Tiitiäinen mielipuuhassaan - Favourite hobby

Tiitiäinen mielipuuhassaan, originally uploaded by shuopio.

Now we are at home! Even the first nights are now behind us and we've survived! Baby wakes up for food every two hours or so. After finishing the breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack she's ready to sleep. You're right, it has been easy start for us. ;)

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Olemme nyt kotona! Nyt jopa ensimäiset yöt ovat takanapäin ja olemme selvinneet niistä! Vauva herää öisin syömään parin tunnin välein. Ruokailusessioiden jälkeen hän nukahtaa yleensä hyvin nopeasti, oli päivä taikka yö. Jep, helpolla ollaan päästy tähän asti.. ;)

Our little girl

Our little girl, originally uploaded by shuopio.

Quickly visiting from the hospital. Here's the first photo of our baby girl! She was born 11.11.2006 at 03:31 am. She weighed 4050g and is 52cm long.

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Pikavisiitillä kotona sairaalasta. Tässäpä ensimäinen kuva tytöstämme! Hän syntyi 11.11.2006 03:31 aamuyöstä. Strategiset mitat: 4050g ja 52cm.

Sumuinen Kauklahti - Foggy Kauklahti

Sumuinen Kauklahti, originally uploaded by shuopio.

41+2

41+2, originally uploaded by shuopio.

Today Pirittas pregnancy is on 41 weeks + two days. In a weeks time something is bound to happen - one way or another! But isn't that bump gorgeous?! 8)

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Tänään raskaus viikolla 41 (plus kaksi päivää). Viikon aikana jotakin tulee tapahtumaan - tavalla tai toisella! Eikö masu olekin hiaaano?!

first frosty morning, and..

first frosty morning, and.., originally uploaded by shuopio.

The trains are late as in UK..

Autumn duties - Syyshommia

This weekend was filled with all kinds of household stuff. There were work on the backyard. Saturday afternoon there was a group effort of all people living on the same rows of houses to clean up the common areas and e.g. install new post boxes ;) The weather has not really helped, light rain all the time. But at least no snow yet as in northern Finland.

The baby is due in next three weeks time, that's for sure. The calculated day is already next week but we have been prepared to wait a bit longer.

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Tämä viikonloppu on hurahtanut syyshommissa. Taloyhtiön syystalkoissa siivottiin koko tontti ja mm. asennettiin uudet postilaatikot ;) Sadesää ei ole auttanut mutta onneksi ei ole ollut pakkasta niinkuin pohjoisemmassa.

Vauvan laskettu aika on jo ensi viikolla mutta uskoisimme että menee hieman pidempään. Joka tapauksessa jotakin tapahtuu kolmen viikon kuluessa!

Troubles with flickr - Harmeja flickr:in kanssa.

Forgot my yahoo! account password (or at least got it locked with too many retries). Resetting the password proved to be more tricky than I thought: Yahoo! wants me to remember and type the address details I have on the account. It is not unreasonable to ask them but I do not know them - I created the yahoo account as a spam/IM account to start with! In addition to that, I bought the flickr pro account when the flickr still had their own separate accounts.

As the yahoo email support does not seem too helpful I tried new approach: As I still have the email-to-flickr settings valid, I posted the image above to show that I have at least some affiliation with the account.. Lets hope this and the flickr pro account purchase info helps..

After I get the account back I finally can empty the picture backlog..

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Postaukset ovat olleet jumissa sen takia että en ole päässyt kunnolla käsiksi flickr-tiliini. Yllä oleva vuodatus liittyy siihen miten ylläpitäjät eivät oikein halua helpolla nollata salasanaani.. Noh toivottavasti kuva toimii paremmin kun tuhannen sanan sähköposti..

-Simo

Whew, it has been a busy couple of weeks! Packing and preparing and arranging everything for the move has been a usual chaos. A business trip to India just after the move weekend did make a hard deadline when everything had to be in order.

Anyway, here we are (more accurately Hansakallionkuja 12 A 6, 02780 Espoo) and most of the things start to be on the order. I will post couple photos from here soon.

