Wow, look what blogger can do now. I know this is really old but it's the only video I have on my computer. I had wanted to add this to my blog, oh, in October when we took it, but didn't have the capabilities then. So here it is, the video we took of Tom and Betty coming home and seeing there new kitchen for the first time. Yes, this was taken on Halloween evening and Madi was already dressed in her costume. (We will see how this works)

On another note, we are a baby step closer to our new home. Chris went to the bank yesterday with our preliminary idea of what the new house is going to cost. They will appraise the drawing and take into account our figures and we should know by next week if we get the loan. Which then we can take another baby step and start the dirt work and basement/foundation. Maybe that's a big step? I don't know, but we might have a basement next month!!!!!

I hate it when Madi gets shots. Every time she, gets sick, something happens, and it takes a week to re coop from going to the doctors. After Madi woke up from her nap on Monday after the visit to the dr., she had a runny nose. It kept getting worse and worse. By evening, the poor girl can't breath, she has snot pouring out of her nose, and she can't get comfortable to sleep. Finally at about 2:00 am we both crash on the couch (very awkwardly and not comfortable at all), just to wake again at 4:00 am and get another 2 hours of sleep before being up and ready to go for the day. Madi was ready to go, not me. We had a very lazy morning Tuesday. Madi played and I put a movie on for her while I laid on the couch and dozed off and on. (Yes, I am a bad mother and sleep while my child runs wild...no, she sat on the floor and watched Cars for the 1000th time.) I could not keep my eyes open!!! After an hour and a half, I was better and ready to go. She is still snotty but at least she is able to sleep. Thank goodness, I couldn't do another night awake in a row. I am already dreading her next appointment in 3 months with another shot. I think I will reschedule it for a Friday so Chris can have night watch too. Haha.

Still no new pics, unless you want a pic of Madi with snot running out her nose!! Take care and have a great long weekend!

Love, Amy

Today was Madi's 15 month checkup and shots. She does not like the shots, but who does? Plus she also was tested for lead, which was a finger prick but then the tech had to squeeze and squeeze to get all the blood she needed. Very traumatic day for Madi.

The doctor said she is doing great. Very impressed with her developmentally, she is at 20 months. She hasn't gained alot of weight. She is now 21lbs 7oz, up 1.5lbs from 3 months ago. But she is getting tall! 31.8 in, up 3 in. in 3 months!! Wonder where she gets her height? I am very pleased with the visit today. She put my mind at ease on a couple of questions I had, which is always nice.

We had a somewhat lazy weekend at home. Chris didn't have any work that had to be done this weekend, that doesn't happen very often anymore. So, he made deer jerky and sausage all weekend long. He must have defrosted at least 40 pounds of meat. If you don't know Chris, he does things in mass quantities and often goes way overboard. This would be one of those times. I should have taken pictures, my kitchen was a complete disaster. Well, it still is, I get the wonderful task of cleaning it. But at least this time he realized that what he did was a mistake, and hopefully we won't be making that much again. But his solution now is to make a huge smoker and to be able to cook it all at once. He never learns.

I have included some pics of our finally finished bathroom. It looks so wonderful!! It is much brighter and easier to clean and actually get it clean. Whoever thought of putting carpeting in a bathroom, should be shot. That is the most disgusting thing ever!! I don't have any before pics, it was so ugly, that I didn't want reminders.
Here is the list of things we did:
1. Remove wallpaper.
2. Remove (nasty) carpet.
3. New paint on walls and ceiling.
4. New flooring.
5. New sink top.
6. New lights, faucet and accessories.
7. Framed the mirror.

This weekend we are starting on the master bathroom. Hopefully with the long weekend we can get it done.





Take care and have a wonderful week!!
Love, Amy

I got an email today with the best ebay auction (see it here). It was hilarious. If you have the time, you'll have to read it. Makes me double think about having a large family. This woman also has a blog. I have just read her recent blog and it too was pretty funny. Because I Said So. I thought I would post this on my blog instead of sending an email to my whole address book. That way my loyal blog readers can see it. She said she is now getting over 500 hits to her blog everyday!! Wouldn't that be cool!

Jason and Tabatha were in town this last weekend. Tabatha invited me to go to the Craig Morgan concert with her Friday night. It was a lot of fun. It has been a very long time since I have been to a concert.

Madi popped another molar through yesterday. She had a horrible time sleeping. We put her in bed with us, what a mistake. Then all three of us didn't sleep well. We won't be doing that again.

Short blog, no pics. Have a great rest of the week. Happy Birthday to Tabatha yesterday!!! Congrats to Chantelle and Doug on their wedding this weekend! Sorry we can't make it, but I hope Hurricane Dean doesn't cause alot of problems for you. I'm sure it will be beautiful no matter what!

Love, Amy

My Uncle John restored this old truck. It's made to resemble an old truck that you might find on the movie "Cars". He put Chris' business info on it and made it look like it had been on there for a long time. He said the phone number is from the days when you called an operator and gave them the number to dial. In Salina you would say Taylor 5-9999. Which is pretty cool!! Great job JW and thanks for the pics. I told him we should use it in the parade next year...Great advertising!!



Stay cool and have a great weekend.
Love, Amy

Wednesday kicked off the Tri-Rivers Fair here in town. We took Madi downtown to watch the parade. I almost didn't take her because I didn't think she would sit in her stroller through the whole thing. But she did awesome. We sat in the parking lot at mom and dad's work which is right at the beginning of the parade. We had shade from the van and didn't have to wait long for it to start. She loved the horses and the tractors. We didn't make it to the petting zoo during the weekend though, it was way too hot!!



Happy 25th Anniversary to John and Tammy Taylor!! They had a big surprise party and dance on Saturday night. There were a lot of family and friends and a very nice evening.



Saturday we finally finished our bathroom. What a relief to get that done. It looks so nice and is so much brighter. I have some touch up on the paint to do and install the towel bar and toilet paper holder and it will be done. I painted Friday and then took all day Saturday to get the sink installed and flooring down and everything else put back together. Now it is time to start the other bathroom. I don't know when though, it is going to take a bit more work. I also need to finish taking the wallpaper down in the kitchen and get it painted and all that is left is the wallpaper in the living room and paint. That will probably take another couple of months to get all of that done.

Madi has two new teeth. She has a new tooth in front coming through and her first molar is coming in. She skipped her I teeth though. I don't know when the molar popped through. I have been looking for the I teeth and just happened to feel the molar. It was already in a ways when I found it. She is also starting to say more words. Saturday she started saying snack at mom and dad's when mom was asking her is she wanted a snack. It is so cute. She also likes to watch the movie Cars and last week she started yelling Mack during the movie.

Hope everyone has a great week. Also happy 27th Anniversary this week to Dan and Jane.

Love, Amy

We have had another nice week visting with Beth and Marybeth. We went shopping Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Even dragged Dan and Chris shopping with us on Friday. Chris took Friday off so the three of us and Marybeth went to the Rolling Hills Zoo in the morning. Madi enjoyed some of the animals; monkeys, ducks, and the farm animals. But she had more fun just running everywhere. She pet the cows and fed the sheep and goats and prairie dogs. It was so hot outside though and Madi walked almost the entire park. She had a really nice nap that afternoon!





I have worked a little bit on the bathroom this week. I have two small sections of walls to finish scraping glue. We went out one night this week and bought all the new stuff to finish both bathrooms and replace some of the out dated lighting fixtures in the house. It will be so nice to at least get the bathrooms done. Hopefully by next weekend we will have one of them done.

Have a great week. Safe travels to Beth and Marybeth tomorrow.

Love, Amy