Introducing… William Henry Christopher Wright!

(Email from Mike)

Julie and I are excited to announce the birth of our third child, and second son:
William Henry Christopher Wright.

Kind of a mouthful, I know, but we’ve never shied away from long names, especially consonants. William is named primarily for Julie’s grandfather, William Plaxico. Henry is in honor of Julie’s dad (his middle name) as well as my grandfather (Paul Henry Kline). Christopher is my middle name, which I am honored to give my son.

Interestingly (at least to my budding ancestry research hobby), William is also the name of the presumed progenitor of the Wright family in America, William Wright, while Henry Plaxico was the forefather of the Plaxico family.

William was born yesterday, February 18, at 2:15 pm. He was 8 pounds, 11 ounces in weight and 21 3/4″ long.

Despite a scheduled induction, where we thought we’d be able to control everything, William had plans of his own and was born after just 1.5 hours of labor (a new record for us!) and shortly before his mama was due to get some much needed (and much requested) meds. He was so ready to get out (medication free – his mother wanted me to add that again) that our wonderful nurse delivered him just before the doctor was able to get into the room.

However wildly William got here, and however interesting I think his lineage is, he is happy and healthy and we love him so much! Julie is recovering well and we hope to be out of the hospital today.

Thanks for all your prayers and support. Included are some photos of the new family.

Blessings,
Mike & Julie (and Annabelle, Elliott, William, and Teddy the dog, who is quickly rethinking this whole family life thing)

Snow Day – Love Day

This past week North Carolina (and most of the east coast) was hit with a big snow storm. The kids were thrilled, while Daddy and I were a bit wary. Because lemme tell you, folks, no one who is uber pregnant and nearing her due date wants to be stuck in a snow storm. Just ask that poor lady in Atlanta.

But Baby #3 behaved him/herself and stayed put, while his/her siblings had a blast playing outside in the snow.

After a lot of snowball and sledding revelry, Mike and the kids worked on this masterpiece…

While I did some “nesting” outside and burned off a bit of my anxious energy.

It would have all been fine, if not for a certain Hubby outing me to the doctor after I had promised that I had been taking it easy. I mean seriously folks, I’m really pregnant…and a pregnant gal has got to nest!

Though in Mike’s defense, we did have to spend 3 hours at the hospital on Friday so they could run some tests and make sure that the baby was okay. Now rest assured, this had absolutely nothing to do with my little dance with the snow shovel. And all of the tests confirmed that Baby #3 is fine and moving around like a Little Champ. So as I see it… no harm – no foul.

After our chilly playtime we warmed up with some Valentines’ Day pancakes and treats…

Now I’d like to make it publicly known that despite my forthcoming baby explosion AND the mighty snow storm, I still managed to buy my Honey a card and a few little gifts. He, on the other hand, had nothing but a big smile for me. Let’s just all remember this and remind a certain Tall Red Haired Man that he owes me. Particularly after I deliver him his third child.

But I digress. Back to the Littles. We wrapped up our snow-love days with lots of crazy play indoors (emphasis on the crazy), more nesting, and a bit of “princess time.”

As you can see, the Little Mister was not coerced in anyway, but rather was pleased as punch to get to play this game with his Big Sis. What a (lovely Little) Goof.

So we survived the big snowstorm of 2014 with most of our sanity intact. The kids loved it, and we loved not racing through the snow and ice to get to the hospital.

But stay tuned, people. That day is just around the corner!

Just Gotta Boogey

Our Little Miss is one ENERGETIC gal who is always on the move. And if you’ve spent any time with her, you’ve seen that when the music is playing, she loves to orchestrate impromptu dance parties. What can I say? The girl’s just gotta boogey. So we were jazzed this fall when – thanks to the generosity of Nena and Pops – our Little Ballerina was able to try out a dance class for the first time. And boy did she have a ball!

Here she is, gearing up for class…

And then getting down to BIZ-NESS…
(I love her focus)

Though as a typical, high-spirited 3-year-old, “focus” is not really the way she rolls. And that is just fine and dandy with us. The Little Miss knows how to have fun WHEREver and WHENever.

Graceful ballet arms…

Followed by a little off-the-cuff hip hop.
Break it down, baby.

And a whole lotta other crazy moves!

Swan lake, maybe?

The “come hither” look?

And everyone’s favorite…Hopping on one foot through a maze!
She’s a total (Little) Goofball, but the girl’s got skills!

Strike a pose…
(Watch and learn, Madonna)

And then the proud finish!

Here she is on video (type in “wright” to watch).

The whole rule-following and taking-turns parts of dance class may have not been her favorite things, but whatever. She had a great time, and I got to dress her up in a cute pink ballerina outfit AND burn off a bit of her (boundless) energy. So I call that a win-win!

Nothin’ but (a Little) Sweetness and Light!

Until she gets tired and hungry, that is. 🙂

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Introducing… William Henry Christopher Wright!

Snow Day – Love Day

Just Gotta Boogey