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One week old!

We have had a wonderful first week with Megan Elise here! The O'Neills spent all of last week with us, which was completely chaotic and totally fun - we enjoyed having them here so much. Anneta (aka Nunny) is now spending the week with us, so we're trying to take as many pictures as possible each day. Here are some of the updated pics:

I love this picture of Mimi and Megan - one of the few where Megan's eyes are open

Anna, Megan and Avelyn, the three girls

Jimmy teaching Will and Audrey to play Wii - this was absolutely hilarious to watch

All 8 of us. Seems impossible that there is one kid to every adult now!

From left to right: Avelyn, Laura, Megan, Audrey, Will, Anna, Jimmy and Keegan

Anna with her ponytails

Such sweet sisters

I'm amazed at how good Anna is with Megan - so sweet, gentle and loving

Megan Elise is HERE!!!

Megan Elise Wright

Born August 12, 2008 at 4:52 PM

8 lbs. 4 oz.

19 3/4"

We are so, so blessed to have Megan join our family - she is very healthy and absolutely gorgeous. More pics will be posted soon!

Recent pics

All wet after a dip in the poo-pool (I don't know the actual name for those play pools - that's just what I used to call it when I was little)
Despite being my daughter, Anna seems to love all girly things - especially necklaces and makeup. Here she is wearing my faux pearl necklace around the house.
All dressed up - though you can't see it, she has an eyeshadow brush in one hand and a bottle of Clinique face wash in the other, while wearing the pearls. Isn't she adorable?
Mimi and Pops have been letting us have weekly date nights before Megan's arrival, so this is from one of those evenings. Anna just loves her baths!
Mimi and Anna, post-bath

Well, we are officially T-minus 2 weeks and 4 days for Megan's due date - so keep your fingers crossed that I magically start going into labor on August 3rd (my sister is home and Dr. Madden is back in town that day, so that would be perfect). If that doesn't happen (and my guess is, it won't!), our "plan" is to induce on either the 8th or the 15th, depending on circumstances. We can't wait to see our new little girl very soon!

Austin, Baby Shower, and 4th of July

As I'm sure is true for all of you, we've had a crazy few weeks here in the Wright household. This weekend coming up is the first weekend in over 6 weeks that we haven't had any plans. I can't believe it! Of course, since we don't have plans, we'll be painting the nursery to get it ready for little Megan Elise. Never a moment of rest for the weary!

Speaking of Megan, this blog has been solely titled for Anna up until now, but now we have a new title - no new address, since that's too hard to make everybody switch, but a new title at least. :)

Below are some pictures of our trip to Austin for the fantasy football league (and for Anna and I to spend some quality time with Audrey, Keegan, and Avelyn during the week), Megan's baby shower, and our visit from Jacob, Amy, Nate and Zach this past weekend over 4th of July. What fun we've had the past few weeks!

A quite serious look for someone covered in birthday cake (we celebrated Anna's b-day with the O'Neills a few weeks ago)

Keegan is not as serious, thank goodness!

Looking pretty for Megan's shower

The adorable Mrs. Tony's cake

Anna, Parker and Maci playing at the shower

Me at 33 weeks

This is a great picture - Keegan has his eyes closed, Anna is trying to eat Avelyn's head - only Jimmy looks normal!

You have to look closely, but Anna's toenails are painted - she just loves painted toenails!

Anna and Zach playing in the pool

Anna and Nate playing in the pool - the three of them have so much fun together

12 month pics

Hey all - Anna had her 12 month pictures taken a couple weeks ago, and they're now posted on our photographer's website. So beautiful! Take a look at

www.rachelparkhurst.com

Click on the "Clients" tab, then input the password: anna1

Enjoy!

N. Ireland

On Thursday, we got back from our 12-day visit to Northern Ireland to visit my sister, Melissa (a.k.a. Auntie M). Meliss is working as a missionary for the Presbyterian Church in Belfast since August of last year. What an amazing trip! More than anything, it was wonderful to get to see Meliss again and spend time with her. We also were lucky to take a side trip to London and York with her while we were over there. Though we have many, many stories from our trip (you'll have to ask to hear them), it's better on the blog just to post the pics. So, here they are...

Happy reunion at the airport

In front of Queens College in Belfast

The tulips of the Botanical Garden in Belfast

All of us in a booth at Crown Liquor Saloon

Melissa liked the Children's Museum more than Anna, it seems :)

This picture is for Keegan - we saw a lifesize version of your puzzle at the Belfast Children's Museum!

This is just one of many drinking pictures Melissa and Jimmy have - ah, I remember the happy time when I used to be able to drink... :(

Ice cream at Harrod's in London

Picnic at Clifford's Tower across from our hotel in York

Melissa trying to stuff an entire profiterole in her mouth in one bite - you be the judge on how successful it truly was!

Too cool for school

York Minster

On the train back to London - Meliss entertained Anna the whole way by beatboxing, a skill no one evidently knew she had!

If you look closely, the rocky cliffs of Cave Hill in Belfast look like a giant man's face, which inspired Jonathan Swift to write "Gulliver's Travels." Being an English nerd, this was about the coolest tidbit I learned on the trip.

The view of Belfast from Cave Hill, where the Belfast Zoo is

I will post our videos soon - we have several that are great, but for some reason I can't get them off my camera today. Anyways, thanks for the great trip, Auntie M - we love you and are so proud of you!