Author Archives: Julie

A Christmas Smorgasbord

Hello people!  So admittedly, we’ve been pretty bad about blogging over the past few weeks.  Rest assured, all are well in the Wright household after a very happy and fun holiday.

Here are some snippets from the past month.  We spent Christmas in Delaware with Mike’s family (more on that in a later post), and then rang in the New Year at home in Durham.

First is the Little Miss picking out our Christmas tree…
(Betcha wouldn’t guess that our Little Sleepyhead was cranky for much of this outing.  Suffice to say, a family photo in front of our new tree was a “NO GO”.  But we brought home a beautiful tree!)

Then seeing the Christmas tree up for the first time…
(Type in “belly” to watch the video)

 

And placing the first ornament…
(A sweet moment, quickly followed by Little-Miss-Short-Attention-Span opting for other diversions)

 

Now I know you are all thinking to yourselves, “What did the Little Miss get from Santa?!?”

Well…the jolly fellow actually made a special trip back to Durham, after we returned home from Delaware, to deliver some holiday cheer (in the form of a play kitchen, rocking horse, and musical instruments) to our Little Elf.  We had a merry 2nd Christmas morning with just the Little Miss, Mommy, and Daddy.

 

It was a sweet time together, to be sure.  We look forward to celebrating as a family of FOUR next year!

We hope you had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as well!

Standard

We have some SUPER news!

Hello, ladies and gents!  This is the Little Superhero, with some super news to share!!!

Well, for some time now I’ve known that I’m going to be a BIG SISTER!!!!  That’s right…sometime around June 12th there’s going to be a new Little Wright joining my family!

Mommy has been telling me for a while that there is a “baby” in her belly.  But every time I lift up her shirt to see for myself, I only see her tummy!  So I’m not really sure where this new baby is living these days.

But one thing I DO know, and am so excited to share, is that today we found out that I’m going to be the Big Sister of a…

BABY BOY!!!!

 

 

WAHOO!!!  I can’t wait for the Little Mister to get here so that I can teach him all of my (Little) superhero powers.  …Like how to climb on furniture (when Mama isn’t looking), turn our dog into a pony (Teddy just “loves” that!), and woo the likes of any grandparent with nothing more than a smile and a giggle (they’re like putty in my hands).

Once I get my Little Sidekick good and trained, together we’ll be unstoppable!

Mommy also said that my Little Bro looked healthy and active during the ultrasound, just like I did when I was in her tummy.  He wiggled all over the place, and then got the hiccups!

So get ready, world – the Little Wrights are takin’ over!

Alright, I must be off.  The life of a Little Superhero is always busy, busy, busy…go, go, go.  Well, until I get tired.  Or hungry.  Or just need a cuddle.

***********************

P.S.  Mommy also told me to report that some Christmas blogs are coming…Better late than never, right?!?

Standard

Thanksgiving…in rewind

So November was a tough month for the Wrights.  For us, it will go down in memory as “The Month of Infamy”, or more accurately “The Month of Illness”, because despite our best efforts, we found ourselves slammed with one malady after another.  First there was the stomach flu, followed by my thrilling emergency appendectomy, then croup (for the Little Miss) and colds (for her parents), and finally another rendezvous with the stomach flu.  Yuck.  Suffice to say, being sick so often was NOT fun.  But we survived, and are hoping that healthier times are in our future.

Nevertheless, we still managed to spend a very happy – and healthy! – Thanksgiving holiday with Nena and Pops.  We were also excited to be joined by our dear friend, Fielding, who has been a wonderful pal since our days together at Duke business school.

Here’s a photo of the Plaxico-Wright clan, about to partake in our Thanksgiving feast.  And yes, the Little Lady’s location at the table does accurately reflect her position in our family. 🙂

And the next one is with Fielding.  As you can see, The Little Miss is becoming quite the Little Prayer Warrior, and loves to say “AMEN!” before, during and after the blessing for any meal.

Thanks to Nena and Pops, the food was delicious.  The Little Miss liked it all, but most especially the dessert!  She’s a Little-Chip-Off-the-Old-Block!

Though we know this blog post is very belated, we want to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!  We hope it was a weekend full of great fun, family, friends and FOOD for you as well!

Standard