Aussie chick took this for us.

Stair Climbing

2010-04-03T15:42:00.004+13:00

It is amazing to think that it was just over a month ago that Larissa stood up for the first time. Now she is climbing stairs, cruising the furniture and occasionally stands unaided without realising it.

Nehemiah 13

2010-04-02T20:45:00.001+13:00

Romans 2:1-16

2010-04-02T18:43:00.001+13:00

Finally got a double trolley

2010-03-30T18:13:00.001+13:00

Another bacon and egg pie

2010-03-26T15:17:00.001+13:00

This is an eleven egg and bottle of cream bacon and egg pie. I honey glazed the bacon too.

Yes! We actually got one...

2010-03-24T09:12:00.004+13:00

I was sure we had missed the season. Despite having heaps of green tomatos. But one day of good sun produced one tomato!

Bacon and Egg Pie

2010-03-10T15:17:00.000+13:00

Dinner tonight. Someone gave me a hand.

Katya ReMAP

2010-03-04T15:22:00.002+13:00

Katya had a remap while we were in CHCH a few weeks back. It has made a huge difference. She is really progressing.

Today she started referring to an Apple as "App". A few other new words are trickling out. She has really shuffled on with her comprehension.

More surprises

2010-03-04T15:19:00.002+13:00

This morning I went to see why Larissa was not asleep and found this...

Someone had decided they could get themselves up and that jumping up and down was more fun than sleeping. The cot height has now been dropped!

We also have two new teeth, spotted this afternoon.

She has also changed to preferring all fours crawling over the last couple of days. So lots happening.

Some Larissa Moments

2010-02-26T13:20:00.003+13:00

This morning I was taking a wall out at church. Larissa was playing in the little pen. She was sitting. For the first time she lifted herself up to a standing position.
Last night Larissa put food into her hair. In the process of cleaning it I had a little fun with a new hair style!
Sisters engrossed with Paddington

All fours

2010-02-21T14:58:00.001+13:00

Today was the first time Larissa crawled on all fours!!!

Larissa Standing

2010-02-17T15:41:00.001+13:00

Larissa Crawling

2010-02-16T21:29:00.001+13:00

Watties Simply Create

2010-02-13T07:15:00.003+13:00

Watties had their Simply Create range on special and as we are going to CHCH I thought I would give it a go to see if it would be suitable for use when we travel.

There is not much to say. I tried the Chicken with Apricot Sauce. I added some veges and rice. Even that didn't save it.

It was simply foul! If you are thinking of trying it... don't. I was struggling not to throw up from the smell.

My homemade food (ie cook something and stick blend it, then freeze it into ice cubes) is just in a whole different league.

Cauli number two

2010-02-09T15:48:00.000+13:00

My broccoli that wasn't

2010-02-07T15:09:00.004+13:00

I planted some broccoli a while back and it grew and grew but no sign of any heads. Then all of a sudden we got this... a cauliflower! A small cauliflower.

So... cauliflower cheese for dinner tonight.

Self service feeding

2010-02-01T11:06:00.001+13:00

The bread of the day... Ie. Lunch

2010-02-01T11:04:00.001+13:00

In the Pool... the movie

2010-01-27T15:02:00.004+13:00

Videoed on an iPhone 3G using iVideoCamera on low res. Not bad for a phone that does NOT have video functionality.

Kids Playing together

2010-01-27T14:59:00.002+13:00

Some Larissa Pics

2010-01-27T14:56:00.003+13:00

Hmmm... not sure we got it right

2010-01-23T21:09:00.003+13:00

This is the gap under the gate that is meant to stop Larissa going down the stairs. Apparently the gap is too big!

More bread

2010-01-23T12:19:00.003+13:00

With the rain falling like Noah is in the building business, I took to the kitchen and made bread... lots of it.

My garden

2010-01-20T20:24:00.000+13:00

The garden is going well. The lettuce is just going for it.

My broccolli is close to 50cm high but not a sign of actual heads yet. The tomato plants handled the wind and are flowering.

The baby carrots are on stream now.

Shopping this morning

2010-01-19T15:35:00.000+13:00

Fun in the sun...

2010-01-18T21:56:00.004+13:00

Finally the sun returned to Wellington

It got better...

2010-01-18T15:11:00.000+13:00

Summer?!

2010-01-18T07:23:00.000+13:00

Taken at 7.30am today. Should be beautiful sunny views!

My new teeth

2010-01-18T06:43:00.002+13:00

Telecast - The Way - Cover

2010-01-15T08:08:00.000+13:00

Check this out...

Announcing the arrival of my two front teeth

2010-01-14T06:37:00.000+13:00

Larissa's two top front teeth busted through last night. That makes six teeth in total. Explains why she was a bit fragile yesterday.

Whale Oil

2010-01-11T20:40:00.002+13:00

So the latest news is that the Whale Oil blogger has put the name of a Nelson person who is on sex charges kind of on his site. Kind of because it is there in binary. Well kind of because actually the binary turns up a hexi-decimal string that then needs to be converted to ASCII.

