What's been going on....

I had a fabulous Mother's Day with my two favorite people, Rylie and Stewart of course! They had the most beautiful bouquets of roses, one large white bouquet and one from our private collection that grows on a trellis on the side of our house. They bloom every year around Mother's Day, so it is tradition that some of those are harvested in addition to the store-bought roses! Stewart's first attempt at making French toast proved to be successful...yum! They also had a sweet card in which Rylie drew a smiley face and a gift certificate to a local spa!! Wonderful! Thanks, you two, for a special day! The picture above is Rylie showing off the painting I did for my Mom for Mother's Day....

Here is our girl applying some of Mommy's lipstick that she found in the bathroom! Can't leave them alone for a second!

Rylie's first dance recital....she proudly got on stage and performed with her peers, however, by the time the recital started we had been there for 3 hours practicing and prepping, so she was pretty much exhausted and over the whole thing! She did great though...I was so proud of her for getting up there and she was the youngest in her class!

A lovely side-view of my gia-normous belly! I am all set to deliver Monday if he doesn't appear before then:)

My latest craft.....I give credit to Kelly Martin for posting a link to this cute and easy craft on her blog (thanks, kelly!). I promptly went to Lowe's and got supplies and voila.....new coasters! My old ones were a bit worse for the wear anyway:)

Have a great weekend and keep us in your prayers....baby Cohen will be here soon!

Stop by Starbucks May 7th-May 16th to get a Frappuccino blended beverage for half price! Happy hour last from 3-5 pm. Go here for more information. Yum! I would be all over this one if it weren't for the retched gestational diabetes! Maybe they have something decaf/sugarfree??? Anyway, props to SouthernSavers.com for the info. I love that site.....

Speaking of, this has been a good week for grocery shopping at Publix...I spent $54 and some change and saved almost $55 with coupons and sales. Even scored some free lunch meat, deoderant and neosporin:) If you go to this site, this week is BOGO on Sarah Lee bread and there are tearpads in the store that make your bread about .25-.30 cents a loaf if used with the online coupon. Happy Couponing!

Stewart decided to put the environmentally safe sticky traps in the back yard to catch little critters (aka chipmunks, which he hates). Before you say how nice that is to catch and release them, I am pretty sure he has plans for their demise upon capture. The other traps just weren't working! Today Rylie and I went in the backyard and there was a SNAKE caught in the sticky mess! I promptly called my hubby and he came home, got it out and concluded that it was not poisonous and released it down the street in a wooded area....hmmmm. Now THAT I wouldn't have minded if he killed off. The irony!

I had a OB appt. today....all is well with my little (maybe not so little) man. He is scheduled to make his appearance May 21, God-willing, via induction. Please keep us in your prayers. God is great and faithful to complete the good works he has started in us! I speak for all of the Fox family to say we are getting excited to meet Cohen:)

Rylie has her first dance recital Saturday....they are the cutest little things you have ever seen, all dressed up in their flower costumes! The routine may be a little rusty, but their cuteness makes up for their precision! Pictures will follow....

Have a great weekend and a wonderful Mother's Day....Children are a blessing from the Lord! Thank you, God!

The last few weeks...

We are slowly but surely getting the nursery ready for baby Cohen James Fox's arrival.....notice the decor has foxes on it!
Here are the canvases I painted to match the quilt and bumper pads....

It is getting there...a bit more painting and equipping with baby necessities and we will be ready for the little bambino!

Yesterday Rylie and I ventured out to Old MacDonald's petting zoo in Woodville, AL. If you haven't gone before, you should definitely check it out. They are actually going to retire and close it down Aug. 1st, so make your plans! It is a short trip from HSV! Rylie kept calling this Llama Allie.....

Feeding the little goats...Farmer Fox!

The highlight of her trip...holding baby bunnies!

Petting the deer...

There were 2 baby goats there only 1 1/2 days old! So tiny they could fit in your purse like Paris Hilton's chihuahua! The cutest things ever!

A quick lunch break.....

Back to feeding the animals!

Easter weekend was rough for our household. Rylie had been sick for 2 days prior to Easter, and then in the wee hours of Easter eve, Stewart got super sick! Rough day for my "peeps"....(sorry for the pun!) Anyway, here is my little bunny at 6:30 am checking out her Easter basket!

We managed to get outside long enough for a few pics....no Easter dress, just hunting a few eggs.

Posing by daddy's beautiful tulips. He plants tons of them every year for us...they are my favorite!

Found one!

This was the previous week, when we dyed the eggs.....can't you smell the vinegar??

70's disco party at our church marriage retreat...fun times! Stewart won "best suit"!

Me with my fellow Charlie's Angels, Rebecca and Angela. Everyone tells me and Angela we look like twins!

Me and my honey, 70's style! I totally left this dress at the hotel in Florence, so if anyone is up that way......

