Poppa is 60!!!

Poppa turned 60 over the weekend! We got together to celebrate on Sunday afternoon and it was great! The weather cooperated and we were able to hang out in the backyard and let the kids play for the entire time! Oh thank you weather for being a little bit cooler the last few days! It is always so great to get together with our family. It's so great to see the 3 grandchildren together and we are so excited about there being two more very soon!!! Anneke and I are slowly moving into our third trimesters!

It's race week in Atlanta which means Daddy is super busy! He is doing such a great job and working so hard! We are so proud of him!!!! It should be a great weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway! Good luck Daddy!

We also hosted playgroup this morning to say goodbye to Lauren and Cecelia (they are both moving and this was their last playgroup).  It was very bittersweet. We are so sad to see them go! All the kids played hard and had pizza and cookie cake!



Poppa and Steven cooking low country boil!


All the grandkids helping blow out the candles!


Poppa and Jack clapping and dancing!


Still hard to get three grandchildren to look at the camera


Poppa and Nunno with the original 4 children!


Poppa with his girls!


And two more on the way!


Playgroup with the Bumblebees!

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New rooms, dinosaurs, and milestones!

We had a fun Family Saturday morning! Steven, Jack and I went to the Fernbank Museum to the Dinosaur Bash! It was lots of fun and Jack had a great time! We got to tour the whole museum (Jack loved all of the animals and dinosaurs) and they had a big birthday celebration for Dinosaurs in the main hall.  We made a dinosaur hat, played bean bag toss, played with the bubbles with the Bubble Man, and got to see a triceratops walking around! It was fun!

Jack started his new class a couple weeks ago and has done very well! He has two new teachers that we really like! They said he is a really great listener, and lots of fun during interactive times! He always tells me what he did that day and who he played with when we get in the car! He really likes his friends at school and has lots of fun! But ...you dont want to get in trouble around Jack, because he will not keep it a secret! Some days I get a report on who was "so so sad" (had to go to timeout) that day! So far, that has not been Jack! Let's hope he keeps up that trend!

Jack is also in his big boy bed! He has done SOOOOOOOOOOOO great! He thinks it is a lot of fun and talks about his bed lots! He stays in his bed and waits on Mommy and Daddy to come get him in the morning! We only had one day during the first nap that he got up a few times! Let's hope he continues to do well! He looks so cute in his bed and I love being able to lean down and kiss his little head at night before we go to sleep! What a big boy! He even told his "friends" (stuffed animals) to "Stay in bed! Never Never get out!"
The only thing that Jack missed the first night was the chair. When we went to sit on his bed to read books, he kept asking about his chair (that is where we have sat for 2.5 years at bedtime). It's in Lucy's room! Luckily, there wasn't a huge fuss over that. I think the excitement over the big boy bed took his mind off of the chair!

Our past weekends have been super busy (What's new? We seem to have stayed that way lately) BUT very successful! Grandbubba and Aunt Denise were in town to help paint! The boys painted the living room and sitting room downstairs and Lucy's room! (OH PINK IS SO FUN!) Her room looks so cute and the crib is up with her new bedding! It looks like a completely different crib! It is really so fun! Our projects aren't complete but we are slowly checking things off the Leonard to do list!

I am continuing learning to sew with some help from great friends! I really think it's fun and am excited to try some new things! Hopefully Lucy will think it's neat that Mommy made some of her dresses!

Time marches on...we are almost in our third trimester!

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Taking apart Jack's Crib

Bring on the Big Boy Bed!

Jack's new bed

Lucy's new bed

Jack in bed with his friends

Mommy and Jack at Fernbank seeing the Dinosaurs

Waiting in line to make a Dinosaur hat

Look at my dinosaur hat!

Look Daddy! A BIG animal!

Family, Family, and MORE Family!

Buffington Family at Camp Meeting

Great Grandkids waiting on cake!

Jack never misses an opportunity for cake!

Great Granny and her four great grandchildren

(Will, Jack, Lily, and Douglas...two more little girls due this Fall!)

Aunt Mimi and Jack being silly at dinner!

Granny and Jack laughing together!

Jack playing fetch with Lucy

Rough life on the lake...someone has to do it!

Granny and Jack built a TALL tower

Jack performing Itsy Bitsy Spider

Granny and Jack reading a book!

Jack helping Granny fill the bird feeders!

Jack is a big helper! Put the bird feeder back up!

Mommy and Jack on the walk to the tower!

Jack is so excited to be at the top of the tower and see the water (this is where Mommy and Daddy got engaged! Very special place! We have been walking to the tower since I was first born!)

Nannie and Jack racing FAST!

Sweet Jack looking at the lagoon!

We have had a couple of great back to back weekends of family time! Two weekends ago, we all went to Gainesville to celebrate together at Camp Meeting (it's a yearly tradition at my grandmother's church where everyone stays together for worship and fellowship for a week... it's a southern tradition and not all churches do it..but our whole family gets together for one of the nights for dinner down at the campground. This year was my grandmother's 61st Camp Meeting! She has never missed one since she married my grandfather and started going when she was 18) There are four great grandchildren and two more on the way! The kids always love it and play very hard while we are there! And of course the food is always great! There is never a lacking of food! However, it was VERY HOT this year! Whew! But well worth the time together and we got some great pictures of the family!
This past weekend, Jack and I went to Savannah for 4 days just the two of us! Jack could NOT have been any better and I was so proud of him for being such a good boy on our trip! I was a little nervous about the drive down and back just us! But he did so great! He had a great time playing with Aunt Mimi, Great Uncle John, Nannie, Ugga, Granny, Gigi, Mimi, Aunt Denise, Sammy, Sarah, and Great Aunt Laura! He even got to meet his Great Great Aunt Helen! Whew! That's a lot of visiting! Jack made time to "perform" for everyone! He sang songs with hand motions and tons of animation! It was hilarious! He definitely realizes that he is on stage! He went to the Yacht Club pool with Aunt Mimi, Nannie, and Sarah. He swam in the lake, played with the dogs, had lunch at Granny Floyd's, walked to the tower, and played with everyone! It really was a great weekend for us with the family!
With all that said....Jack and I were SOOOOOOOOO happy to get home to Daddy Monday night! That was too long and I think we all missed eachother a little too much! It's nice to be back together!

