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Jeremiah recently posted some videos and pics from our excursion to the Jacksonville Irish Festival which was ALOT of fun. We went with some friends of our who have little ones and it was such a nice releaxing day listening to the great music and enjoying the weather and food :)

Not doing so good with blogging...

But hopefully I will be getting better!

We do have good news though! We found out that we are pregnant with #2! Quite a surprise and its going to mean alot of changes but its kinda nice to get all the preggo stuff out of the way at once (this will be our last).

Leonard is really becoming a little boy. It is amazing how much he has grown. He can sit up really well and can get up on all fours like he is going to crawl but he usually ends up doing the army crawl. He is definitely MOBILE! He is pulling himself up in his crib (just to his knees!) and sometimes i think he just might get up and run! He has learned how to reach for mommy or daddy (or grandma or auntie!) and its so cute! This is such a fun age because everything is new everyday.

Leonard did have a slight ear infection in one ear due to a cold, but that is all taken care of and it looks like he wont have the ear infection issues that Jeremiah had which is a relief. He did scare mommy though with a very high fever! He is back to his old self again and doing great. His doctor appointments always go well and he is still in the 95th+ percentile for weight and height. His last stats were

20 lbs, 11 0z.

29.5 inches

I do have some photos of Leonard...no thanks to me though since I broke the camera...my cousin took these and they are just adorable. These are from a few weeks ago.

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7 Months

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So here is the official "Leonard is 7 Months" post. Leonard has changed sooo much. Some days I look at him and he looks different than when I put him to bed the night before. He has been sitting up on his own and can now feed himself with a bottle. He is having fun playing with toys and since he is so much more interactive it is alot of fun to get on the floor and play with him.

So here are more photos!

Changes in 2009!

We had a great New Year and it's already been a pretty crazy January. I started a new job at a new firm after being laid off from my other job and I really love it. Its a much larger firm and I am learning new things everyday. Im very busy at my new job, so no time to update my blog and stuff. My hours are a little later too so that makes it difficult to get stuff done in the evening, because night time is my Leonard time.

We ended 2008 with Onething. It was a bit challenging going to the conference with a baby, but it was incredible to worship with over 20,000 believers who passionately love Jesus. We had alot of fun in spite of the challenges and it was a great trip.

We came back and it was back to the grind. And then we got the call that Jeremiah's grandfather wasnt doing well. He passed away on January 12 and we flew up that weekend. While it was good to see his family, especially those that havent seen Leonard yet, it definitely would have been nice to go up for happier reasons. We had a great time though and there was LOTS of snow.

So now we are just getting back to normal. Im finally back on track with my Weight Watchers afte gaining two pounds over the thanksgiving/christmas craziness. Not too bad so my loss is currently a little less than 17 lbs. Im almost back into my old jeans! So only 17 more lbs to pre-pregancy weight and then 10 more after that to my goal! It feels great to be getting back to normal!

Leonard is growing and growing. He is now 7 months and at his latest checkup his stats were 20.2 lbs and 29 inches. He is getting SOOO tall. He is sitting up on his own and trying all kinds of new foods. He is also really learning to play with his toys, which is really cute. He also has his two bottom front teeth, they are so adorable! He did so good on his first plane rides. No screaming or freakouts! He really is such a joy and we feel so lucky to have such a good baby.

I dont have many pics on my work computer, but here are a couple.

Leonard and Grandpa Russell (my father in law)

Leonard at Christmas

Random photo. The look on his face is jsut hilarious

Cutting teeth

Leonard cut his first tooth on Saturday. THAT was a rough night!

You can see the white coming through and he has been such a trooper! I would post a pic, but YOU try getting that squirmy little boy to show you his tooth...haha...not happening!

New Toy!

Well, I finished Leonard's Christmas shopping and most everything is under the tree but I COULD NOT resist pulling this thing out and letting him play on it! He really is enjoying playing in it and checking everything out. Basis for picking it out.

#1. I love all things Baby Einstein

#2 Highest weight limit! Haha!

He's been having a blast in it and I hope to get a video of him playing and hollering in it up here tonite or tomorrow (Grandpa Russell loves the videos!).

So here is one of him in the new exersaucer and a cute one. Im having a hard time getting smiles lately b/c whenever he sees that red light on the camera he stops whatever he is doing and stares! Its funny!

Binkys

Leonard's binky has been quite a necessity lately with him teething. He seems to prefer chewing on a binky rather than a teething ring, which is fine.

So last nite he had another rough nite and as I am packing his stuff to go to my mom's im thinking in my head "grab the binky off the couch". Well of course i forget it and im almost to my moms when I remember so I run in Walgreens to grab some more.

Of COURSE they dont have the Avent ones, which is what he has always used. The Mam ones looked the most like his other ones so I went ahead and got those and upgraded to 6 months and up.

I get to my moms and I pop the binky in his mouth to test it and he sort of chews, sucks, spits it out, holds it, looks at it and i stick it back in. He started sucking happily on it so im like "WHEW!".

My mom calls me a couple hours later at work to report it didnt leave his mouth until she fed him and that he was napping and sucking happily on his binky.

GREAT! So now im probably going to have to replace all my binkys...