New pics...

Rylie really likes to pose for pics these days, which is a good thing, since Stewart bought me a cool new camera and I love taking pictures with it!

She came into the office and said "look mommy" and then proceeded to drop the stuffed animal out of her shirt as if giving birth....hmmmm. I know I can only dodge the question "how is that baby gonna come out of your tummy?" so many times.....

One of her favorite haunts.....Biscuit's Backyard! We can't get enough of that place:)

Strutting her stuff on the catwalk at my dear friend Hollie's little girl's 2nd birthday party. They had a blast dressing up and taking turns down the runway. This was the finale....

Stewart had a minor headache, but Rylie felt that he needed her Hello Kitty ice pack on his forehead. Such a good little nurse!

A tea party with some of her little girl friends from dance class. They munched on heart shaped cookies and all got decked out in princess dresses for the occasion. So much fun!

Visiting Grandmom at work....Rylie had to model just about every pair of children's glasses and , you guessed it, wanted me to take her picture in each pair!

Sipping some of BB's famous peach tea.....we all went for a visit and BB always has fun things planned for the girls! She is like another grandmother to them!

BB had boas, purses and earrings for the little ladies. They had a blast dressing up:)

Grandmom, Breanna, Rylie, BB, and Haleigh, posing with a reluctant cat!

I don't have many pictures of my baby bump....I had better get snapping, so I can fill up Cohen James's baby book!

Rylie practicing her dance moves.....she is in the hot pink!

Posing in her "hostess" attire. We had been making cookies and preparing for her friends to arrive. This is one of her favorite poses.

Once again, my little model in action.....

My sweet girl....we love her so much! It is great to be a parent! Thank you, Lord:)

Snow Days!

With all the crazy weather we have been having lately, I thought I would post some pics of our snow day fun! In this pic, Rylie and Stewart are feverishly trying to make a snowman. This is a bit more challenging to us southern folk I guess, not being accustomed to all this accumulation. Rylie bailed about 2 minutes after this picture was taken, saying she was freezing. Alas, she is a lightweight, much like her mommy!

Cheesing in the snow! I loved the snowflakes falling all around us:)

My snowbunny!

So excited....she kept wondering when Santa would be here, what with all the snow we were getting!?

Throwing snowballs at daddy! She kept throwing them to our dogs, too, and they would eat them. She thought that was hilarious:)

Help!!! We need a baby name:)

So our second child will be a boy and we CANNOT agree on a name!! The one we have jointly agreed upon, we can't seem to agree on the spelling!

So give us your feedback, positive OR negative:

1) Cohen James Fox
2) Koen James Fox

The fate of our second-born's name may lie in your hands!!!HAHAHA!

New Coupon Deals this week at Publix

ok, my fellow couponers...as some of you know I have recently decided to become a coupon user and have thus saved $$$ doing so on our grocery bills. I want to share my finds with those of you who are interested in saving some cash!

A few tips to get started:

SouthernSavers.com is the bomb! This is where you will find most of the links to various coupons you will need. Just log into their site and click on Publix. There, you will find a list of their Buy-one-get-one deals.

Only choose the things you will use, not everything, so as not to get overwhelmed. Pay special attention to the coupons highlighted in blue, because these are printables and are most accessible.

Lastly, keep any coupons you may need from newspapers, magazines, etc. They are bound to go on sale soon. Also, when you walk into Publix (where the carts are) there are yellow and green flyers that can be used along with coupons you bring in the store. Also, you CAN buy only one of the BOGO items and get it at half price (sometimes this means FREE with coupon).

So this weeks Deals:

BOGO~Juicy Juice @2.49.....use $1.00 off coupon = .75 each
BOGO~Rotel @1.09.....use .75 off coupon in yellow flyer and .55 off coupon found in aisle (the kind that spits out coupons right below the rotel) = FREE plus .21 extra cents off your bill!
BOGO~Ronzoni pasta, assorted kinds @1.39....I used 2 x 1.00 off coupons and got them for FREE plus .61 cent off!
BOGO Pillsbury Toaster Strudels @2.49....use one 1.00 off coupon+ .55off coupon=.47 each
BOGO Hidden Valley Ranch @ 3.45.....use 2x 1.00 off coupons=.72 each
BOGO 8'oclock coffee @4.99.....use 1.00 off 2 coupon=1.99 each
Flinstone gummy Vitamins @6.79 + Aleve @ 1.95 + 1.00 off coupon on SS + coupon in green publix flyer for $5.00 off these 2 products = 2.74 for both
Lysol wipes@ 2 for 4.00+ 1.00 off = 1.50 each
Ground sirloin @ 3.49lb + 1.00 off 2lb coupon in yellow publix flyer = 3.19 for a little over a lb (they still took the coupon)

**This wasn't my whole list, but just the best ones:)

GOOD LUCK!