Happy 3rd Birthday Maggie!

This last weekend was a full birthday weekend at the Hunt house! Maggie and I's birthday is 1 day apart...mine on the 29th and hers on the 30th. We celebrated Maggie's 3rd birthday with a low key evening of grilling out and a bounce house. She was really into her birthday this year, more than the last 2 years. She was super excited about every detail...the cake, the balloons, her friends coming and of course the presents!

We had a really good time and count ourselves so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends to join our little family in celebrating our precious girls 3rd year!

A picture recap from the day...below!

Love to all,

Leah

The cakes and the grub...thanks to Gigi for making 2 cakes this year...a white and a chocolate for both Maggie and I. Baking is definitely one of her love languages....:) We had a kitty themed birthday this year. We let Maggie pick it out. She is quite into kitty's this year with our most recent 4 legged adoption of Charlie. He is getting bigger everyday....already 13 weeks old.

Our little family of 3.5....sweet baby Sadie is 36 weeks big here!

Princess bounce house....big hit with all the kiddos. They bounced until they couldn't bounce anymore!

Happy Birthday, Maggie!

A quick pic of some of the cousins...Faith, Maggie, Morgan...Jerod, Davis and Joshua (ages 11-3)

Some family and friends...Craig, Luke, Brent, Tim and Mandy.

More sweet friends...Holly & Melissa.

Wow-ee...all this for Maggie. She is one loved little gal!

Mom, Nana and Pawpaw...

Sweet little Joshua (5) giving rides in Mag's jeep for those kiddos...too young to drive, Ha!

Cousins jumping in the bounce house...

The two birthday girls!

Kiddos table...Maggie sure has some sweet pals!

By far the best moment of the party! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you....happy birthday dear Maggie....happy birthday to YOU! I loved seeing all the most precious people in our lives surrounding our Maggie and loving on her through song!

Big smile....full of excitement!

Enjoying her cake!

Present time....with all the little helpers!

At the end of the party, the girls decided to play dress up. We had a flock of princesses running around! It was pretty cute.

Maggie wearing one of her new princess dress up outfits!

Happy birthday my dear sweet Maggie! It is such a joy to be your mommy. I love you so much and thank the Lord daily for your precious life!

Sadie's sassy nursery!

Here is Sadie's sassy nursery! We did not intend for it to turn out sassy, but it somehow did. We wanted to do something bright and different than Maggie's nursery. I loved these two colors of hot pink and green apple. I bought all the fabric at Cutting Corners. My Mom, Nana and myself sewed all the bedding in a day. I purchased almost all of the zebra decor at Hobby Lobby----50% off! Woohoo! I got her name letters off of ebay, from a seller called "The Alphabet Boutique". I made the decorative layered cross, myself, but stole the idea off of ebay. The bow holder came from a lady that makes them for "Kid to Kid". She will do custom colors. Her lamp is just a simple white shade...bling-ed up with some fancy trim and my hot glue gun from Hobby Lobby.

It was so much fun to create and decorate!

I am really excited about how it turned out and can hardly wait for my sweet (and hopefully not sassy) Sadie Rose to rest her sweet head in her crib. 3.5 more weeks or 25 days if your counting!!!!!

Love to all,

Leah

Maggie's big girl room!

Just wanted to share some fun pictures from Maggie's completed "big girl room". It was such a joy to do. She was really excited about it and has done really well transitioning from her nursery to it.

We got her bedding online from a website called www.JoJoDesigns.com. I have been so pleased with the quality. I have been collecting pink/brown decor for a few months now, but purchased almost all of it from good old Hobby Lobby or Canton. I re-purposed all of her wood stuff...picture frames and name letters...with some kilz and spray paint. They had previously been black...now chocolate brown. I made her bow holder and bought an unfinished rocker and stool and spray painted them to match. The dresser is a family antique that has passed through a few generations. I changed the knobs to pink. I bought the lamp shade, night lite and switch plate cover off of etsy for a bargain.

I think it turned out to be a "sweet" girlie room, and hope Mag's love it for a few years.

I will share some "sassy pics" from Sadie's nursery next.

Blessings and love to all,

Leah

Maggie 3 year old picture proofs!!!

