Monkey humping the proverbial football

Today I got to enjoy watching Norris put together the playyard that will serve as the baby's sleep and changing area at least until we get to Japan. He of course started out bravely enough without directions, just snapping things in where he thought they should go. When this quickly became a haphazard puzzle onto which no more pieces would fit he broke out the directions. Smoothly he sailed along, pieces assembling nicely, even playing the nursery music to help set the mood. Then we sat down to enjoy the finished product and found that he had one extra screw that he could not account for. Still can't account for this screw, directions say only 2 were needed and package had 3. Best we can figure is someone in the factory has a wicked sense of humor and decided to mess with the new parents. I threw out the extra screw. I hope this decision works out. The picture above is what we ended up with and are pretty pleased so far.

Our dog baby

Our dog Bella is currently the baby of the house and we've been wondering lately how she's going to react to the baby when he comes. She really is such a happy dog and is such a clown and a joiner. Norris grabbed me and started dancing with me in the living room tonight and she wanted to join in, circling us and barking, trying to get in on the action. She is a very tidy dog, she likes to have all her toys close together, not scattered about the house. Norris scattered her toys around the living room tonight- she had 5 out- and we watched as slowly she played with all of them and got them back to position, near her dog bed and within mouths reach.

Watching her operate in the house is a lesson on how to survive in a corporate environment. She is very good at kissing the ass above her and dominating the one below her - the cat. Of course as in any good middle manager, when caught with the cats head in her mouth she adopts a look of surprise and spits the head out immediately, looking at the cat with a blaming expression. Pace, for her part uses the opportunity to preen and stand her ground with upper management support whilst knowing that she will pay for this once Norris and I leave the vicinity.

3D ultrasound

Here's pictures of the baby at 31 weeks taken with the 3D ultrasound. Will be interesting to see whether he looks anything like this when born.

First post

So I'm almost 36 weeks pregnant and am starting this blog to chronicle the goings on with this pregnancy and this life as it unfolds. So much will occur in the next month. I have been sitting in the car lately thinking that by this time next month my life will be unrecognizable to me. And in a month past that I'm scheduled to live in a new country on the other side of the world. We've been told that we will be relocating to Japan instead of Las Vegas. Exciting under normal circumstances but at this point more like surreal.