The Whale Oil site is currently being attacked. So it is off line. It would be interesting to know who is doing the attacking. HOWEVER... good old google caches so much stuff that it is available through google cache. Bad luck the idiots trying to block the site through the DoS attack.

Anyway... it will be interesting to see if the Whale Oil guy gets charged with this one. Because he hasn't put the name on his site. He hasn't even put the binary conversion of the name.

Two more teeth arriving!!!

2010-01-11T14:38:00.000+13:00

Larissa's two centre teeth are coming through. That makes four in the last two weeks.

And one more...

2010-01-09T21:15:00.004+13:00

Some Larissa Videos

2010-01-09T21:08:00.004+13:00

Tooth four is now out...

2010-01-09T15:06:00.000+13:00

... two more to follow pretty soon too.

CRAWLING... opps... backwards...

2010-01-08T09:38:00.001+13:00

Larissa is commando crawling... only she is going backwards. She got a little stuck!!!

Trouble!

2010-01-06T14:04:00.001+13:00

Nothing on the floor is safe now!

Larissa at almost 9 months

2010-01-05T20:26:00.001+13:00

How did...

2010-01-05T20:20:00.001+13:00

... I get two balloons inside a balloon?

Home made pizza

2010-01-03T11:10:00.000+13:00

Lunch today...

It continues...

2010-01-03T09:48:00.001+13:00

Oh where is summer?!!!

Self Feeding... brilliant!

2010-01-02T16:21:00.002+13:00

Yet More Dropbox...

2010-01-02T06:33:00.002+13:00

I played last night with the share file option. Very cool.

It basically means you can have a shared network directory with anyone you like, anywhere you like.

This would be great for groups working on documents or small/volunteer organisations where committee members could have the same files available.

Tooth number three... Finally!

2010-01-01T11:00:00.001+13:00

Larissa has FINALLY popped tooth number three. It is out of order but it has been a long time between the first two and this tooth.

More teeth will allow me to expand her food textures.

More Dropbox

2009-12-30T19:49:00.003+13:00

I have been doing some looking around at other options to DropBox.

There are no free ones.

Allmydata and LiveDrive are similar services that offer unlimited storage BUT you pay. Both offer iPhone connection like Dropbox.

So for the home user, Dropbox is the one.

A piglet moment

2009-12-29T18:48:00.000+13:00

Cream cheese! Yummy!

A cool and cloudy morning

2009-12-29T12:49:00.001+13:00

So the weather sux...

So off to Te Papa we go

Katya liked the Tomato sauce... She's my girl!!!

Now we are making tracks at home

DropBox Review

2009-12-28T21:13:00.004+13:00

Ok. So I have been playing around with a new free program/service called DropBox.

Basically you can install it on PCs, Macs and iPhones. Whatever gets put in a folder on any device gets synced to all of your devices and gets saved in a secure online storage place.

This is very cool.

You get 2Gb of space free. This is more than enough for important documents like wills, accounts, CVs, scans of various certificates etc.

The really cool thing is that these documents are then available on any machine you have this service running on. If you change the document on one machine, it is updated on all machines!

This is great for collaborative working.

If you are not backing up your documents, now you can for free. It is easy and it is at a level that is better than most businesses have.

Oh... and if you ask me for an invite, you and I get an extra 250Mb space each!!!

New gate complete

2009-12-28T18:41:00.000+13:00

Pool this morning

2009-12-28T12:01:00.000+13:00

Dropbox

2009-12-28T09:02:00.002+13:00

I am playing with Dropbox.

Basically you get 2Gb of free space on the web that automatically syncs. You can sync it to multiple computers (and iPhones).

Pretty cool for backing up files (it means you get an offsite backup) and for moving data between computers.

AND IT IS FREE!!!

Katya post antibiotics

2009-12-28T09:00:00.002+13:00

Katya is struggling a bit after coming off the antibiotics. She is taking a bit to get her gut re-established. Her rashes have gone though so I think we are just in for a bit of a re-adjustment.

So the ten weeks of antibiotics are not the end of the process.

Katya's Baby

2009-12-26T18:37:00.000+13:00

Katya feeding her doll. Note the leg!

Some Christmas Shots

2009-12-26T08:29:00.002+13:00

Curry

2009-12-24T21:10:00.003+13:00

Today we celebrated Katya coming off antibiotics by getting her favourite Indian food.
Larissa also got into the Indian food, although she looks not terribly enthusiastic in this pic. She ate a heap of it.

No more antibiotics!

2009-12-24T09:45:00.001+13:00

Interesting

2009-12-24T08:15:00.001+13:00

Building work today

2009-12-23T21:08:00.002+13:00

Today my Dad and I installed a new system and started on a gate for our stairs

Larissa's first noodle meal

2009-12-21T19:02:00.000+13:00

Katya is an old hand with noodles but liked giving them to Larissa