Remodeling phase 1

We decided to redo our bonus/TV room.  We are very excited for this remodel.
Advantages:

• We are going to put in a toy closet!  Hooray!
• We are going to have a little tile space at the back door
• We are going to do the tile by the garage
• It is not going to have paneling in it any more.  We debated heavily about whether to take out the paneling or not.  We are glad that we decided to do it.

Disadvantages:

• Not being able to use the garage while the furniture is in it.
• Not being able to use the room for a little while.  But, in the end it will be worth it!

Here is how the project looks after phase one, which was the removal of EVERYTHING, including the furniture, paneling, and carpet.

June

June is a great month in Idaho!  Here is Davis on the floor at Grandma and Grandpa's house.  I forget what he was doing.  Probably just being silly.

Then we decided to remodel our bonus/TV room.  More on that later.  But, while we were cleaning out the garage, Davis was checking out the hose.  It was squirting water into his mouth.  That is more fun that a little boy can handle.

He completely soaked himself, which resulted in a bath later.
I decided to finally bust out my maternity clothes, at 15 weeks.  Here is my 15 week picture.

So fun!
I went to Girls' Camp.  Here are some selfies that we took in the car before leaving.

It was VERY COLD at Girls' Camp.  I was not planning on it, but I left on Tuesday.  Then I went back for testimony meeting on Thursday night.  Chris came with me, which was very nice.



I also decided that Davis needed some new shoes, because his were DEAD.  I found out that he has grown TWO SIZES since Christmas!  He has certainly put a lot of love into these shoes.  I had to take a picture before I threw them away.  These are his first shoes that he actually wore, and he learned how to walk in them.

A sneak peek

So, I went to the doctor today.  He could not find a heartbeat, so he said that he would have me do an ultrasound.  He said that it is usually hard to find a heartbeat at 13 weeks, so I pretended not to be too worried.  I texted Chris.  He was a little worried too.  But, the ultrasound found a beautiful, healthy baby, who is right on target for his/her due date!  Yay!!  Here is a picture:

Chris thinks he can tell that it is a boy.  What do you think?

18 month stats

We had our 18 month check-up today.  We were going to do it last week, but ended up having tubes put in that day instead!  Here are his stats:

• Weight: 26 pounds 8 ounces
• Height: 33 inches
• Head circumference: 20 inches--that is in the 98.98 percentile!

Things I want to remember about Davis at 18 months:

• He is usually a very happy guy.
• He has jobs that need to be done every day: emptying out the toy box, and more importantly, the tupperware cupboard.  This needs to be done every. single. day.
• He eats pretty much anything.  He lets me know when he wants "mo, mo, mo," which can either mean that he wants more or is done.  When he does NOT want any more of the food I am about to give him, he pushes it away.
•  He loves to imitate any word that we say.
• When he is about to get in trouble, he says, "Baby!" because he knows that he won't get in as bad of trouble for saying that.
• He only drinks water from a Camelbak water bottle.  He has a certain kind of sippy cup that he will drink milk from.

• He LOVES books, and will bring one to me and sit on my lap any chance he can get.  He likes board books better than real pages.  His favorites are "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See?" and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."  He is just like his mommy when she was his age!

 We went to visit my mom's parents graves the day before Memorial Day.  Here are some pictures!

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  How can you not love this boy?

The Crazy month of May

May is only supposed to be a crazy month when kids are in school, right?  WRONG!  When you are the Young Women's leader, May is nuts!  And we have certainly felt it this year!  Girls' Camp is coming up way too soon, school is getting out for the girls, and we have had a LOT of family getaways in May.  So May has been both CRAZY and FUN!!

We went to Utah for Chris's conference.  Fortunately, we were given a hotel with TWO rooms, which was awesome.  We left Davis alone for about 5 seconds, and he took all the wipes out of the container.  I let him spread toilet paper all over, because hey, it was a hotel!

 Grandma was in charge of elections, so we went to see her.

This is Davis while Mommy is taking a shower.  He loves books!  His favorites are "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."  We sometimes read both of those at least five times a day.

Davis played with his girlfriend during Stake Conference.  Davis loves to play with other kids.  If they take his stuff, that is fine.  He is very social, and just wants them to be happy.  He is going to make a great big brother!

Mommy got a new iPhone, and Davis loves to explore it!

We went to the cabin.  It is probably the best place on earth.  We enjoyed every minute!

Except for the night that Davis would not sleep in his own room, so he ended up sleeping with Mommy and Daddy.  He was so tired that he fell asleep on the way home.  I wanted to as well!

Davis had tubes put in his ears.  He was so brave!  We had to be at the hospital at 5:30 in the morning, so we woke him up, and went to check in.  Then we went to the waiting room for a few minutes, then the pre-op place.  They told us that we could put Davis in the wagon and ride around for a while before meeting with the nurses.  He was more than happy to ride in the wagon, just checking out the people.  Then we met with the nurses (the nurse in charge of anesthesia was my uncle!  Cool) and changed him into his hospital robes.  Then we walked around for another 45 minutes, waiting for him to go into surgery.  The nurse took the wagon into surgery, and he was given anesthesia, and came out like 15 minutes later.  When we went to see him in Recovery, the nurse said that he needed a parent to lie down with him.  Before I had even processed the information, Chris was laying with Davis on the bed, just cuddling the little guy who was waking up from anesthesia.
I think the only thing that Davis had to recover from was waking up so much earlier than he usually does!

Daddy called and said that there was a bounce house at his work, so we went to play in it.  Davis especially loved throwing the balls.  He is not the best at jumping, but he sure thinks he is!

Baby Rusch

We got some more pictures of our baby today!  Everything is going well for him/her!  Less than an inch, with a good strong heartbeat!  The white cursor is over the head on both pictures.

Our sweet little blueberry

We went to Utah this past weekend.  We partly went because Chris had a conference for librarians in Utah.  We partly went because Davis and I could hang out with family members.  But we mostly went because we got to have an ultrasound of our little blueberry!

 We got a hotel room for the stay, and were lucky enough to receive a "complimentary upgrade" to a one-room suite.  It was super nice to be able to put Davis somewhere to go to sleep and close the door.  And then we turned out backs for 2 seconds and he found out that he could empty the wipe container.

At our house, we no longer use the toilet paper roll.  But at the hotel, the toilet paper holder is a great toy!

Here are the ultrasound pictures--some of them, at least!  They are not TOO exciting, because at almost 8 weeks, he or she is the size of a blueberry.  But we got to see/hear a heartbeat as well, which was very exciting!

The doctor was completely amazed that I am pregnant.  He was very excited for us!  I think he doesn't usually text people to tell them congratulations, but he definitely texted me!  He expressed gratitude for being involved in the miracle.  It has been quite the ride!

We love this baby already!