belly shot!

i took these today, by myself, no help from anyone, thank you very much. taking a good photo of your own large belly sounds easy. in theory, it IS easy... execution of said idea proves much more difficult. anyway, this is my favorite. i figured i'd better do one, even though it's not a profile, since we ARE 31 weeks (tomorrow) after all, and it's been a little while since the last one. i also heard from the real estate lady, all the photos i took today were what she was looking for, and she's got an exterior-only job for me tomorrow. lucky for me, it's literally a minute away. AND... drumroll... i scored a camera on ebay! it's not a nikon, but olympus is just as nice... it's an evolt e-300, comes with the lens and it was a great deal. the buy-it-now price was just right, so we had to act quick... it should be here within a week! oh, the next 7 days are going to d-r-a-g. now that i have more appropriate equipment, i can cross my fingers that i'll get a little more interest...

oh, and one last thing- cole learned to use a sign!! he now understands "more" and how to use it. not to say that he uses it every time, but he has signed "more" several times today during lunch and supper. of course, sometimes he just wants more too much to even consider using the sign, so to avoid a meltdown at the table, i don't push it. it's so exciting to watch him do it (he does it almost perfectly) and then just light up when i give him another spoonful or bite! and to think- i pretty much gave up on it. oh well- guess it's not too late for him to learn, and now that he knows and remembers that it gets him results, maybe he'll be more open to learning other signs too. if not, well, at least he'll never go hungry, since he knows what "more" gets him, hahaha!