Our little Cameron

I thought I would post a few pictures of Cameron. I can't believe he is 6 weeks old already. The time has flown by and I just love being a mom! He is getting so big...he is growing and growing. He amazes me with how strong he is as well. He can sit up on the couch and when i put him on his belly he can lift his head and back up so far. I just love spending my days with him...he is so sweet. He is starting to react to me more as well. When I talk in a high voice or pick him up from his nap he smiles...I love it! He also is such a good sleeper...I got the book Baby Wise and it has helped me so much. He sleeps really good through the night already and in his crib! I feel so blessed to have him in our family and I can't wait for the many adventures ahead of us.
He smiles a lot now!

The boys!

I love when he smiles

This face was cracking me up

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cameron's Thanksgiving Outfit (gift from Aunt Marguerite)

The boys!!

Handsome Cameron

We had our first Thanksgiving with our sweet son Cameron! We spent it with Jake's family and it was a great day. We had tons of delicious food and played games afterward. Cameron was the center of attention as usual. He loves being around people and was really sweet. He has been kind of fussy lately, so I was glad he was not crying the whole time. Stephanie came down from Idaho and is spending the week with us. It has been wonderful to have her here with us. Cameron loves when she holds him! It has been nice to have some time off and just relax. Jake and I are a little sleep deprived, so it has been nice to be able to sleep a little more in the mornings and not have to get up for school or work. I definately don't appreciate all that we have been blessed with as much as I should -- so it is a great time to remember all that we have to be thankful for.

THANKFUL FOR:

* healthy son Cameron * the gospel

* handsome husband Jake * good friends and family

* my job (which gives us free rent) * good health (not being pregnant :)

Cameron's Room

Here are some pictures of Cameron's room. It is basically done I just want to put up some pictures and a few more little things. It is sports themed!!!

Cameron Jacob Rust

These are pictures from the day before I went into labor!!

Our son Cameron Jacob Rust has finally been born!!! After about 12 hours of labor he was born on November 4th at 12:27pm. He was 20 1/2 inches long and weighed 8 lbs 2 ozs. After having kind of a rough pregnany, it is amazing to finally have him here with us. As soon as he was born I was so incredibly happy. I forgot almost instantly how painful it had been and also how sick I was. I can now enjoy food, kiss my husband, and all sorts of wonderful things.
Cameron is just the sweetest baby in the world. He sleeps so good and is feeding beautifully as well. I feel very blessed and spoiled. We are both just a little sleep deprived. The only thing that we had to get checked was his bilirubun count (for jaudice). It was a little high when we left the hospital but it was normal after he was checked two days later.
He has already grown and is now 22 inches. He was discharged from the hospital at 7 lbs 9 ozs and now is 7 lbs 13 ozs. He looks so long and skinny. He also got his circumcision and he didn't even cry. His pediatrician was very impressed. He is as healthy as can be and it is so fun to actually have him here with us. I can just look at him forever...I spend a lot of time doing that. I feel so blessed to have a healthy baby with no problems. It is an added bonus that he is also a very calm and sweet baby.
My mom is here to help for two weeks and she has been a life saver. She cooks our meals, cleans, does laundry, and helps with the night shifts...so basically she does it all. I will sure miss her when she is gone. Love ya mom!

Our little family

Our handsome son

Father & son

Getting checked...he passed all the tests with flying colors

Cameron on the scale!

Just a little bit after his birth...I was very tired but happy!!

The Belly (37 Weeks)

So I still haven't had this baby!! He is just way too comfortable in my belly. We finished our lamaze classes as well as the baby room. Just playing the waiting game now. I am getting quite anxious, so I am trying not to think about it because when I do, the days go by really slow. I am measuring a little small, but when the doctor did an ultra-sound everything was fine with the amniotic fluid...he is just really low and not very big. My due date was moved up 9 days but he didn't come. I am now a day away from the original due date!!! Bottom line: I am ready to have our son!!

More Belly Pictures

These are the pictures we took at 8 months...I am getting behind because I am 9 months now. I will have to take those soon and post them. I am getting really really excited to have our little guy. I just want to hold him...everything is uncomfortable right now, from walking to sleeping. At my last doctor's appointment everything was going good though. His head is facing down and my body is preparing for labor...YEA!!

Baby Shower

Bath Goods

Me wearing our son's hooded blanket

Diapers...I will be seeing a lot more of these very soon!!

The cutest little jacket!

