Thomas Silkjær | Graphic design & photography

As planned, we went to the 3D/4D scanning last friday. It didn't go exactly as planned though - the baby girl didn't want to show her face, and just kept lying with her back against us.

But even though we didn't get any great pictures of her, it was a great experience. We are now 100% sure it's a girl, and that she is healthy and well. She currently weighs 1124g, which is perfect for a 27 weeks old baby.

Because of the bad luck getting any good pictures, they gave us a new time for ultrasound in a couple of weeks instead - hopefully we will be able to show pictures thats a little better than these two short video clips:

1. 3D/4D ultrasound scanning

Tomorrow afternoon we have ordered time for a 3D/3D ultrasound scanning - we are very excited about it! Last time we had an ultrasound was almost 2 months ago, and we were told that everything was fine, and that they were 90% sure we are having a baby girl.

Tomorrow we will know the gender for sure, and we will see our little baby as she looks - I really can't wait. Of course I will upload some photos and short video clips to flickr.

My brother and his wife had their little son, Leander, this sunday - my first nephew. For the first time I had the chance to hold a newborn child (6-7 hours old) in my arms - what a wonderful feeling. Suddently it feels more real that we are having a baby as well.

2. Theme no 3 aka. Aligned

I have converted the HTML mockup to a working Habari theme, which you can see by clicking here, or by selecting Aligned from the theme switcher dropdown in the sidebar.

I have made a lot of changes and tweaks to the design since the HTML mockup I wrote about yesterday, especially the comment list and form layout - I really like how it has turned out. Currently I am working on cross browser problems.

The header image randomizes between 5 different photos - all are crops of some of my own photos, which are of course featured on my flickr photostream.

If I get time to make the last tweaks and get cross browser support in place, I will release the theme for download tomorrow.

With a baby on its way, we have decided to buy a camcorder. I have spent many hours looking around for the right one, and I think I have decided to go for a Canon Vixia HF10.

I really like the idea of removable storage instead of a big HDD - the HF10 has an internal memory of 16GB and is extensible using SDHC cards. It shoots 1080p and has a lot of fantastic features, a great lens, great autofocus etc. I can recommend reading the great review at camcorderinfo.com which actually covers every little detail.

A few pictures of the beauty:

If you have experience with this or other HD camcorders, then please share them. But otherwise I am pretty certain that this is a good choice!

And a last thing - if I end up buying this cam, I will of course upload more photos and test shootings!

It has been a while since I stopped blogging, but I'm beginning to realize that I actually somewhat miss it. I started using Twitter to keep writing some of my thoughts online, but 140 characters just isn't always enough. And instead of using Twitter to fulfill my blogging needs, I might even start using it more as it is supposed instead.

I have previously made more serious blogging attempts, writing guides and blogging about heavier topics, such as web development and web design. I would like this new blog to be less focused and more personal.

This blog is also a step away from WordPress and a step into the world of Habari - the current theme being my first public Habari theme, Habarism.

And just to start out by posting a little personal stuff, how about photos of our cats ...

... and of our babygirl.

Until next time, you know you love me.

XOXO
Gossi ... err ... Thomas