This is who Hadley looks like...I guess

Who do you think she looks like???

Little Miss Hadley

Let's be real, people. Hadley is adorable. I've seen some weird looking babies and I'm pretty sure that Hadley doesn't fit into the weird/ugly baby category. I'm not saying that because she is the fruit of my loins, I'm saying it because it's totally true! On that note, here are some new photographs.....

Push Gift

Has anyone heard of a push gift? I had never heard of it until Sam's mom mentioned it to Sam. Apparently when a woman gives birth, the husband (or Baby-Daddy, which is what my young women call them) is supposed to buy the wife something (jewelry) for all their hard work and pushing during labor. Sounds good to me! I'll do almost anything for a nice piece of jewelry.

So Sam had this beautiful ring custom made for me as my push gift by our jeweler friend, Angelika. She does amazing work that is really unique and each piece comes with a special meaning. Angelika came by last night and dropped off my beautiful ring and I am so excited to have it! Thanks to my loving husband for listening to his mother!

Hadley Marlow Hayes

Is her name.

And the Name is

Drum roll please....

Meet Our Baby Girl!

Last night Marielle gave birth to our gorgeous baby girl. Here is a short slideshow with some pictures we took early this morning.

Ways to induce labor

So if anyone is checking our blog, I know it is because they are hoping that we have had our baby by now. Sad story but no baby yet! So here is what we did today. There are some ways to naturally induce labor, drinking castor oil, eating spicy food, going on really long walks, etc. Out of all of those things, going on a walk sounded like the most enjoyable. So today Sam and I went on a really long walk, hoping to bring on the labor! We had a nice walk and took Brody-it is really beautiful here right now and I'm excited for this time of year when everything is so beautiful! Here are some pictures of our walk...

39 Week Ultrasound

So our doctor wanted us to have another ultrasound this week because she said that Marielle was measuring small and she just wanted to make sure that everything was fine. Good news, the ultrasound went great and the baby is doing really well. She said that it has chubby fingers and Marielle's nose. If you look hard during the video, you can see it's face! We can't wait to meet you, baby Hayes, hurry up!

Body World

Last week we went to an exhibit that we both had been wanting to see- BODY WORLDS! It's an exhibit that our friends had told us about where they take bodies that have been donated to science and "plastinate" them, pose them and put them out for all to see. Basically all you need to know is that we looked at a bunch of dead people and here are the pictures. By the end I wanted to throw up!

39 weeks and counting

Guess what everyone...I'm still pregnant! The doctors told me I would have the baby way early but here I am still at 39 weeks and STILL pregnant. I feel really good but Sam and I can't wait to meet the new addition to our family! Here is a picture of me in all of my 39 week glory! Does anyone want to throw out a guess as to when we will have our baby?

Welcome to the world, Ruby!

Warning...the following pictures are NOT of our baby! Don't freak out! Jeff and Harriet had their little baby girl on September 12th. Her name is Ruby Nora Hayes and she is adorable! She weighed 6 lbs, 5oz and was 17" long when she was born. She made her big debut at Heather's birthday party the other night. We all got to hold her. Levi loves his little sister!
Everyone came over to our place to celebrate Heather's big day and we had a good time eating the best cake ever from Costco. The frosting on this thing is at least 4 inches thick! Yummy!

Happy, Happy birthday Heather! We love you!

God Loves a Boston Terrier

Fleet Week 2007

Quintessential Reno Guy

This weekend we spent some time in Reno, and after much searching found what we believe to be the "Quintessential Reno Guy"! First of all, he was driving one of coolest Ferrari's ever built straight from 1982. Second, he was sporting what appeared to be a well groomed mustache as well as sun glasses he stole from a "Top Gun" movie set. Third, he was in some kind of blue spandex vest with matching blue gloves. Let's not forget his stylish matching blue choker!

At first we were somewhat taken back by the trendsetting style of this chic metrosexual guy, but later agreed that he was probably on his way to a senior citizen facility to drop his drawers to show off a matching blue thong.

P.S. This guy was NOT camera shy!

WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER

(the actual AP headline, this is a real story)

Linda Burnett, 23, a resident of San Diego, was visiting her in- laws
in Los Angeles and, while there, went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries.

Several people noticed her sitting in her car with the windows rolled up and with her eyes closed, with both hands behind the back of her head.

One customer who had been at the store for a while became concerned and walked over to the car. He noticed that Linda's eyes were now open, and she looked very strange. He asked her if she was okay, and Linda replied that she'd been shot in the back of the head, and had been holding her brains in for over an hour. The man called the paramedics, who broke into the car because the doors were locked and Linda refused to remove her hands from her head.

When they finally got in, they found that Linda had a wad of bread dough on the back of her head. A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded from the heat, making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot, and the wad of dough hit her in the back of her head. When she reached back to find out what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She initially passed out, but quickly recovered and tried to hold her brains in for over an hour until someone noticed and came to her aid.

What about Shepard Fairey?

If everyone hates Anthony Micallef (two people whose opinions I don't regard as important), what do you think about Shepard Fairey? Just kidding you two. No seriously though, I don't care what you think. Just kidding.

Check out the detail below (see the signed check in the collage):

Anthony Micallef

So if you haven't heard, Marielle and I have had some fun buying art recently. Ok. I have had some fun buying art recently. I just got this print in, and I really like it a lot. Marielle on the other hand hates it! So my question to anyone who has no life and actually looks at our blog is: Do you like my Bomber Girl (majority rules here, sorry Marielle)?