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Craig Lotter is a web developer based in Gordon's Bay, South Africa, who seems completely incapable of shaking off that pesky inner child within, the one that forces him to love all things animated or hand drawn.
The Rugged Rock of Craig contains snippets of his life, popular culture and all the important things like anime, manga, games and comic books. The CodeUnit of Craig on the other hand contains the more serious stuff like code snippets and tutorials, while the House of C chronicles his foray into the world of web comics.
For which it never seems he has enough time anyway.
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Tag Archives: pregnancy
Jessica’s First Big Miracle

So in summary, everything is going well – Mommy and Daddy are in high spirits, little Jessica looks as cute as a button despite all the tubes and sensors and whatnot surrounding her, the hospital remains a most excellent host and so far everything looks like it is going 100%. (Heck and even the medical aid now appears to be in order) Continue reading
World, Say Hello to Jessica

On the 14th of November 2010, a full 8 weeks to early, our precious little dribble monster entered this world, kicking and screaming, and most important of all – alive. Small, but alive. World, say hello to Jessica Madison Lotter. Continue reading
Posted in Jessica, My Life
Tagged birth, caesar, chantelle, incubator, jessica, jessica madison lotter, kuilsriver, netcare, nicu, pregnancy
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We need Your Prayers Please…

We thought we were in the clear. 31 weeks and 4 days had already passed, and apart from some very swollen feet, Chantelle and little unborn Jessica were doing absolutely fine. That all changed yesterday. Continue reading
Posted in Jessica, My Life
Tagged chantelle, dr. du toit, hospital, louis leipoldt, medi-clinic, pre-eclampsia, preeclampsia, pregnancy, premature
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Antenatal Onslaught

The time for Jessica to join us in this great big world is starting to quicken its step now, and as a result we now find ourselves having already enrolled in and attended our first antenatal classes! Continue reading
My Little Growing Daughter

As you may have noticed, I haven’t exactly been hanging around these pages for the last month so, purely because of all the current work around the new house that is going on in my life. Which of course means … Continue reading
Stubborn Like Her Dad

Chantelle went for another check up scan on Friday, though this time around she gave her mom a much appreciated present, inviting Cheryl to accompany her to the gynae while I stayed at work, slaving away at my keyboard as per usual. Continue reading
So What is Really in a Name?

So out of our four chosen names to be applied to our first child, the pendulum has now swung back again, strongly in favour of the original choice of Jessica, though modified with the use of our second girl name, meaning that should our baby be a girl – and it is suspected that she might be according to the doctor who did the 13 week scan and Chantelle herself – she would be called Jessica Madison Lotter. Continue reading
The Progress of Our Little (Possibly) Jessica

Last Friday was the big 13 week scan for Chantelle and myself, the so-called NT scan whose primary objective is to establish whether or not your foetus may be suffering from some major defect, like Down Syndrome for example, and thus give you the choice as to whether or not to continue the pregnancy. Continue reading







