HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Its a new year and I am determined to be a better blogger because we now have most of our family living far away. My family relocated to Kansas City, MO and now its just us here in Jacksonville.

We have had an incredible year. Beginning with our surprise pregnancy and ending on a great now with a very happy Christmas. Our family is now complete and we couldn't be happier.

With the birth of Isabela we decided that I would stay home. Leaving a job with a great firm was hard but I am really enjoying being a mom and feel that it is making me a much better wife as well. I feel so complete doing the housewife thing. I guess im an odd breed of 21st century woman who actually enjoys cooking and cleaning! Its been a whole new challenge but I'm having a blast and really treasuring the time I get to spend with my lovelies.

Jeremiah is teaching in addition to his regular 9-5 job which has been a huge blessing! He really seems to enjoy it.

So here is to a new year and new opportunities to grow and learn! Here are a few photos from some special family moments :)

First moments with Mommy :)Our gorgeous baby girl, Isabela Dona, born September 25, 2009 weighing 9lbs, 9oz and 20 inches long!

This was such a fun Christmas because Lenny could really get into it this year :) He had a blast!

**Happy to report that Lenny is starting the new year binky free!**

Worst blogger ever!

Ok, its official, im the worst blogger ever. The pregnancy is going well and my little Leonard man is growing more everyday. He is just he sweetest ever. He is becoming such a little person and its great. He is going to be 1 on June 23 and I cant believe the time has gone so fast!
So current pregnancy stats are very good. At my appointment yesterday the heartbeat was in the 160s and my quad screen came back fine. My due date is now October 3rd. We still dont know the sex and have one more ultrasound left. So its possible this one may be a surprise. Here is me at 21 weeks. Im feeling pretty good aside from being really tired after work, its hard work growing a human being!

And here is my little man, helping mommy clean out the fridge. Is that not the sweetest little face EVER!

9 Month Appointment and nearly 17 weeks

Leonard had his 9 month appointment (quite a bit late...) and all went well. Current stats are:

20 lbs 10 oz.
30 inches

Since his weight has tapered off a bit he is only in the 50-75% for weight, but still in the 90% for height. He is a TALL boy! He is getting stronger and more mobile, making it quite easy to keep MY pregnancy weight gain down to a minimum with my running after him all the time.

We have the big ultrasound on April 29th and thats when we will find out the sex of the new baby!

9 1/2 Months and 15 weeks

Pregnancy is going well. Im finally looking preggo instead of just fat! Haha! I have my next appointment on Monday and then we will schedule the big ultrasound where we find out the sex of the baby. Im really excited and we already have names. We were going to name our first Isabela Dona if it was a girl last time so are going to keep that name and then Gavin Thomas if its a boy. I got to pick the boy name this time and the middle name is after Jeremiah's dad. I think we pick out some really good names!

Last weekend we rearranged all the rooms in the house. Leonard was in the smallest, we were in the room connected to his and Alexa had the big room up front. Now, Alexa is in the small room (which we are building a hallway soon so it isnt connected to the other room. Leonard (and future baby) are in the room we were in and we have the big room now. I have to say, this works so much better! I thought Alexa wouldnt have enough room for her toys but that room has a big walk in closet so now she has more toy storage than ever and its so cute in there. The baby's room is awesome. We have a crib on each wall and it just so cute. And me and Jeremiah are enjoying having more space. I dont know why we didnt do this to begin with but oh well. It looks awesome now.

I do have updated pics of Leonard. He is pulling himself up on everything and into everything! I will post them when I get home tonite :)

Tons of teeth

Since December Leonard has had the same two bottom teeth. As we were rapidly approaching 9 months I was starting to worry because he hadnt gotten anymore teeth. Well worry no longer because in less than a week he has cut FOUR teeth (all toppers). He has been doing surprisingly well and has a few grouchy moments but overall he is sleeping at night well and is generally pretty pleasant, which is why we were shocked to see all those teeth in his mouth!

Im still trying to get a teeth picture but no such luck.

Check out the family blog

http://therussellfamilyblogspot.blogspot.com/

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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