Amelia is 2 Months!

Its hard to believe that Amelia is two months already! She has had a pretty big life so far and it will not slow down with Steven and I as her parents! I am glad that she is a good little traveler because with us she will get to see the world!

Amelia at 2 Months old! 

The beginning of this month Drury was invited to play an exhibition game at Duke University. I don't know if I am crazy or what but at the last moment I decided to take Amelia and drive with Steven's parents! Yes I took a 6 week old baby across country!
We learned a lot on this trip together, me and her! I learned how to change her diaper anywhere! I had to change it in the car because not every restaurant has changing tables! Who would have thought that one! Then we learned how to eat in the car! I would feed her while Steven's parents were inside eating, then I would eat going down the road. Amelia took all of this in stride and did a great job! She even continued to sleep through the night in many different places.
I couldn't be happier that we were able to go to see Steven mark off one of his bucket list items. He had only dreamed of going to a Duke game in his lifetime, and better yet, he was able to practice and coach on the floor against Coach K (and shake his hand)! Needless to say we had a GREAT time, but was very ready to get back home.

This is our little family at Duke and Amelia's first basketball game of many!
Not many kids can say that their first basketball game was at Duke watching their Dad coach!

Amelia also was dedicated to the Lord on Steven's birthday, October 27th. We had lots of family and friends there to attend! Amelia doesn't quite know yet how much she is loved, but she will soon find out. We were truly blessed and humbled by how many people helped us celebrate this wonderful occasion. After church we went to my Dad and Lisa's house for chili and cake. This was one day I will never forget and be so excited to share with Amelia when she gets older.

Also one fun fact, the dress Amelia wore the day she was dedicated is the same dress that I wore when I was baptized. The dress was made by my mother.

Pictures from top to bottom: Steven, Amelia and I at Duke. Amelia sleeping through the second half at Duke. Amelia's day of dedication. Amelia at 2 months. 

MARCH MADNESS BABY!

It is now my favorite time of the year, March Madness. The time when some team's hopes are dashed and others' hopes are fulfilled when the NCAA selection committee releases their bracket for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. In the four days between the release of the bracket to the start of the first round games, millions of people will mark down their picks for the tournament hoping to win the office pool, gain bragging rights over their buddies, or beat out total strangers on the internet. Many strategies will be used to decide just which teams will capture lightning in a bottle for the month long tournament, and to separate the contenders from the pretenders. Some of these strategies may include picking which mascot is toughest, which team has the best team colors, which team can win on the road, which team can rebound the ball the best, or even by just flipping a coin.

In my madness this March, I have compiled the statistics for all 68 teams in the field. Along with this year's teams, I have also compiled the past 10 years National Champions' statistics to compare. I'm not too sure if it will be much help but I enjoy looking at what similarities all successful basketball teams have.

Let me know who you have in the Final 4 and which team will win it all!

