So it's been awhile...

It's 2008 and I've been a slacking blogger. The other night I made Hadley a dress to wear to church and I'm not going to lie, it is ADORABLE. Here are some pictures I took of Hadley in her new dress.
Jeff and Harriet came over and we sat Ruby and Hadley next to each other. They were doing really well and they even started holding hands without any help! I was laughing so hard. It was the cutest thing i have ever seen in my life. period.

Nap time

Hadley is really funny when she sleeps. She usually hums these high pitched notes and sticks one of her hands way up in the air. Brody has also started to cuddle with her when she sleeps.. we think that he is starting to become protective of her. It's pretty cute! Here are some pictures I took of her when she was taking a nap....

Just because....

I seriously love this little girl! I love the cleft in her chin, her huge eyes (that are now turning greenish brown) and the fact that she sleeps for 8.5 hours straight through the night and wakes up smiling. She is better than I could have ever imagined!

Grandparents are fun!!!

Sam's mom came in this weekend to see Hadley for the first time. Her trip was way too short, but we had a lot of fun with her. She loved meeting Hadley and Hadley loved the crazy Irish song that Joan sang to her. Here are some pictures from Joan's quick visit...

Two weeks ago, my parents came and visited Hadley. We had a lot of fun with them visiting Fort Funston, going to the amazing new Whole Foods down in downtown Oakland and playing with Hadley. Here are some pictures of their visit....

Hadley's First Bath

Here is little Miss Hadley taking her first bath...I know, I know....she's a month old and just getting her first bath? I've been giving her sponge baths up until now so it's not that gross that she hasn't had a full bath until now. She did really well until the very end. After her bath, she fell right asleep. So cute!

Before the bath....

Still doing okay...

Now she's angry!!

Still angry..

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!

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