A Day in the Life

I promised to upload a few more movies a long time ago and never did. So today I took some time and made a new movie which is a series of video clips we have taken over Adelyn’s life. This video shows some of my favorite moments with Adelyn. For example I love watching her wake up and stretch and lying on the ground and talking to her in complete nonsense. Also, she is almost three months old, and is just starting to roll over. It is the cutest thing because she wants to roll so badly, but when she can’t make it she gets really frustrated. She can go from her tummy to her back, but can’t get going the other way. You will see her attempts to roll over near the end of the video. Thanks for visiting our blog; I hope you enjoy this movie.

I received this in an email today and it made me laugh. I do not know who wrote it or where it came from but it was worthy of a post. After watching the BCS bowl selections last night I was a little dumbfounded as to their logic. Reading this little excerpt made the whole process make a lot more scene.

After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.

“Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning with the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland and continuing on into conference play with defeats of Poland, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. Their only losses came against the US and Russia; however considering their entire body of work–including an incredibly tough Strength of Schedule–our computers deemed them worthy of the #1 ranking.”

Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS commissioner stated “The US only had two major victories–Japan and Germany. The computer models, unlike humans, aren’t influenced by head-to-head contests–they consider each contest to be only a single, equally-weighted event.”

German Chancellor Adolph Hiter said “Yes, we lost to the US; but we defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks.” Herr Hitler has been criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn ‘style points’ to enhance Germany’s rankings. Hitler protested “Our contest with Poland was in doubt until the final day and the conditions in Norway were incredibly challenging and demanded the application of additional forces.”

The French ranking has also come under scrutiny. The BCS commented ” France had a single loss against Germany and following a preseason #1 ranking they only fell to #2.”

Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria, Borneo and the Philippines.

I know that we cannot do a playoff, due to school schedules and other various things, but this BCS stuff is ridiculous. Why is Utah #6 playing #4 Alabama when #3 Texas is playing #10 Ohio State? I would think that #3 would play #4, but apparently not. Go Deutschland!

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.