A Day in the Life

It Won’t Be Like This For Long

Zac — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:30:37 +0000

A few days ago, I heard a song that made me think about my beautiful daughter Adelyn. So I made a little video of the first few weeks of Adelyn’s life set to the song. I hope that you enjoy the video and don’t cry as much as me!

First Bath and More

Zac — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:46:44 +0000

Life at Home

Zac — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:45:11 +0000

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.

Another Day in Paradise

Zac — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:30:24 +0000

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.

Baby Adelyn Has Arrived

Zac — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:10:53 +0000

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:

Adelyn’s Baby Announcement

Zac — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:00:49 +0000

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

Read it and Weep

Zac — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:19:20 +0000

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.

Any Time Now

Zac — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:20:54 +0000

This is Andrea just 10 days away from the finish line. She looks great and feels good too! The little basketball belly is perfect and we are so excited we can barely stand it.

Andrea at 39 Weeks

The hospital bag is packed with books, massage tools, and a game boy. The car seat is ready to be strapped in and the baby’s clothes and sheets are washed. We will be spending the next few days waiting and trying to get everything ready for our little girl.

P.S. You might want to check here every couple of days because this is the first place we will put baby pictures.

Do You Think This Will Stop After The Election?

Zac — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:15:41 +0000

I have tried not to be political on this blog ever, but this one got me going and I had to spread the word. I read a story today about the Obama Campaign and their desperate attempt to raise more money for the campaign. The article said:

Having hauled in a record $208,333 every hour of every day last month — $150 million in all — plus a few more unreported millions so far this month, Barack Obama is worried that he might come up short in the political money war with the John McCain-Sarah Palin ticket.

Just to relieve himself of that $150 million before the polls open, Obama will have to spend $12.5 million a day.

Are you kidding me, 12.5 million dollars a day, that is crazy! Does Obama honestly think that his campaign spending is helping Americans? Although he claims to want to help everyday Americans by putting more money in their pockets, he sure appears to be more concerned with taking it out of their pockets! Apparently, he thinks that he will spend more than 12.5 million a day because he is asking for more.

…according to an e-mail plea to supporters, tonight’s the absolute deadline to donate $10 more and receive your special edition Official Obama-Biden car magnet.

Having now collected more than $605 million altogether, the freshman senator shows no concern over the appearance of buying the presidency. Imagine for a moment the national political conversation that could be going on now if rich Republicans had raked in that much loot for one campaign.

Wow, yesterday I read an article about how there was a whole hoopla about Sarah Palin, and how she has spent $150,000 on clothes since the Republican National Convention. $150,000 in two months sure seems like an insignificant amount compared to 12.5 Million dollars a day. Don’t worry, at least the Obama campaign explains why they needed more money.

“We have to make our final, tough decisions about where to fight and how strong we can make our team. And those choices will depend on the financial resources we have.”

Apparently, the Obama campaign has to have money to make decisions. Intersting… I wonder what will happen when Obama is the president, and he has to make a tough decision, like about a financial crisis? Perhaps he will just ask us for more money to help him decide. I don’t know about you, but I do not think that would help us get out of the crisis.

I wish this election had actually been about issues that will affect me. Not just about what color, gender, and religion you are and how well you can spin the media wheel in your favor. I guess we can hope for a better election next time.

PS. You can read the whole article here.

Nursery Progress

Andrea — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:02:19 +0000

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!)