Grandbubba and Aunt Denise are coming this weekend to stay and help paint and organize some things for Lucy! We are so excited!!! I can't wait to get her room started! PINK!!!!!!

July was a VERY crazy month for us, but filled with lots of fun, trips, friends, family, and company! We are a little worn out but recovering! The weeks keep passing and I keep getting a little bigger! Lucy is really moving around and doing so well! I had my OB appointment yesterday and everything looked great! Dr. Marcus said I looked great! Always good to hear! Glad everyone is healthy and happy...now if I could just catch up on some sleep!

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Braves and Family!

Now that is a good time!

Family at the Braves!

The end of the song "Old McDonald"!

Watching the game!

Daddy and Jack!

You have to eat a hotdog at a baseball game!

Waiting for the game to start!

Playing in a band together!

John reading books to Jack and Maddy for bedtime!

Lots of love!

Maddy carrying Jack!

Happy kids after hotdogs and brownies!

Last night Jack went to his first Braves game! It was so much fun! We had given Poppa tickets to the game for Father's Day so that he could take Jack to his first game! I made a last minute decision to join the boys when I decided I couldnt miss out on seeing Jack at the "BIG" stadium! He was so cute and so much fun! He hung in there until the 7th inning! He sat and ate his snacks and watched the game (and flirted with any girl he could find near us). Poppa got Jack his first Braves hat and it was the cutest thing! He wore it for most of the game! It was such a fun night! Jack finally got to sleep around 10:30 last night...he was a champ! Great memories!

We also had the Thorpe's in town this weekend! It was the best to have all of them here! We especially loved having John and Maddy at the house! It was fun to wake up together and eat breakfast and watch the kids play! We also had a fun time grilling hotdogs and playing outside on Friday night.  I think Jack enjoyed it more than anyone. He loved playing with the big kids and John and Maddy definitely had fun entertaining them! They pretended to play in a band with instruments, played on the swingset, built a track for the trains, built towers out of blocks, and colored at the table! Maddy did a good bit of carrying Jack around ... however, Jack was almost as big as she is! It was so great to have them here. I think Jack is going to sleep for a week!  They are definitely like family and it made for a really nice weekend! John played in some baseball games in Atlanta for a tournament and their team went to the Braves game last night too!

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Lucy

Mommy 20 weeks

It's about time she made it to the blog! We found out on July 6 that we are having a little girl! It is so very exciting for us! We were so happy to see her again on the ultrasound and hear that she was looking perfect! We really couldnt believe that it was a girl! I think they had to tell us 10 times before we stopped asking "Are you sure?!" It was so emotional for me! I was just thrilled beyond belief! I had no idea it would hit me like it did! I daydream a lot about her and planning for her! Steven is just so happy too! We told Jack that the baby in mommy's tummy was a little girl and that he was going to have a little sister....he just looked at me and said, "Mommy, I have a boo boo on my knee." So, as you can see..he was thrilled! Hahaahaha!
We love the name Lucy and can't wait to meet our little Lucy! I had a great great aunt named Lucille that I was very special to me, and we think it would be special to have a Lucy! Not to mention that Lucy Leonard just sounds so cute! She is really starting to move around and I love feeling her! It's the most amazing feeling in the world! Steven felt her move for the first time last night!
I can't stop thinking about small pink things and all of the fun things that I will get to do with a daughter! We can't wait to see Jack as a big brother. He is just so amazing and will be so loving to a little sister! It's a very happy time for us and we can't wait to meet our little girl!

Seagrove July 2010

We got back last night from a long weekend in Seagrove Beach, Florida! We had an amazing trip with the Forgeys and the Coopers! All of the kids were so great! They had so much fun and did great! We had a really nice house and cooked in a couple of nights and went into Seaside one night for dinner and dessert! It was a good time! Jack really loved playing with Graham (3 year old) that was with us! They were wild and loved running and chasing eachother! They would lay all the pillows on the floor (calling it their "track") and walk and jump over them! It was so fun watching all the kids interact! It was so fun!
Jack loved the beach! He was so excited about going and asked every morning last week when we got him up.."Go to the beach?!" He loved the sand and making sand castles and "cakes" with Caroline.  He helped the boys build a big sand castle. He was not so sure of the waves the first day, but by Friday he was loving going out with Daddy looking for big ones and jumping over them. We spent the mornings on the beach and some of the afternoons by the pool! We did make it back down to the beach one afternoon for pictures of course! (There are a LOT of pictures, but so fun!) We had a great set up with a baby pool and large tent for shade! It was so much fun!
Jack did great on the car ride down there and back home yesterday! We watched several movies and read books! He did great with his potty training and had no accidents in the car! Way to go little man! He also told us when he had to go on the beach. I tried to convince him to tee-tee in the ocean, but I guess that doesnt make sense to him....so we got a bucket and he sat on it like a potty and went tee-tee! So proud of him!

Today is back to reality and ready to start a new week! Countdown begins for our week in Seagrove in September!!!!!

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