Happy 4th of July!

This 4th of July was our last holiday at our old house!  Jeramy's mom and dad were able to come into town to celebrate the 4th with us and also help watch the kids so that we could get some packing done.  It was less than 2 weeks until our moving day at this point!  We still had fun eating yummy food and doing lots of swimming. 

We Moved!

Other than expecting baby girl, our family has had other big changes!  We moved this July!  We will definitely miss our old house and all of the memories we have from the 5 1/2 years we lived there! And we are missing the pool since we moved in the middle of the summer.  But, we LOVE our new house!  It is a new build and so far we are just really happy here (it has been 5 weeks).  We have worked almost every night on unpacking and setting up, ordering window treatments, or other misc. things.  There is a lot to do when you move and having 2 young kids does not make it easy!!  But, we are starting to feel kind of settled.  Sophia and Addison have adjusted really well and also love their new house.

We have a huge backyard now that the kids love!  You can kind of see it in the pictures below.

In other big news, to make room for our growing family, we traded in my Acura and got a new car!  It is pretty big, but I'm getting used to it. :)  Jeramy was nice enough to hang a tennis ball in the garage to make sure I don't dent our new house, or car...

Sophia's Last Day of Preschool

Sophia had her last day of preschool in the 2 year old class on May 28th.  I took some pictures but never posted them.  I'm so proud of her and everything she learned this last school year!  And yes, you can see Addison through the window watching us take pictures.  I can't trust that girl to not run away from me!!

And for comparison, here she is in September on the first day of school.  I think she has grown up so much!!!

Baby Leonard #3

Our family has exciting news!  We are expecting Baby Leonard #3 around October 25, 2015!  We are so happy and excited, and so far baby is doing great.  I have had 3 ultrasounds at 8 weeks, 11 weeks, and 18 weeks, and all 3 went perfect.  We found out at 11 weeks that we are having a 3rd GIRL!!! 

Baby girl at 8 weeks, 1 day

Baby Girl at 11 weeks, 4 days

Baby girl at 18 weeks, 2 days

Sophia and Addison are 2 years and 2 weeks apart, and Addison and this baby will be about the same same.  September and October will be busy with these 3 kids birthday parties!  We didn't tell Sophia about the baby until the 18 week ultrasound (which she got to go to) and she got really interested and excited about it.  Now, she talks about her new baby sister in mommy's tummy every day, all the time.  She loves to touch her, talk about how she's going to take care of her when she comes out, and she tells Addison about the new baby.  She walks around pretending to be Addison's mommy while holding a baby who is Addison's sister, and tells us she has a new baby in her tummy.  It is pretty cute!  Addison on the other hand, has no clue what is going on.

I just realized I haven't taken a bump picture yet...slacker!  I'm already 21 weeks now so I need to get on that.  This pregnancy has been pretty similar to the other 2.  I was really exhausted in the beginning and had probably worse morning sickness than I did with the other 2 (no vomiting though).  I did try to nap every day and that has pretty much continued if I can help it.  We are feeling so very blessed!!  We are so grateful to God for our precious children!

Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter this year!  Sophia was looking forward to it for weeks and was so excited when it was finally Easter weekend.  Nana and Pops were able to come to Frisco for the weekend and we all had a great time celebrating.

The fun started when we met the Easter bunny at the mall!

We try to go to our neighborhood Easter egg hunt every year...the kids had a blast!  They are always a little nervous at first because of all of the people.

The Easter bunny still had a ton of eggs to throw on the ground.

Sophia filled her basket up!

This was Addison's first Easter egg hunt!  She got the hang of it right away.

Happily eating some candy!

Easter party at school.

Addison is helping Sophia go through her loot.

Cheese!

We had another Easter egg hunt at our house Saturday since Sunday was supposed to rain.

Addison loved it!

Sophia is a pro now!

Opening every egg :)

Happy Easter!  (this is after church and we had been rained on)

Happy Easter!

Best pic of the cousins.

Addison just woke up and Sophia is being bribed. :)

Happy Easter!!

Leonard Family

We needed an indoor activity...painting eggs!

Addison is 18 Months!

 

Time sure does fly!  Our sweet baby isn't such a baby anymore.  Addison turned 18 months old on April 2nd, and is turning into such a little girl.  She is talking up a storm (way more than Sophia was at this point) and has such a fun and silly personality.  This girl loves her family and wants to do everything her big sister is doing!  She loves playing anything...running, swinging, coloring, reading, building legos, you name it...if she is doing it with Sophia (or mommy or daddy) then she is happy.  She has become very attached to her daddy!  The minute he gets home she runs up to him screaming and stays by his side until she goes to bed.  This little munchkin loves to eat almost anything, she is a great sleeper, she loves her pacifier, and she is pretty much a happy kid!  Oh and she is adventurous, has no fear, loves to climb, and is always trying to do what her sister does, which keeps me on my toes.  We love this sweet girl so much and feel so blessed that she is ours.  Here are some pics of our precious 18 month old.

Practicing her "cheese"

She loves Abby!  And Abby is SO tolerant of her.

Swinging is her favorite!!

 Don't let that cute face fool you, she is about to go dump all of the shoes out of that bucket!

Her first popsicle...Yum!

Sleepy girl

She is obsessed with wearing everyone's shoes!!

She loves to color!!

We just went in for her 18 month check-up and she is doing great.  She is still right on target, maybe a bit on the chunky side!  She had 2 shots and did not cry.  Here are her stats.

Height:  32 inches (65%)
Weight: 25 pounds (60%)
Head: 18 inches (35%)

We love you to pieces Addison Rose!!

New York Vacation

My mom, sister and I were able to to go to New York at the beginning of March for a vacation/to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday.  My mom had never been to New York before so it was extra special.  There were a lot of things we wanted to do and tried to fit as much in as we could, while still trying to relax and enjoy the scenery around us when possible!  Despite being cold, the weather was really nice and we were happy it did not snow or rain at all while we were there.  We had a really wonderful time and it was definitely a trip to remember!  A huge thank you to Jeramy, Grandma, and Pops for watching the kids while I was gone!  You all are the best!!

Ready to ride the subway for the first time!

Wall Street :)

The pool at the 9/11 Memorial

We spent a lot of time in the 9/11 Museum and I took a lot of pictures!  But I won't post them all.

We walked to Battery Park so we could see the Statue of Liberty!

Battery Park

Statue of Liberty

Battery Park - the coldest part of our trip!!

Mom in front of Freedom Tower

St. Paul's Chapel

We LOVED the musical Beautiful!!

She was so excited to see Fox News!

Times Square

Cheesecake at Carnegie Deli...delicious!!

Brunch at the Boat House in Central Park

A snowy Central Park...it was so pretty!

Sledding in Central Park

The Plaza Hotel

The Plaza Hotel

After a lot of walking and shopping we deserved this Frozen Hot Chocolate at Serendipity :)

Grand Central Station

Grand Central Station

Radio City!

 

St. Patrick's Cathedral

St. Patrick's Cathedral

A cool window on 5th Avenue

Until next time, New York!