A Day in the Life

Andrea, Adelyn, and I are back at home and trying to adjust to our new life together.  Andrea is recovering very well from her C-Section and is becoming more and more active every day.  I have this week off work to take care of the mommy, baby, and get everything situated.  The break from work has been good especially since sleep has been rare.  Adelyn is adjusting to life outside the womb quite well.  Even with all the poking, prodding, and flash bulbs of friends and family, she is still being a little angel and we feel lucky to have her in our home.  Time and time again Andrea and I look at her and remark how lucky we are to have a perfect and beautiful little girl.  Thank you so much for your outpouring of love and support.  We miss you all and wish that you could be here to meet our little girl.  Here are some more photos.

Adelyn is such a great baby.  She has been an angel and we love looking into her sweet eyes and staring into her beautiful face.  We have received a lot of feedback about the baby from the baby announcement that we sent out and everyone wanted the same thing; more pictures.  In an effort to appease the masses, here are some new ones.

We welcomed our sweet baby girl into the world on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 6:26 PM.  Her name is Adelyn Amanda Taylor.  She weighed in at 6 pounds and 11 ounces and she was 19.6 inches long.  Both Andrea and Adelyn are doing great.  Although it was a long and emotional day, seeing the birth of a child is an amazing experience.  Here are some photos of our little angel:

I made this baby announcement for Adelyn’s birth.  Take a look and let me know what you think of it.  By the way if you want to print it, it is all ready to be printed as a 5×7.  Enjoy!

Adelyn's Baby Announcement

I had to fill up my car with gas this morning and for the first time in a very long time it was an enjoyable experience.  I filled my car up from warning light empty to full for less than 30 dollars.  Gas prices here have been dropping like crazy in the last few weeks, but now it looks like we could drop below 2 dollars soon.    Wow, that would be awesome.  I guess this could be another reason to live in Texas!

Also you may notice that $2.17 is for 87 octane, not that oxygenated 85 octane stuff they sell in Utah.

Go ahead and leave a comment with how much you are paying for gas.  It will be fun to compare.

Some projects are so much more involved (and frustrating) than you think they are going to be. In our experience, MOST projects are more involved and take more time than we think. Painting the nursery was no exception. I’ll spare the details, but here’s the basic story. Zac and I found a paint color we loved at Lowe’s, had a sample made, and painted it on a poster board to make sure it was the right shade of green for the baby’s room. I LOVED it. So the next day Zac went back to Lowe’s, bought a gallon of the paint, and with my dad’s help, painted the room. When I saw it, I knew it was not the same color I had picked out, so we decided to go back to Lowe’s and see if they could get us the right color. Well, after 7 cans of paint and a trip to 2 different Lowe’s stores, we FINALLY got the right color paint. It was weird, none of the employees could tell us why the machine made the sample one color and the gallon another. They had no idea. But they finally got us the correct color, we went home and painted it, and here are some pics of the process. We aren’t quite done, but we’re pretty proud of it so far!

Wrong color

Painting the right color!

Crib Assembly

Crib and changing table

Cute border on the wall

Crib (I made this quilt)

Baby's closet (she is so spoiled!)