Three Weeks

It is hard to think it has been almost four weeks since Chelane was born. In some way it is still surreal not to be pregnant anymore and in others it feels like she has been here forever and I couldn't imagine out lives without her. Here are some pictures of the last week.


Chelane likes to be very awake for a few hour stretch in the day, so we take advantage of that for some tummy time. Dallas can't resist Chelane on the floor. He will always lie down next to her (like this) and watch. He is usually very gentle but sometimes he likes to roll over...

He is being a great big brother and helper to me. He not only fetches me diapers but he is my little alarm. Since my hearing isn't terribly good (and the last few weeks with this cold it has gotten temporarily worse) sometimes I don't hear timers go off downstairs if I am upstairs, or Chelane crying if I am in the laundry room. However, I can always count on Dallas to run to my side and point to the offending noise so I can go take care of it.


This is our little angel. Very wide-eyed and adorable if I do say so myself. Karma came up to spend last Saturday with us and she said she had definitely gotten longer and "chunkier". She seems to almost be too long for most of the newborn size clothes she has. She is such a cutie.

The Plan

I guess just so everyone knows, Cam has decided that is the Seattle job falls through we are going up to Seattle for school anyway (he is going to go to GRCC and finish his associates and then see where he wants to go from there). He isn't even 100% sure he will take the Seattle job, or wait for it if they aren't hiring right away, anymore either.

We already applied him to GRCC and he was accepted. He is tentatively thinking about physical therapy or sports medicine stuff. It look like either way we are planning on being up in Seattle area by the end of March at the latest. THere are still a lot of details to iron out but we have started the process for applying for grants and student loans, now we still need to find a place to live and get Cam (and possibly me too) are part time job. Please keep your eyes open for good part time jobs and/or cheap 2 room apartments if you could (Jen, how much was rent at the complex you and Dane were at that is right down the street from GRCC?)

Fun Times Around the House

So i figured we were WAY overdo for a baby picture, although this isn't the best... I mean Chelane looks great but I have nice circles around my eyes (which I always seem to have) and the really bad eyebrows, I need Jen to shape them again and then I PROMISE to keep them up. She seems to have really open, bright eyes when she is awake. I know you can't see them in this picture, but her eyes are a deep blue right now. They may continue to get lighter, but I think I can safely say we have another blue-eyed child.


Dallas rediscovered Toy Story 2 (he had completely mangled the DVD, there there are about 5 chapters in the middle that have to be skipped because it freezes every two frames; but he is still watching it) and it is the only movie he will happily watch for the last 3 days and we can't seem to interest him in doing anything else (he has taken short breaks, but he always come back to the TV). I guess when you are watching the same thing over and over you have to find different ways to make the experience new - at least that is what I think the idea behind this was...


Anyway both kids are doing great. Dallas cries more than Chelane does... And he has figured out how to take his pants off, I know big discovery. He ran out of the room last night (where he was, surprise!, watching Toy Story 2) without them on and streaked to the bathroom while signing "bath". Sorry I wasn't fast enough with the camera to catch that one, it would have been a good date picture (as Cam puts it - showing the picture off to girlfriend in 15 years) for later...

Another Short One

Portland is a no-go. Cam got the news this morning, so he is applying for the Seattle position. If that doesn't go well either we are still planning on moving up for him to go to school, probably after Christmas sometime.

Also I finished the "Twilight" series last night, I stayed up a little late to do it... I didn't get to bed until almost 1am, but luckily Chelane is deciding to do her long stretches today. She didn't get me up the first time until about 5am and hasn't gotten up again yet (it is almost 11am - I am going to wake her soon if she doesn't rouse). I liked the books, the last one made me cry (all the parts where she is preparing to send off Renesmee and thinking they will all die, it tugs at a mother's heart strings).

Well I should get back to my amazingly perfect children, Dallas is eating Honey Bunches of Oats in milk downstairs with a spoon (still, hopefully) and I need to see how much damage has been done to the kitchen :/

E*Trade Makes Me Happy

So they put off the starting time of the Portland position another week, so that is another week of waiting. Also the Seattle position opened, but we have no idea when they are wanting to fill that by. Cam is also struggling with the decision of either applying to these jobs or just forgetting about them and planning on school full-time.

I am only about ready to pull my hair out, but it is no big deal :)