Just when you think you have a good idea, Life teaches you funny things. we thought that we had found the perfect paint for the dining room. See we wanted something bold and with a reddish tint to it and so we found this discount paint ... Yeah we did, we bought it. we painted and well WHAMMO! here is what we came out with. I know you must be hoping that we don't leave it. We already bought the cover-up/right color/more expensive paint. When we get that done Saturday morning i will post the finished project. I promise. Don't you love the streaks?

Well, we thought we could take a picture of the mother to be and show possibly just how big this girl of ours is going to be. This is Amanda at 36 weeks and still going! man are we anxiously awaiting her arrival. We went to the Doctor on the 28th and she said that after Amanda has, OH about ONE WEEK OF SCHOOL! we will be ready to have her. so we are looking now at the week of August 18-22(ish) Sorry Robert, NO 8th,8/08/08. If that were the case she would be the 8th grand baby born on the 8thday of the 8th month. Dad, sorry it is not looking bright for the 5th either. We tried.

OK so i guess for all those who are wondering if we ever were going to update any Addilyn Information, I have some. We were at the DR. yesterday and Amanda was discussing that she wanted to at least get in one week of school and then take her time off. Right about then the "Girly" DR chimed in and mentioned that was about all the time we had. Three weeks. So somewhere in the week of the 18-20th is when we hope she will make a grand appearance!!!

Well we were able to travel this weekend to Joplin and help out Amanda's sister Valerie and her husband Alexis with their new baby boy Lucas. We like to think of these things as "training" for what is to come. This kid is SO alert and active, yet SO tiny. we really had a great time helping out and making their weekend a little easier.

OOH, THATS MY GIRL!!!

Well, we went to the doctor today for our biweekly check up and pretty much got told the same thing..."well, sounds good everything seems ok". Maybe, next time we might have some really interesting news.

ok here is the latest CLEAR PICTURE of Addilyn's ...LEG I think she has her mothers legs and feet

Today we had the opportunity to go to the Oklahoma city Temple. Although it's a drive getting there the 2.5 hours we spend in the car never seem burdensome. For those who may not be familiar with why that is just ask and 'll explain why. Just picture being somewhere that you can forget about all the material things around you and focus on those things you truly hold as valuable both spiritually and eternally. Anyways...We went there today. it was fabulous! I also thing that is is very important for everyone to know it feel like this baby is ready to jump out of Amanda's Tummy and start dancing around just like the scene on SpaceBalls where they are at the bar and that alien thing starts singing "hello, my baby..."
So true story i also learned WHY YOU DON"T cross water on the road. we were coming down a local road and its raining cats and dogs literally... there is about two inches of water when i start the 60 foot area that i was trying to cross and when i got about halfway across, yeah, it was to the bottom of the door of our Aztek (ps. it sits pretty high off the ground). by the time I got all the way across, um scary it had almost made it to the top of the speed limit sign. all in about 20 seconds!!!
DO NOT CROSS THE ROAD IF IT IS FLOODED IT WILL SCARE THE "YOU KNOW WHAT " OUT OF YOU!!!

So we watched Saturday's Warrior tonight with the YM/YW and let me tell you how much fun that movie is EVERY TIME i watch it.
Addilyn is still kicking and pushing her mother from the inside out, and with everyday I get more and more anxious for my girl to get here. I really can't wait to have the privilege of holding my little "Addi". call me Crazy but i have wanted this for SO LONG!!!

WOW, what a night yesterday at 5ish Lucas Drake Christopher was born 6 something and 20" long. this kid has the biggest hands i have ever seen. he probably could palm a golf ball. Lucas is Amanda's sisters baby, we have another month.

Ok so this is not quite as easy as I thought....

Getting Started!

I thought that I might give this a try and since I have never been a computer literate person... we might be changing things as I become better at this. For those of you out of town this will be the up to date spot to find all the latest and greatest on Addilyn, Amanda and myself.