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A Holly Jolly Christmas

Though the tree may be gone, and the ornaments and lights may be packed away,
joyful memories of Christmastime still resonate in our hearts and minds.

Okay, okay.  So the lights are still up on our house, and we’ll likely be “that family” in the neighborhood who will forgetfully leave them there until Easter… Just in time to replace them with eggs.  But tis the season, right?!?

Feeble-attempt-at-poetic-prose aside, Christmas was a happy time in the Wright abode.  Joined by Nena and Pops (Plaxico), we donned our holiday-finest and celebrated Christmas Eve with our church family at All Saints Church…

 …And even attempted to take a family photo of the jolly occassion.

Pre-bribe of M&Ms – and anything else she wanted – to get a certain Little Miss Goofball to cooperate

And post-bribe.  I’ll take what I can get.

Despite dealing with a family full of colds (in this regard, my children are a little too good at sharing), Christmas day was great fun as well…

Rise and shine!  Santa was here!

Family photo attempt #1,382.  I’m pretty sure Daddy’s back there…somewhere.

Thank goodness for grandparents who will get up with children who wake too early!!!

I can say with complete confidence that our Little Ones did just fine in the gift department.  Not that the Little Mister had any clue what all of the hullabaloo was about, of course.  But he played along like a good Little Christmas Trooper.

Sweet new ride, thanks to Grammie and Poppy Wright!

In our house, Christmas ain’t Christmas without a new flashlight from Pops.

And lots of Christmas cuddles from Nena!

Another special treat was getting to celebrate the holiday with our dear friends, the Mugfords.  We had this crazy idea that we’d commemorate the moment with a photo (sans Little Mister, who was already in bed).  Here’s a little glimpse into how well that went.

One guess at who the Little Ham was…

Again, I’ll take what I can get.

Oh, and just in case the Little Miss asks, the Christmas tree is now “taking a nap at the tree farm” until we pick it up again next year.  And the dump truck she saw hauling it away?  Why, that was just some kind men delivering it (gently) to it’s resting place…

Hope you all had a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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The Little Mister’s Baptism

We enjoyed the most wonderful (and jam-packed!) weekend in early October, celebrating the Little Mister’s baptism (Oct. 7).  The event was made extra special because we were joined by many of our family and friends, including the Little Guy’s Godparents, Aunt Ashley and Uncle Joe (plus Haley and Emily, cousins-extraordinaire)!

And we were blessed to be able to have our sweet Little Mister baptized at All Saints Church by our pastors and dear friends, Thomas and Brad.  I was nervous that my Little Mr. Sensitive would cry during the ceremony, but he was a (Little) Angel!  He was totally serene and relaxed throughout, as if he understood what a momentous occasion it was…

 

(Daddy and the Little Miss pouring the baptismal water)

(Father Thomas baptizing my Little Bugaboo)

(Marked as Christ’s own forever, by Bishop Terrell Glenn)

The baptism was the creme filling of one great-big-family-party-cookie!  We had a blast hanging out with Nena, Pops, Aunt Ashley, Uncle Joe, Haley, and Emily from the Plaxico side…

(Just missing Uncle Will, and Cousins Caleb and Liam)

(Saturday night’s surprise birthday dinner for Pops, Aunt Ashley, and Cousin Haley)

And ALL of the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins from the Wright side!  …That’s Poppy, Grammie, Uncle Paul, Aunt Courtney, Uncle Adam, Aunt Erin, Uncle Jon, Aunt Laura, and Cousins Ethan, Luke, and Madeline.

 

The Little-Man-of-the-Hour soaked up all of the lovin’ he received from his fan club…

 

And the Little Miss was tickled pink to be given the “princess treatment” by her older cousins, Haley and Emily!

 

Suffice to say, it was a fun, crazy, busy, BLESSED weekend.  Praise God for great family, great friends, and sweet Little Boys!

We love you, Elliott Michael!

(We are so grateful to Nena and Pops for helping us host this crazy-fun weekend.  And we can’t thank our friends, Josh and Cristen, enough for taking photos of the baptism and for hosting some of our family while they were in town.  You guys are the best!!!)

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Farewell to Summer (a.k.a. Topsail Beach!)

Okay, okay.  So summer technically ended a while ago.  But time flies (i.e. blog posts are so much harder to write) when you are chasing around two very active (needy!) children.  I LOVE my Little Munchkins, but boy do they keep me on my toes…and grasping to my sanity.

Our summer ended on a major high note with a week at Topsail Beach with Nena and Pops (Plaxico).  Let’s just say that if I could afford to move my family there, I’d do it…in an instant.

We stayed at a house right on the beach, and had a BLAST enjoying the sand and waves right outside of our door.

Little Miss: “Nena and Pops rock my face off!”

Our fearless Little Surfer Girl

Such a sweet Daddy. He builds, she destroys.

Little Miss: “I’m a flamingo!”

Three generations of Plaxico ladies

Truth be told, the Little Mister spent much of the time asleep in someone’s arms or a baby carrier.  But one day soon he’ll be chasing seagulls and eating sand with his Big Sis!

When we weren’t soaking up rays, we filled our time…

Playing around at the house.

Enjoying a cruise on the nearby sound (A “nature cruise”.  We didn’t see much – err, any – nature, but the Little Miss sure had a great time rocking out to the 1950s music they blasted along the way!).

…And finding all sorts of other adventures in the area.  One of my favorite moments came when the Little Miss and I went on a special date to get ice cream.  After enjoying our treats, we took a stroll down a nearby pier.  We were flanked on both sides by a bunch of Old Salts fishing for their dinners.  With cigarettes hanging out of their mouths, they watched in amusement as my Little Lady trotted around in her multi-colored sunglasses and bright pink outfit.  Totally unaware of the audience forming around her, she turned to me, clapped her hands, and said:

“Mama, dance!”

And so we did.

Our Little Sassy Pants (sunglasses included!)

And so with that we bid farewell to summer.  It was a fun, exhausting, wonderful, overwhelming, crazy few months.  We have no clue what the next season has in store for us, but we are so excited to enter into it as a family of four.  Life is good.

We love the beach!  And we love Nena and Pops!

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