I'm now a Ph.D. Candidate

Today, I successfully passed my dissertation proposal defense. I am no longer a Ph.D. student and am NOW a Ph.D. Candidate. It was very stressful, but I feel SO amazing now that it's over.

Next steps: Start research, write dissertation and graduate! This should take about 6 months and then I am DONE!

First Day of School- Preschool

Today Savannah had her first day of Pre-School. She did Pre Preschool at the same place so she felt very comfortable and was excited to see her friends.

Growing up, my mom always took video of our first day of school and asked us all kinds of questions. I am trying to carry on the same tradition.

The night before we tried on her uniform, checked her backpack, and gave her advice. Brian's advice was, "Savannah, remember you cannot use a regular pencil sharpener to sharpen crayons." He was very serious with his tip. Savannah asked why. Brian's response, "I know right? It totally seems like you can, but don't do it." Later I found out that Brian made this mistake many times in school and hasn't forgotten it. I thought it was so funny that it was the only advice he gave her :)

The night before we made a special gift for Savannah's new Teacher, Ms. Henney. It was a framed picture of the letter H but made out of broken crayons. She loved it and I noticed it was hung in her room when I picked up Savannah.

Here are some videos of when I dropped her off at school. 

Here is the video of when I picked her up.

Savannah's First Joke

Savannah tried to tell her first joke to Brian today.

Savannah: "A porcupine sees a moose and says to the moose, 'What are you doing here you BIG moose?'"

Not sure it was a solid punch line, but we all laughed.