Ender Patrick Parry

Georg's got married

Ender Patrick — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:32:00 +0000

Ender's Uncle Georg from Stuttgart has got married!

Georg is a long-time, close friend and it's great that he's settled down with someone special. We've never seen him looking so healthy and happy!

Congratulations to Georg and Katrina from the three of us.

A video of Ender with a new toy

Ender Patrick — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 04:33:00 +0000

I was in Cape Town for two weeks recently. Two friends there, Daniel and Mel, helped me pick out a nice toy for Ender; a sort of beeping, clanging electronic thing that turns out to have been made in Turkey.

Here's a video of Ender playing with it taken just after I got back from South Africa. I had 15 hours worth of flying time and the journey back to Antalya took two days.

Ender and I missed each other very much and had a lot to catch up on. First thing I did when I got back was have a shower and played with Ender for an hour, then I crashed out in bed. My wife took this video. Ender's watching Baby TV, drinking his milk, playing with his new toy and he's got his father back again. It doesn't get much better for this little guy.

Some early pictures of Ender

Ender Patrick — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:49:00 +0000

Ender just turned 7 months recently. It's amazing how quickly the time passes by.

Anyway, Ender's Aunty Serpil has been taking pictures of Ender with her mobile telephone and we've put them up for everyone in the family to see.

We've so many pictures taken of Ender, we haven't yet had time to put them on the net, but we're gradually catching up now.

Ender's Uncle Joe and Aunty Clare

Ender Patrick — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:31:00 +0000

Ender's always happy to get family photographs, so if you have a few send them to us and we can make some sort of family album!

Here's a couple of pictures of Ender's Uncle Joe (dressed as Elvis Presley) and Aunty Clare (wearing the hat).

We're not sure what the special occasion was, but Uncle Joe does a lot of work for charity and we're guessing that this was some sort of collection, but we're looking forward to Joe's comments and a bit more information about the motorbike!

Ender's teething troubles

Ender Patrick — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:01:00 +0000

When you've got a baby for the first time, you imagine everything will be difficult. You prepare yourself for all possible problems, but as you find out; like all parents you are never ready. Ender's mum is a dietician and works at the Akdeniz Universty hospital. She's scared of all illnesses that can sometimes cause some problems. One time, when Ender stopped feeding she went crazy. She measured his milk levels (Ender does not take Mum's breast milk directly; his Mum has to take it with a vacuum pump). Around 3 days ago he stopped feeding and sleeping properly. He and his Mum had to stay all night together. At this time he does need to be on his Mum's shoulders, like all the babies. She did some research and found out he might have a teething problem. He started to squeeze everything in his mouth 2 months ago and is producing lots of salvia.

There's sign of a tooth coming that we can see, and a baby wouldn't normally have a first tooth until 7 months, but all the signs are that he is teething at 5 months.

If anyone has any tips or advice on how to get through this period, we would be happy to have a comment from you.

Ender's first computer

Ender Patrick — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 07:03:00 +0000

Ender's 6 months old now; probably old enough to start learning object-orientated programming - well the basics anyway!

We bought him a little computer and set him down to see what he could do.

I couldn't see any evidence of a top down approach to writing code; but he did seem to be enjoying himself in any case.

Ender's favourite video

Ender Patrick — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 08:51:00 +0000

Here's a video that Ender seems to like a lot - I'm sure you all will too!

Ender's first blog entry

Ender Patrick — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:32:00 +0000

We thought it would be fun to let Ender write his own entry so we sat him down in front of the keyboard to see what he would come up with.

After a shaky start with lots of missed hits, he soon got the hang of it and managed:

cg 6 0 BV V C OLS- E BV NVJ BV HTOC.SOPO89KL89OVM NVMNMNGO

before he started screaming and shouting..... dunno what the problem was.

Needless to say, I'm a very proud Dad :-)

Welcome to Ender's Web Diary.

Ender Patrick — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:23:00 +0000

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Ender Patrick's blog diary, which I shall be maintaining until he's old enough to update it for himself.

Please feel free to add comments or news - you can leave an anonymous comment and just leave your name in the text box.

All comments are moderated - that means they come to me by email so that I can check they are from family members and that the comment is suitable for children.

That means your comments often won't show for a few hours!