The Little Sir’s Birthday Marathon

The Little Sir turned 3.

It’s been nearly a month and I still can barely believe it.

So we sang, we ate, we partied, we ate some more.

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And then we celebrated with Grammie, Poppy and Aunt Erin Wright at the Alamance County Children’s Museum.

Cook-out shakes included, of course!

Because, duh.

And then Nena and Pops Plaxico arrived for more birthday festivities!

They did, that is,

until the Little Mister threw up.

All night.

All over the place.

All hands on deck.

And so Nena and Pops went home.

(Wah wah…)

And then – after a week of buckets and baths and clorox and caffeine – they came back again!

(Woo woooooooo!)

We embraced the Little Sir’s inner Train Conductor

And went to celebrate some MORE at the NC Transporation Museum!

With a real train ride included!

That place is awesome.

Lil Sir Conductor APPROVED, even.

And then it was time to eat some more!

Because, duh.

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We had a great day, with a very contented Birthday Boy (Engineer).

And then

the Little Sir threw up…

For the Little Sir, who is THREE!

Cute as a button
Silly as can be
My darling Little Sir
I can’t believe you’re THREE!

You are clever, smart and thoughtful
And always so aware
Even though you still refuse
To try out Big Boy underwear.

You always make us laugh
You’re full of so much joy
And with a dash of sass and wit
You’re definitely a Daddy’s Boy.

Your blue eyes so expressive
As you ponder the world around
You’re quiet and serene till you’re not
Then look out! Your words abound!

Romping through the woods
Armed with swords, buckets and rainboots
You and your beloved siblings
Are always in cahoots.

Oh my sweet Little William
How I love to watch you grow
I’ll always be your greatest fan
Wherever you may go.

But now don’t be in a hurry
My heart can’t take it, you see.
For no matter how big you grow
My Baby you will always be.

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY,

Little Sir William!

3 Year Old Stats:
– Height: 95.9cm (58%)
– Weight: 31lb 12.8oz (44%)

Merry Christmas ~ 2016

So I’m about a month late with this…but better late than never, right? The truth is we’re busy, and by golly I’m tired.

Nevertheless, we hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!

Here’s what was going on in the Wright neighborhood…

Christmas Eve

Aren’t we just adorable?

Of course the reality was that the photo (above) was proceeded by this one…

And many, many other outtakes.

Somebody’s always gotta be a comedian. In our family, at least.

And the first photo took a ridiculous amount of parental cajoling and position modifications, followed by 4 grandparents hootin’ and hollerin’ in the background like monkeys.

Nena and Pops were there too, but in all of the photo-induced-mania I forgot to snap a picture of them. Oops.

Good times.

With the mandatory photo shoot out of the way, we headed off to church.

Don’t ya just LOVE a candlelight Christmas Eve service?!!

And I only managed to get a few drops of hot melted wax on my pants (thank you very much, my sweet distracted Lil Mister), so that felt like a win.

And then we headed home for a yummy meal and pre-Santa preparations.

Christmas Morning

Up and at ’em, the Littles were excited!

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Nena and Pops were excited too.

A bit bleary eyed, maybe, but Merry Troopers as always.

We had a very jolly morning (i.e., Presentfest).

Daddy was especially enthusiastic when I assigned him the privilege of giving these gifts to the kids.

Go Blue Devils!

Poor (Demon Deacon) Daddy.

Leave it to the Lil Sir Ham to cheer Daddy up with his silly faces.

So.Many.Faces.

Oh how I love my Silly Boy. He’s a keeper.

It was a sweet morning!

Christmas Night

That evening we had our best pals, the Potters, over to join us for Christmas dinner.

The good times and sparkling cider were flowing!

As were the faces.

And the hugs.

Then it was time for a Movie Night!

(A.K.A. Adults Eat And Be Merry In Child-Free Peace)

Road trip!

After a few years spinning around the (frenzied) Christmas Race Track, the Hubs and I have learned that 2 weeks of “holiday” together in one house = a whole lotta family bonding time.

As in TOO MUCH family bonding time.

And so last year we started the tradition of traveling north to Annapolis to enjoy some different scenery (and get our wiggles out) with the Littles.

Not too bad, eh?

And this year we were spoiled with a house FULL of Garecht-Plaxico holiday companions!

We LOVE our cousins!

All of the fabulous Garechts were in attendance…I just was a bit lazy with the camera duties. Maybe because I spent 6+ hours freezing my toes off playing beach volleyball with my nieces. Nena and Pops even got in on the action too!

It was SO FUN.

And I was SO TIRED.