The Leonard Family: Changes Changes Changes!

Wow! It's been a few weeks since our last post! I don't know why....we have just been sitting around taking it easy... Hahahaha! I dont think that is possible anymore! As usual, we have been pretty busy! Well, more like LUCY has been very busy!!!
I think our life has DEFINITELY changed since Lucy has become mobile. She is crawling everywhere (VERY QUICKLY) and pulling up on everything! She started crawling a few days before the 4th of July and went from slowly getting around to flying around the room! It has been an adjustment for us! It is lots more work to watch both of them now! She just loves it and nothing makes her happier than exploring and investigating everything she can see! She is getting into Jack's toys a lot more too. He is handling it pretty well, and still a big help with keeping away things that are "too small" for Lucy! It gets more fun to see them interact! So that would be one of the first changes in our life right now! Another change for Lucy is that she started school! She is now going to Woodchase with Jack and we are so proud of her! She has done really great! She cried for about two minutes the first day Steven dropped her off and has done great everyday since then! Her teachers are very impressed with her. They say she is very social and very happy! They also said she is VERY BUSY! (That actually made me feel better because I thought I was overexaggerating her busy nature!) The director told us that she has not even seen her upset! We are just so proud of her!

So, for some of the other big changes.... Tomorrow is Steven's last day at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It's been a very bittersweet decision for him to leave his team there after eight years. He has developed some very special friendships and accomplished so much professionally! We are so proud of him! An opportunity came along that he could not turn down and we are very excited about the new adventure! He will start working with Applied Medical on August 15 in medical sales (Surgical devices). It has been a very stressful few months while this process and these decisions have been hanging around. The timing has been tough too since the race is only a month away. Steven didnt want to leave so close to the race, but again..we couldnt pass up the opportunity for him. We are also very happy that "Uncle Scott" works there too. He's been very supportive and seems to love his job which is very reassuring for us! We are so incredibly proud of Daddy and know he will do so great at his new job! Way to go Daddy!!!
So..... with that change, we no longer have the Avalanche for the family! Well, what do you do with a Honda Accord, two kids and LOTS of gear................ YOU GO BUY A MINIVAN!!!!!!! Yes, the Leonards are now official minivan owners! AND WE LOVE IT! Ohmigosh! It's the best thing ever! We get excited whenever we get to go anywhere and drive it! Jack loves it and especially loves his "magic" door that closes with a button! OH it's' just fantastic (No, I never thought I would be this excited about a van!)
PLEASE check out the link for The Swagger Wagon... Hilarious! We got a Toyota Sienna! www.toyotaswaggerwagon.com

Things are going really great and we feel blessed everday for our little family! We dont ever lose track of how fortunate we are! Fun times ahead!!!!! Maybe not so many changes though! Hahahah!