Team	W-L	Rd W-L	Conf. W-L	Feb. W-L	Def. FG%	Off FG%	Def. 3pt%	Off 3pt%	Reb Diff	Off Reb	to's	to's op.	Conf. T.
Ohio State	32-2	9 2	16 2	7 2	43%	50	34	41	5	11	10	15	W-C
Kansas	32-2	9 1	14 2	9 0	40	51	29	39	8	12	13	14	W-C
Pitt.	27-5	7 2	15 3	7 0	40	47	33	39	10	14	12	11	L-Q
Duke	29-4	5 4	13 3	8 2	40	47	3	38	3	12	12	15	W-C
UNC	26-7	7 3	14 2	9 1	40	45	33	33	7	14	14	15	L-C
SD. State	32-2	12 1	14 2	8 1	40	47	31	34	6	13	11	13	W-C
ND	26-6	5 4	14 4	8 1	41	47	35	40	4	11	11	10	L-S
Florida	26-7	8 2	13 3	8 1	43	46	32	36	7	13	13	13	L-C
Syracuse	26-7	6 3	12 6	7 2	39	47	31	35	4	13	12	14	L-S
Uconn	26-9	5 5	9 9	4 5	40	43	34	33	4	14	12	12	W-C
Purdue	25-7	7 5	14 4	7 2	41	45	33	37	1	11	10	14	L-Q
BYU	30-4	10 1	14 2	8 1	41	45	33	36	4	12	11	14	L-C
Kentucky	24-8	4 7	10 6	8 4	39	46	33	40	4	12	11	12	W-C
Texas	27-7	7 3	13 3	6 3	38	45	29	38	7	14	12	13	L-C
L'Ville	25-9	4 6	12 6	6 3	40	45	31	36	1	13	13	16	L-C
Wisconsin	23-8	5 6	13 5	8 2	43	45	38	37	4	11	7	9	L-Q
West Vir.	20-11	5 6	11 7	6 4	41	43	29	34	3	14	12	12	L-1ST
Arizona	27-7	7 4	14 4	7 2	44	47	29	40	4	10	13	13	L-C
Vandy	23-10	5 5	9 7	6 4	41	46	31	37	2	11	13	12	L-S
K. State	22-10	5 5	10 6	8 1	42	44	35	38	7	15	15	16	L-Q
Xavier	24-7	8 4	15 1	9 1	40	46	34	33	5	10	12	13	L-Q
Cincy	25-8	8 4	11 7	6 3	41	44	32	34	5	13	12	14	L-Q
G'Town	21-10	7 5	10 8	4 4	42	49	33	36	3	10	13	12	L-1ST
St. John's	21-11	5 7	12 6	8 2	43	46	33	37	0	11	12	16	L-Q
Washington	23-10	5 6	11 7	5 5	42	47	32	37	4	14	12	15	W-C
Temple	25-7	8 4	14 2	9 1	41	45	35	35	3	11	11	13	L-S
Tex. A&M	24-8	5 4	10 6	6 3	41	45	32	34	6	13	13	13	L-S
UCLA	22-10	5 5	13 5	8 2	42	46	34	33	4	12	15	12	L-Q
G. Mason	26-6	10 3	16 2	8 0	41	47	31	40	2	11	11	14	L-S
Michigan	20-13	5 5	9 9	6 3	43	44	33	35	-2	8	11	12	L-S
UNLV	24-8	9 3	11 5	7 2	40	46	32	33	1	11	13	16	L-S
Butler	23-9	7 6	13 5	7 1	43	45	33	36	3	11	11	13	W-C
Villanova	21-11	7 5	9 9	4 6	41	44	32	35	4	12	12	12	L-1ST
Tenn.	19-14	5 4	8 8	4 6	42	43	33	30	4	14	13	14	L-Q
Illinois	19-13	3 7	9 9	5 5	40	47	31	39	1	10	13	12	L-Q
Old Dom.	27-6	7 4	14 4	7 1	40	44	37	33	12	16	12	11	W-C
Georgia	21-11	7 4	9 7	6 4	40	45	32	34	5	12	13	12	L-Q
Penn St.	19-14	3 8	9 9	4 5	44	44	37	34	2	10	11	11	L-C
FSU	21-10	8 5	11 5	6 3	36	44	30	33	5	12	16	16	L-Q
Mich. St.	19-14	3 8	9 9	4 5	42	43	36	35	4	12	13	12	L-S
Marquette	20-14	4 7	9 9	4 5	44	47	36	35	2	12	12	14	L-Q
Mizzou	23-10	2 7	8 8	5 5	44	46	34	37	-2	12	13	18	L-Q
Gonzaga	24-9	6 4	11 3	8 1	40	48	36	37	5	11	13	14	W-C
Memphis	25-9	5 6	10 6	6 4	42	45	33	33	1	12	15	15	W-C
Richmond	27-7	10 3	13 3	8 1	40	46	30	40	-2	9	11	13	W-C
Utah St.	30-3	11 3	15 1	8 1	38	47	30	37	8	11	12	12	W-C
Princeton	25-6	10 5	12 2	10 2	42	47	33	37	4	10	12	12	W-C
Oakland	25-9	10 7	17 1	6 1	44	50	36	38	5	13	14	12	W-C
More. St.	24-9	8 8	13 5	7 1	42	46	37	34	10	14	15	15	W-C
Belmont	30-4	13 4	19 1	7 0	41	46	33	38	3	13	14	19	W-C
Ind. St.	20-13	6 8	12 6	5 3	40	43	33	36	2	10	14	13	W-C
Bucknell	25-8	10 6	13 1	7 0	40	45	32	40	0	8	11	12	W-C
St. Peters	20-13	9 8	11 7	4 4	37	40	31	35	0	11	15	14	W-C
Wofford	20-12	8 6	14 4	6 2	45	48	35	41	1	11	12	14	W-C
Long Island	27-5	13 3	16 2	7 0	43	47	30	37	5	14	15	15	W-C
No. Co.	21-10	6 9	13 3	8 1	41	43	35	39	5	12	14	14	W-C
Akron	23-12	4 9	9 7	7 3	42	43	32	36	-2	10	12	14	W-C
UC. SB.	18-13	5 8	8 8	4 5	40	46	36	38	0	9	14	13	W-C
Hampton	24-8	8 5	11 5	4 3	38	41	31	33	-4	11	12	16	W-C
Boston U.	21-13	5 10	12 4	8 0	40	40	32	36	1	12	12	11	W-C
UNCA	19-13	8 8	11 7	4 3	42	46	34	33	0	12	15	18	W-C
UALR	19-16	3 10	7 9	3 5	43	43	34	40	-1	11	12	14	W-C
TX-SA	19-13	5 10	9 7	6 4	42	43	33	36	-1	11	14	14	W-C
Alabama St.	17-17	4 14	11 7	8 1	40	40	35	28	1		16	16	W-C
Clemson	21-10	3 7	9 7	5 4	40	44	32	34	2	11	13	15	L-Q
UAB	22-8	9 5	12 4	7 2	41	44	31	34	2	12	12	12	L-Q
USC	19-14	5 8	10 8	6 3	41	44	33	36	1	10	11	12	L-S
VCU	23-11	8 6	11 6	4 5		44		36	2	11	12		L-C

NCAA Champions

Team	W-L	Rd W-L	Conf. W-L	Feb. W-L	Def. FG%	Off FG%	Def. 3pt%	Off 3pt%	Reb Diff	Off Reb	to's	to's op.	Conf. T.
Duke	35-5	5 5	13-3	9 1	40%	44	28	39	6	15	11	14	W-C
UNC	34-4	8 2	13-3	8 0	41	48	34	39	6	15	12	16	L-S
KU	37-3	8 3	13-3	8 0	38	51	33	40	8	12	13	16	W-C
Florida	35-5	5 4	13-3	6 3	41	53	29	41	9	11	14	13	W-C
Florida	33-6	6 4	10 6	5 4	40	50	32	39	4	11	13	16	W-C
UNC	33-4	8 2	14-2	9 1	40	50	34	40	8	14	16	18	L-S
Uconn	33-6	6 4	12 4	7 3	37	48	32	40	10	15	14	12	W-C
Syracuse	30-5	6 3	13-3	10 1	39	48	30	34	2	14	14	15	L-S
Maryland	32-4	7 2	15-1	8 0	40	48	32	37	4	13	14	16	L-S
Duke	35-4	10 1	13-3	7 3	42	48	34	39	1	14	14	19	W-C