BTW: Less than two months left to the set date for Pirittas pregnancy. That will surely be the next deadline to keep us busy. ;)

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Huhhhuh, onpa ollut kiireiset pari viikkoa! Pakkaus ja valmistelu muuttoa varten oli tutun oloista kaaosta. Työmatka intiaan juuri muuttoviikonlopun jälkeen varmisti että ko viikonloppuna huhkittiin aamusta iltaan niin täällä Kökkelissä kuin Perkkaallakin.

Jokatapuksessa, täällä sitä ollaan (Osoite tarkemmin: Hansakallionkuja 12 A 6, 02780 Espoo ) ja suurin osa tavaroista alkaa olla paikallaan. Pistän kuvia kämpiltä verkkoon piakkoin.

Muuten: Jäljellä on enää vajaat kaksi kuukautta Pirittan laskettuun aikaan.. Siinä onkin seuraava "deadline" joka pitää meidät kiireisinä. ;)

EDIT: Heh, viikot ja kuukaudet olivat menneet sekaisin, laskettu aika on siis lokakuun lopussa eli vieläkin on muutama viikko edessä mikäli asiat etenevät niinkuin tähän asti.. ;)

No more holidays - Lomat lopussa

B&R_at_helsinki-46, originally uploaded by shuopio.

Holidays are now totally used for this summer. Of course Piritta has still some left, depending how much temp work she gets before the maternity leave.

Finnish summer has been very hot and nice this time, so back-to-work is not that depressing as
it could be.. ;)

(Testing a larger photo post size from flickr.. is this too big?)

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Lomat ovat ohi tältä kesältä. Piritalla on toki vielä hieman vapaata jälkellä, riippuen siitä miten paljon sijaisuuksia hän saa/ottaa ennen äitiysloman alkua.

Suomen kesä on ollut kuuma mutta miellyttävä. Siksipä töihinpaluu ei ahdista niin paljoa kuin se voisi.. ;)

(Testaan samalla suurempaa kuvankokoa flickr-palvelusta postattaessa, onkohan tämä jo liian iso?)

Mat wash part two - matonpesupaikka II

summer06-06
Originally uploaded by shuopio.

Here are the actual mat washing pontoons mentioned on previous posting.

Tässä kuva varsinaisesta matonpesupaikasta.

Mat washing site - Mattopesupaikka

summer06-07
Originally uploaded by shuopio.

Pic from a public mat-washing -site at Helsinki. One way to spend sunny Sunday afternoon.

Kuva matonpesupaikalta helsingistä. Yksi tapa viettää aurinkoista sunnuntai-iltapäivää.

Koli

Koli
Originally uploaded by shuopio.

su 16.07.2006 16:41 Impressive view from Koli, near Simo's birthplace.

Mahtava näkymä Kolin huipulta.

Ruisrock

Ruisrock
Originally uploaded by shuopio.

su 09.07.2006 16:10 09072006437

Stuart and Tapio

Stuart and Tapio
Originally uploaded by shuopio.

Simo: I was lucky to catch Stuart on his busy week for a beer. He's getting married this Saturday here at Helsinki - therefore the preceding week is veeeryy busy. Stuarts old friend Tapio Selby joined for pre-marriage drink. ;-)

Doorway silhuette

Doorway silhuette
Originally uploaded by shuopio.

On a sunny day my camera fills easily with doorway/window silhouette pics. Here's one example from Turku castle.

Yyteri Beach

Yyteri Beach
Originally uploaded by shuopio.

On our way back to Helsinki, we visited places on the west coast where we haven't been before. One of them was Yyteri beach near Pori.

Simo visiting Simo

Simo visiting Simo
Originally uploaded by shuopio.

(Simo is really also a town in Finland)

Midsummer sun

Midsummer sun
Originally uploaded by shuopio.

Taken near midnight at Pirittas parents summer cottage near Raahe. Very still, very beautiful..

Juhannus - Midsummer

Now it is midsummer eve, and we are leaving for the countryside. During this weekend most of the finns concentrate on enjoying the summer, each in their own way. For some this means retreat to summer cottages with the family and friends. For some it means hiking in the lapland. In any case, now the summer is as its best: light, warm, holidays are ahead.. ;-)

There is more or less three full weeks of holiday ahead, and there might be less updates on the blog. (apart from occasional mobile picture uploads..)

Have a nice midsummer!

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Och samma på finska: Lomille lomps! ;)

Ruins

Ruins
Originally uploaded by shuopio.

su 18.06.2006 15:36 Half-burned old church at Porvoo