It's official. We're switching to the Foogo

After thinking about it all night and into the morning, and after reading Kristen's comment on my sippy cup post, I've decided that I am going to be purchasing more Foogos for Savannah.  What sealed the deal?  A post on Nature Mom's Blog.  I'd never read her blog before, but after doing a search in Google for eco friendly sippy cups, a link to another mom's blog led me to hers.  (Confused?  lol. )  Anyway.  I'll do a search to find the most cost efficient place to purchase these.  Anyone in the market for used Playtex Insulator sippy cups?  :D

I'm so over sippy cups...

And I should be, right?  I mean, Savannah will be 5 in October and she still drinks out of a sippy cup.  I know it's my fault.  I should have "weaned" her a long time ago, but until recently, I didn't realize how difficult that would be.  I think I literally have to wean her from it!  I think it has become a sort of pacifier, if you will.  If we are out and about and I have forgotten her "juicy" she'll throw a fit.  "JUICY!  I need my juicy mommy!"

Today, I decided that I'd put her juice (which is 80% water and 20% white grape juice) in a cup with a straw.  She said it was yucky.  She only wants it out of a sippy cup.  *sigh*

She will drink it out of her Foogo though.  But those things are expensive!  But, not so baby-ish as your traditional sippy cup, so I think that I'll be investing in a few more of those.  Luckily, they come in pink and purple, her favorite colors.  ;)

I do believe that I will allow her to continue to bring a sippy cup to bed though.  That way I can make sure that she doesn't spill all over her bed and I won't have to wake up to her calling "JUICY!  I need my juicy mommy!"

Trip to Montana

After last years vacation to Hawaii, I think that Wayne realized how nice it is to not only take time off of work, but to actually leave the house and enjoy some time away!  This year we were blessed once again and were able to spend an entire week in Montana.  Well, Savannah and I had two weeks there.  My parents drove the two of use there and we spent a week with just the four of us.  Then Wayne flew in the next week and the entire Fox family flew home a week later.

Our time there was amazing and a total blessing.  The Lord does answer prayers and this time He actually answered one of mine the way that I wanted it to be answered!  I prayed that Wayne would fall in love with Montana and he did.  We would love to move there within the next five years.  We're working towards that and I just keeping praying for God's will to be done.  If He wants us there, that's where we'll be.  All in His timing, of course.  ;)  (The sooner the better, Lord...)

Savannah loves Montana as well, and when we were there she kept saying that she wanted to move there.  That was until she got home and got to play with her best friend (and neighbor) Geneva.  She wants Geneva and Heather to move with us.  LOL!  Hey, God can do it!

Here are a few images from our trip.

Here is the family.  Not the best picture of Wayne, but it's the only one of the three of us!



This is a picture from our trip to Yellowstone.  See the bison?  They are all over the place there.



This picture was taken on our way to Yellowstone.



This is the little town that we stay in.  My parent's actually live there for the summers in the house that my grandma owns. It has no stop lights.  :D



This lake was completely frozen over when I first arrived in Montana.  By the time Wayne got there it looked like this.  A few days later it had completely "defrosted."



Savannah.  'Nuff said.  ;)







And I know I've said it before, but honestly, I'm going to try to post once a week.  Even if it's just with a Hi.

What I've been up to lately...

No, I don't own the company, one of my closest friends does. But I did her web design and creation as well as the upkeep.

I'm doing great!

I thought I should probably post a little note to say that I am doing fine.  Great, actually.  :D  I've just taken a huge step away from message boards and the such.  I was finding that it just wasn't a healthy place for me to be right now.  I'm focusing on my relationship with the Lord, my family, and my IRL friends right now.  I haven't forgotten my message board buddies.  I still love you all, I just really need to be where I am right now, as a Christian, mother, and wife.

I love you guys!

"My Jesus"

First Day of Pre-K!

Well, Savannah had fun on her first day of school.  When we walked in, her class was in the garden watering the vegetables.  Her teacher asked if she wanted to garden or go see her classroom with me, and she chose to garden.  ;)  I went and put her backpack in her cubby (of which they left the 'h' off the end of her name) and came back to the garden.  I gave her a kiss goodbye and she said goodbye and I left.  Actually, I sat in the parking lot and watched her for a few minutes.  She couldn't see me, but I could see her.  She followed her teacher around for a bit with her hands on her hips.  Then the teacher pointed and Savannah ran to be with the other kids.  Then I went to the gym...  WooHoo! When Ipicked her up, she said she had fun.  She's not one to talk about her day much, but her teacher said they worked on the letter "P" and the numbers 4&6.  She has homework, but it is optional.  She was excited to do it though.  We tried to wait until Daddy got home, but she was just too excited!  She finished doing it today, and I have to say, my kid is pretty smart.  LOL!

She is looking forward to going again on Friday.   In fact, she was upset that she couldn't go today!  I'm just so excited for her to have this time to grow as an individual. She's just so grown up!  Where did the time go?  Here are the few pictures that I took today.  She didn't let me get your typical "First Day of School" picture, but they'll do.  LOL!

Here she is in the car before we left.



This was right before I went to put her backpack away.  Walking away from me to start school for the first time!

Here she is helping her teacher and two of her classmates (the ratio is 2:1, with boys being the 2!)

This is her cubby with her backpack hanging up.  Notice the incorrect spelling.  :D



This is half of her classroom.  The other half (to the right) is where the cubbies are as well as the bathrooms.)

I am very happy with our decision to go to this pre-school.  Even though it takes about 15 minutes to get there, I honestly think that she will make memories that will stay with her for her entire life.  I know I remember some things from pre-k!