Of Bibs and Ducks

So, as Chelane is stubbornly waiting until AFTER her due date to come, Dallas keeps reminding me of the fact that I am an anxious waiter.

Dallas came two weeks early so one afternoon in August I decided, "Hey, why not set up all the baby stuff?" So I did. Since Cam is an EXTREMELY heavy sleeper (as long as it is in the middle of the night, from about 5am on he isn't so heavy) and the master bedroom is in this house is huge, I just set up the crib and dresser, with the baby clothes and diapers, on the side of the room we weren't using. Cam, of course, came home and immediately teased me for being so pro-active and then put the crib (already complete with sheets) to good use as a hanger for his work pants. *sigh*

Every few days or so Dallas will decide to rearrange my baby organization job and pull the clothes out of the dresser. He especially seemed to love a little pink spit bib (he believes it is a hat I think) until the other day. He pulled out a cute, newborn-size, yellow sleeper with ducks on it and brought it over to the bed where I was finishing "Return of the King". He handed me the sleeper, and when I asked what he wanted me to do with it he promptly started trying to pull his shirt off and signing "help". When I didn't oblige and tried to explain that the sleeper was for a baby and too small for him, he took the sleeper from me and went to find Daddy...

Portland

So Cam had his interview for the RM position in Portland yesterday. Cam has applied to almost anything that has opened up in the Sandy center over the past few months (about 3 different positions); after all those interviews, however, he said he didn't feel good about the interview... he didn't think some of his answers were good or he felt ill-prepared, etc. When he came home yesterday he said he felt good about the interview. I take that to be a good sign.

If he gets the position he would have a week of training in Seattle, a week in GA and then start on Oct 20th in Portland. We will know if he got the position by the end of next week so (for those of you not doing the math) that will leave basically 3 weeks for 2 weeks of out-of-town training and moving. That also means (for those of you not following too closely along) that I will be packing up the house pretty much by myself with a newborn and a toddler running around. At least I won't be bored! Hopefully Karma can help out...

As you can tell (well maybe you can't) I am getting my hopes up, which I know I shouldn't be. I am just VERY ready to be out of the desert and I know Cam is ready to be off his estate and retirement team. Anyway, we will find out by the end of next week, so watch out for a post along those lines in a week!

Movie

So since Dallas isn't talking too terribly much I have decided I need to stop slacking on teaching him signs, especially of things he asks for constantly. So the last two days I have taught him "candy" and "movie". Of course he is making the signs his own... His candy is a pincer grasp twisting anywhere on his head (last night it was behind his ear). His movie is him interlocking hands and doing that "wave" like move from elbow to elbow. I think it maybe him combining "help" and "movie" together.

Anyway, it is pretty cute and a lot nicer than "uh uh uh" and pointing.

Some Pictures

I am not sure why I am posting these, most people that check this are family and have already seen these pictures, but they are so darn cute. So here are the Dallas and me pictures with my 33 week preggo belly and Dallas is about 19.5 months.

The Waiting Game...

I didn't expect to be waiting until my due date with this pregnancy, but it looks like that is where I am headed. Dallas came over 2 weeks early so I just assumed that would happen again, but here I am 8 days from the due date and nothing. Cam is looking forward to his daughter, not only to have another baby but also to take some time off of stressfull work.

Also Cam is applying for a position within E*Trade at a new office they are opening in Portland. It is the same position we have been waiting to open in the Seattle office, but this will at least get us out of the desert at considerably closer to family. He has an interview on Wednesday and the position would start October 20th (when Cam first told me about the position I thought they would *maybe* be filling it by around Christmas... this would be happening a lot quicker than that).

Dallas started saying some more words. He has "yes" ("ya-ya" in a very happy (and high) voice), "no" (complete with head shaking), juice ("oo-s" along with the sign), and cereal (sounds a lot like his juice but he is signing cereal along with it), and "uh-oh" that I have only heard a few times. His understanding of words has ballooned and he is starting to obey better (and at the same time be more defiant). Cam and I are looking forward to his verbal skills taking off.