Hello Family & Friends....

Just wanted to share that we recently had Maggie's 3 year old pictures taken by my friend and professional photographer Janice. She has online proof viewing and I wanted to share them with you. Janice has been taking Mag's pics since she was 6 weeks old. She is such a doll, and really captures those precious moments and smiles in time...that you want to hold on to F-O-R-ever!

Her website is www.jjbarrettphotography.com, click enter site, then go to the bottom of the page to proofing and type in the password Maggie. Enjoy!

Love to all & I pray you all are having a blessed week!

Leah

Hop-scotch with Daddy!

We have been loving our warm weather! In the evenings, after Todd gets home we love to go outside for some family time. Maggie has a new favorite thing to do...Hop-scotch! Well, okay it is a toddler 2 almost 3ish version of Hop-scotch. Either way, its pretty cute, and we have laughed watching her try so hard to hop on one leg.

I shot the video holding the camera the wrong way...blame it on pregnancy brain...but the video was just too cute not to share! I apologize in advance for any neck soreness or stiffness watching this video sideways may cause!

Love to all,

Leah

New hockey fan...

We recently discovered our sweet new kitten..."Charlie"...yes, we decided on a different name than previously blogged about, is a FAN of hockey. Wait until you hear how cute Maggie says..."Chaaarrr-weee" for his name!

It has been really fun for the entire family to have Charlie around. He is so fun to watch and interact with. It has been many, many years for both Todd and I since we have been around a kitten. His daily life is pretty much....play, play, play, nap, nap, nap, EAT! He is a great blend of snuggly and playful.

Todd shot this video of him while watching the Stanley Cup hockey games!

Good times, hope it makes you smile!

Leah

P.S It's the small things in life....right?

Weekend in the country...

This last weekend we went to the country to celebrate Mother's day and a birthday. When I say the country....I mean Decatur. I joke around and say the "country" only because I have been a city dweller for the last 7 years. Ha! I grew up country and am glad for my county experience and upbringing, and glad that my parents and siblings all still live the country life. It is wonderful to visit. But for me...I love neighbors and neighborhoods, street noise & street lights, having/keeping a clean car (no dirt roads) and conveniences like having a 7-11, McD's and my fave Hobby-Lobby all within a mile of my house!

My parents have a really beautiful place with lots of acreage, cows/horses, a pond and some seriously beautiful and mature trees. Their yard is really peaceful and enjoyable to hang out in. That is exactly what we did for the evening. We (19 family members) cooked out and just enjoyed some quality time for the evening. The kids (the 6 cousins) rode go-carts, played hide and seek, at cake and played. Maggie loves being with her cousins, and they are all sooooo sweet to take care of her and include her even though she is the youngest.

It was Mother's day weekend as well as my sister-in-law Melissa's birthday. It was a really fun night, and some of the best quality family time we have all had in a while.

Family is one of God's greatest blessings, if you ask me.

Enjoy some pics from the night...blessings and love to all!

Leah

My 2 big brothers...2 cutie pies for sure!

My precious daddy...cooking us up some grub! Yumm-o, the best burger I have had lately!

My sweet Nana & Pawpaw...love them dearly.

The 2 gals we were celebrating...Mom and my sis-in-law Melissa.

Family pic...Todd, Leah & Maggie

Adorable nephews....Jerod, Joshua & Jackson...3 of Mags 6 cousins from my side of the family.

The nieces & Mag...Morgan, Maggie and Macy. Hope they will always be close!

Can you believe this??? Do I have the coolest Nana or what? My 78 year old grandmother taking Mag for a casual stroll in the GO CART! HA! Never a dull moment. Thanks Nana for making another fun memory with my girl.

Crazy Jason, teaching the little ones how to "pop a wheelie"...ha!

My precious parents...love you Mom & Dad!

Some of the boys....out on the go cart!

P.S A fun video of our sweet new kitty, preggo and Maggie professional pics, Maggie's big girl room and Sadie's nursery pics ALL to come soon...in the next few weeks! Yay! Can't wait to share.

P.P.S Guess who only has about 40ish days left to cook???? Sadie Rose we can't wait to meet you!