Harley's Harley's Everywhere!

This is me crossing the bridge going into Lauhglin-I was surrounded by bikers!

My boss Larry with his wife Cassie and oldest daughter Kirsten


This is Larry's rig...nice huh?

The guys next to us had some pretty nice bikes

This weekend is the annual Laughlin River Run. All I can say is there are bikers everywhere! We even get tons here in Kingman cause we're only 35 minutes away from Laughlin. All the rooms in Laughlin sell out, so they overflow into Kingman. Also, we have the famous Route 66 that runs through our town and a lot of the bikers like to ride it. On Thursday I went down and hung out with my boss Larry and his family. They take their motorhome and camp out for the weekend. We walked around a lot which everyone told me was what I need to do anyway to get this baby out! So that was good. Lui was working, so we went and visited him at the store and had some lunch. It was fun hanging out with everyone and seeing all the different bikes. I've never seen anything like it!

"Jack Squat"

Yup, these are the words out of my doctors mouth on wed at our appt. He checked again to see if i was dilated at all...and these were the words out of his mouth..."You're not doing jack squat..." Has your doctor ever said that to you? He then proceeded to tell me that I would probably be delivering between 41 and 42 weeks. WHAT??!! So we set up another appt. for next Fri (my due date)-no, not for an induction or anything-just to see how things are progressing. I'm a little disappointed cause I kinda just want her to come out and play. The other night Lui was reading to her and it was the cutest thing ever. Our doc is LDS and he speaks spanish and he told Lui, "Tienes que hablar mas en espanol!" ("You have to speak more spanish to her!") We'll see if that works. Tomorrow is my last day at work. I have mixed emotions. It will be nice to have a break, but at the same time my store is running really well right now and I don't want anything to happen. I'm confident in my Assistant Manager to run things while I'm gone, but at the same time a little apprehensive. I think anyone in my position would feel the same. My Divisional Manager has a numbers contest every month between the 5 stores in his division. The first 3 months I've taken 1st place which puts me in 1st year-to-date also. The closest store to me in points is double what I have. It's a great accomplishment, cause I'm pretty competitive and I love being #1! Well, that's about it for now. I'll keep ya updated...

The Finished Project!

Lui and I made our weekly trip to the doc this morning...same news as last week. I'm still not dilated. Soooo, we're still just waiting to see what's going to happen. I've been watching these shows on Discovery Health, and when the babies are born I find myself very emotional. I guess I just can't wait til Baylee gets here. Meanwhile, we've been getting the final touches done on her room. Here's the final look at the nursery. Pretty simple, but pretty :)

A Few More Pics of the Nursery

Team 201!

My Assistant Manager and pitcher, Steve

2nd base-Termite (aka Brianna) and 1st base/captain, Bryant

Deena enjoying one of the yummy chili dogs

Gabriel getting in a good stretch

On Tuesday we had our annual INO softball tourney. I would have loved to be out there playing with my team, but all I could do was base coach :( And cheer them on of course. They've been practicing for a couple months and it showed! They played great. We won the 1st game against 104 (Lake Mead store), then we played 86. Yes, my old store. And yes, the team that has won the tournament the last 4 years in a row. (I was there for 3 of them!) I was pretty proud cause my team only lost by 4 runs. The 3rd game they played was a close one, but they ended up losing by 2 runs :( They were pretty disappointed. But hey, they represented 201 like champs!

HELP!

ok, so today i'm 37 weeks. wow. it's getting so close. so i know many of you out there have been through this process many a times and are much more knowledgable than i, so i was wondering if you could help me out...here's my question:

what do i take to the hospital when the times comes to go? do we need a bag ready? what do we need?

any advice would be much appreciated!!

Lui got a present too!

Well, after searching and waiting and looking online we finally found it. Here's Lui's new ride...a 2007 Nissan Maxima with 3200 miles. Dark gray with tan interior. He loves it and that's what matters right???!!!

Baby Shower in Vegas

Here are some pics of the baby shower in vegas that Lisa and Leticia threw for us. Thanks to all who went and for the wonderful gifts for Baylee!

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

Getting Closer!

K, so not only are we getting closer to my due date, but we're getting closer to having Baylee's room all ready. Here's the crib and changing table/dresser. I'm still waiting on some closet organizers I ordered from Target. With the baby shower in Vegas next week, we're going to have to organize the things we get from that! I'm still feeling good...I find myself having to sit up straight, cause if I don't it's tuff to breathe. I can feel pressure against my ribs, especially on the right side. She's still moving around A LOT! Lui and I are so excited to welcome our new little family member into this world.

34 Weeks!

Our 3D ultrasound

Here's a profile shot of Baylee. We attempted to put a video on here of this same picture cause the video shows her smiling at the end, but it wouldn't work :(




(My fears are calmed...it's still a girl!) Below is a pic of her heartbeat


She's gonna have big ol feet like her dad!

Farewell Friend

A few of my associates and I went to Chilis the other night. We got together to celebrate the life of one of our fellow team members who passed away last Thurs. One of my associates, Tim Roche, died from a heartattack at the age of 47. He had a pretty extensive medical history, but it was still very unexpected and shocking. His 6 year old son Cash was home alone with him when it happened. I had called Tim on his cell from the store Thurs. morning to ask him a question, and Cash answered the phone. He said his daddy wouldn't wake up and that he was cold. No one at the store knew which apt. they were at because they were in the process of moving, so I couldn't send anyone over to the house. I had to tell Cash to hang up and call 911. He did, which is pretty amazing for a 6 year old boy...but this boy is very smart. His dad was already gone when they got there. I can't imagine what he's going to remember for the rest of his life having experienced that... Til we meet again Tim.

From, Store 201

More Shower Pics

Baby Shower!

one of my associates, Ashley, made this way cute cake out of onesies, burp rags, receiving blankets, and lots of other fun stuff. how cute is that?!

another diaper cake!

Tana holding Colin and Celeste, from the ward

Jess and Lauren, 2 of my associates

The twins, Tiffy and Alyssa, Jess, Kryssta-trying to figure out which kind of baby food is in the jar!

Thanks Barb for setting up the shower--it was so fun! Several sisters from the ward came and lots of my associates from the store. Baylee is gonna smell good and look better with all the gifts we got!

8 Months Prego!

don't ask me...



Lui and I had a little photo shoot last night. I'm not sure why, but he's getting more cooperative with the whole picture taking thing. This shoot was actually his idea! (I still don't think I look 8 months, do you??)