Visits from friends and family, along with fun daily pictures

My girls in purple

First family pic since the hospital
Megan just loves watching Anna run around
What a cutie!
Getting ready for sprinkler time!
I was so excited to catch her smiling on camera!

Paw-Paw holding Megan
Ma holding Megan
Mike and Julie came to visit us over the weekend - we had such a great time!
The following video is of Anna "talking." She babbles constantly and often sounds like she's really saying something. I don't think it's going to be long before she surprises us with all sorts of words...she already says 9 (mama, baba, egan (for Megan), block, book, ball, yeah, no, anks (for thanks)). I'm amazed at her verbal abilities - can't imagine what it'll be like in a few months.

New pics, plus house reno post

I'm posting twice this Labor Day weekend - once to put up new pictures of the girls, who are both doing great, and once to put up a slideshow of our house renovation work. We have been living here for a year and a half, and have done an enormous amount to the house to make it more "us" (as well as more safe and livable, of course!) It's been fun for me to look through the photos that we took of the house before we moved in - and it's totally amazing to see what all we have done.

Have a happy Labor Day!

Amy came to visit!!! Anna(belle) and Megan were so glad to see their aunt!
Megan reminds us so much of Anna when she sleeps like this - both of them are fond of this position at this age
Anna at the shower Mimi threw Megan - she was showered with big sister gifts, which included some flashy jewelry :)
This is Anna's favorite face right now - it's her thinking face, her tantrum face, and her face every time Megan cries. She's such a toddler now - too funny
Food time with Daddy

Nudey-tudey girls everywhere
Auntie M and Anna striking a gangster pose

Daddy and Anna mowing the lawn
We're still a little cross-eyed, but we're getting more focused every day :)

Our House

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