Remodel phase 5/6

Phase 5 and 6 are kind of together, because we got in a "rusch."  A little over a week ago, Chris decided that we WERE going to be getting carpet and moving our furniture into the bonus room before his parents come tomorrow.  So, here is how it looks so far:

The painting on the walls:

 And in the closet.  Done by me.  First actual painting job where I have lifted the brush.  Good it started with the closet!  Not TOO shabby!:

 Chris's awesome tiling job.  It fit just right!:

 And . . . this morning . . . the carpet layers came!!

So now, we need to put the furniture in tonight, and then put on trim and put shelves and doors on the closet, and we are DONE!
We have learned several things while doing this project.  Some of them are:

• Doing a project like this takes more time, energy, and money than you can project.
• We got more DUST and DIRT in our house than we ever thought possible
• Chris, who I thought was not very handy, is actually an INCREDIBLE handyman!  He can do anything, honestly!
• Having the right tools is a very necessary part of the project.  For instance, we got a texture gun from Home Depot that saved our lives.  My dad also loaned us a saw, and we got a power sander and a nail gun from guys in our ward.  These tools shaved WEEKS, maybe even MONTHS off of the project!
• Youtube is a great resource.  It taught Chris how to do a lot of things in the project!
• Having crazy, hair-brained ideas like, "Hey, let's make a closet," or, "Hey, let's put tile by the door," is a good thing.  
• Taking the paneling off at the beginning was the best idea ever!!

It went from looking like this:

To looking like this:

Remodel phase 4

Well, the bonus room is coming right along.  This week, we are FINISHING the painting and tile so that the carpet can be put in on Monday!  Wa-hoo!  That way, it will be finished enough to have furniture when Chris's parents come to visit.  Here are the walls, completely taped, mudded, and sanded.  Next step, texturing and painting!

 We found the original carpet behind the heater.  It looks like this.  Lovely.

 We also found some stickers behind the heater on the opposite wall.  The date on them in 1979, and they are still sticky!

It REALLY is a Girl!

Today, we had our "big" 20 week ultrasound.  Now, I have had an ultrasound every time I have gone to my doctor's office.  But this is the "official" one to make sure that all the body parts are in working order.  And they are.  I can't tell you how wonderful that is to know as a mother!  Here are the pictures we got:

 A few 3D images, with her hands in front of her face:

 And here they are, 2D style:

Our doctor says that she will probably weigh about the same as Davis, which was TINY!  He was 6 pounds 5 ounces.  Reagan is in the 29th percentile, which puts her at about the same weight.  Weird that I have such small babies!

Remodel phase 3

Chris spent basically all weekend finishing mudding and sanding, and FRAMING THE CLOSET!!  We are super excited!

Thanks to wonderful family and friends in the ward, we currently have a rotating saw, nail gun, and power sander on loan!  We are grateful for friends and their help!

Remodel phase 2

The walls are taped, mudded, and sanded.  Next step: Make a closet.  I am super excited for this part!

Movie outtakes

There are several movies that I tried to shoot of Davis with his little announcement.  Here are some that didn't make the cut, but they are still pretty cute!

These were taken in the bathtub, because I figured the chances of being able to keep him in one place for the whole video was better:

It's all about the sex

Davis has an announcement to make:

We had an ultrasound last Wednesday and got a picture that looked like this:

The ultrasound tech said she was pretty sure it was a girl.  I showed the picture to my dad, and he says that it is a 90% possibility of it being a girl.

So, it looks like we are having a girl in December!