Life as a future father is filled with anticipation and change. Suddenly you feel the urge to protect your family, but how do you protect your loved ones as an IT professional???
Well, that is of course easy, you get a big gun!
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the euro coin a design content has been started to get the new design of a future commemorative coin. All citizens of Europe can participate and if you present the best design of the 731 million potential participants you win a set of coins and of course some honor. You have two more weeks because the design needs to be submitted in the 20th of May.
The design needs to be related/inspired by the 10 year existence of the euro, but the number 10 cannot be used. Using the number 10 would be confusing when you need to determine the value of the coin. A 2 euro coin with a 10 on it could easily be used to rip off non Europeans, and that should of course be avoided. It’s also prohibited to use any written text on the coin.
I’m going to have a brainstorm session about this theme this weekend, and maybe I’ll try my luck with a simple design.
Vandaag weer langs het ziekenhuis geweest voor een check om te zien of alles goed is met onze Pek.
Alles bleek gelukkig in orde, en de vriendelijke arts maakte van onze afspraak gebruik om ons gelijk de 4D mogelijkheden van het echo apparaat te demonstreren.
De 4 dimensies die we te zien kregen waren breedte, hoogte, diepte en tijd. Op de fotos ontbreekt uiteraard het tijdsaspect, maar toch blijft het indrukwekkend.
De voorlopige statistieken:
· 21 centimeter
· 319 gram
· 20 weken en 3 dagen
· hij heeft mijn grote teen
Things are going quite well with little Pek and also his mother and father are doing well. Recently however Ana developed a strange treat. Nesting urge! I’m not sure how it started or where it came from, but I have a strong suspicion that it is related to some pregnancy hormone. Ana has a strong need to buy, improve, clean, paint and renew. More specifically, Ana want me to do all these things. This is how I ended up constructing an IKEA-box for our little baby 6 months early. Still waiting for me are a children’s cupboard and a special table to change babies.
Nesting urge
A strange behavior that becomes obvious because a pregnant woman starts to spend much more time with things like cleaning and re arranging. Usually this behavior start during the third trimester of the pregnancyAccording to experts the behavior is intended to handle the stress that is sensed in relation to the upcoming birth of the child, or a way to prepare for the birth. The behavior is aimed specifically to the desire to control the situation. The behavior comforts and introduces a sensation of easy and trust to the mother.
Our landlord also got to experience the new Ana mentality. The balcony needed to be renovated and we needed a new postbox and the buzzer to open the gate also needed to be fixed. Some friends have already been convinced to help paint the entire house. In addition we are spending some afternoons looking for different apartments, because who knows… maybe we’ll be better off somewhere else.
The strange things is that I as a future father don’t notice any urges. Even more so, I try to calm Ana down and put a brake on all her desires. My first comment was that breathing fumes from cleaning products, IKEA furniture and paint is not the most healthy occupation for a pregnant mother. It is also very curious to be painting the home we currently rent and at the same time invest time and effort in looking for another place to stay.
Ana agreed in park with my comments which resulted in the deal that Ana will go shopping with friends next weekend. I will be accompanied by some other friends to paint the apartment.
A new life is about to begin. Figuratively for Ana and myself and literally for the future addition to our family. Of course we are very happy. The doctor has told us that there is a high probability that we will need to use blue paint for the baby’s room.
5 weeks:
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Las Palmas is a nice short movie that shows quite accurately how the average tourist sometimes behaves. Living in Las Palmas it is a situation that I can clearly recognise, but luckily it does not happen that often. Good to see ‘our’ island getting some attention.
Here they are, a few of the pictures of our wedding. Don’t worry, we are still in the process of making a few dvd’s so we can send our families and friends their own set.
The Spanish red cross asked me to create a virtual tour through their offices. They would use this tour to add something visual when explaining the activities of the red cross and to add an impression of how the offices are set up and to make clear what is the scale of the activities and the size of the offices and storage that the red cross has available.
Enjoying a nice cup of coffee they explained in detail how the center was run and that this specific office is one of the four most important distribution centers worldwide.
Ik heb mijn mede vrijwillers uitgelegd dat ik nog nooit een dergelijke 3d presentatie gemaakt heb, maar dat ik het best wil proberen. Net als de flash applicatie die ik in het verleden gemaakt heb is het een leuke methode om weer iets wijzer te worden.
Voor de 3d presentatie heb ik twee gratis software pakketen en een website gevonden die ik ga onderzoeken.
Als iemand nog tips heeft verneem ik die graag! Binnenkort het resultaat.
We have finally received the pictures made by the photographers. Ana was not really satisfied, but the pictures are not so bad. We now have around 5000 pictures and a pre-selection made by the photographer of around 600 pictures. From these 600 I can select the best and maybe tweak them a little with my gimp or with paintshop.
Our friends and family also send large amounts of pictures, videos and derived products. For this we thank you all!
After selecting the best of the best we’ll probably print a few albums for ourselves and for our parents. For sure you will be able to find a selection online soon, and we’ll send some of the pictures for the people who helped make this day so special for us. Rest assured, if you decide to visit us any time soon we will for sure bother you with our pictures and invite you to an emotional roller coaster ride past all the memorable events of our wedding day.