So we finally had the baby shower!! It was such a great shower that Tracie and Ashton put together. The food was great and the company even better. It was fun to see some friends I haven't seen for a while. Our little guy got soooo much stuff. He is going to be one good dressed kid. He is going to be embarrassed to be seen with his mommy with my spit up outfits. We got a stroller and carseat as well as a swing, which we are pretty sure we will be using a lot...Jake and I both loved to swing when we were little. Anyway, we feel so blessed to have gotten so many nice things. It got me even more excited to have our little guy. I can't believe how fast the pregnancy has flown by.

School Starts!!

The Battle Wound

The Alpine Slides!

The Baja Cantina

So school has begun again!! The summer seems to have flown by. September 2nd was the first day of BYU for Jake. It feels so weird not to be going to classes. It is awesome to have no homework though! Jake has already had quite a load already in that department. I thought now would be a good time to recap some things from the past month. On the 23rd of August we had a fun day in Park City as a family. The boys went golfing and the girls went shopping. We ended up getting baby clothes :) Then we met up and had dinner at the Baja Cantina! The food there is amazing! After our bellies were full we all went down the Alpine Slides (except me)... I didn't want to go pregnant just in case something happened. Since I am extremely accident prone, I thought it would be best. Turns out Jake decided to be the one to get hurt since I couldn't. He fell off the slide as he was racing Dan down the hill.

Jake also put together a mission reunion on the 30th which turned out great! It was a BBQ and quite a few people showed. It was good for Jake to see everyone from the mission again. That day we also went to the first BYU football game!! It was a really hot day, but a pretty good game, minus all the turn overs. I couldn't make it through the entire game because I was getting too overheated, so we watched the rest of it on tv with air conditioning. GO BYU!

1 Year Anniversary

In front of the Anniversary Inn

Our Sultan's Bed

Just chilling!

Our sweet jacuzzi tub!!

I can't believe it has already been a year! To celebrate we went to the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake. It is a place that has themed rooms. We got the Sultan's Palace. Jake made it a surprise. He is romantic like that. It was really nice...made us feel like royalty. We got breakfast delivered to our room in the morning which was awesome. I sure could get used to that:) It was so wonderful to just have a relaxing weekend together.

Growing Belly

5 Month Belly shot!!

Ashley's belly!!

Jake felt left out and wanted to take a picture of his belly too.

My growing belly!

Jake and I just chilling

I thought it was about time to post some belly pictures. It will be fun to keep track of the progress so I can remember. My belly has been growing steadily. It is crazy how fast it seemed to happen. My growing belly is slowing me down a bit, but I love it. It is much better than being sick. My legs ache a lot and Jake is a good sport and massages them a lot! I just try and take it easy most of the day, because I get tired very easily.

It's a BOY!

I recently had my first ultra-sound and found out we are having a BOY! He is healthy and very active. He was so funny during the ultra-sound -- fliping and moving all over the place. He even sucked his thumb for us. I tried to get the ultra-sound pictures on our blog, but they weren't very clear. It was such a wonderful experience for Jake and I to see our little baby. It made it so much more real. Now we can start really thinking of names! I have also found myself constantly looking at babies clothes, toys, cribs, etc that we will be needing soon. We are getting sooo excited!!

Graduation!

I have been so spoiled and have been able to

see my family a lot recently.

I got to sing in the marriott center also!

Oh yea...and I graduated from BYU with a BS in

Sociology and a minor in music. I thought I would

post some pictures from that great day.

NJ Trip

Bradley was the star of the entire vacation!

He is the cutest boy in the world.

I just got back from New Jersey. My family is moving to Virginia, so we

decided to have a last little family reunion before the big move. It is the house we

grew up in, so it was bittersweet. It was so good to see the family! It was

especially good to see Bradley- the newest addition to the family

(Marg and Mike's son). He is sooo cute.

The hair cut!

I decided to chop off my hair finally. I haven't been feeling very good with the pregnancy and so it is a lot easier to handle. I love it!!

The BIG DAY!

We were married on August 1st, 2007. Here are
some pictures from that great day! We have
now been married for nine months.

Starting a blog

I thought it was about time to start a blog. Some updates on the Rust family:

Ashley just graduated from Brigham Young University in April!

Jake has an internship this summer with North Western.

We are also expecting a baby and the due date is October 30th. We are so excited and feel so blessed to be able to have the oportunity to be parents soon. I am glad to be done with school so I can focus on being pregnant. I have been dealing with the wonders of morning sickness as well. Not so fun. I am just glad I don't have any more papers to write.