Christmas and New Years

We had such a nice Christmas home together as a family. It has been so fun to see Davis learn about Santa and Jesus' birthday and get excited about presents and everything else that comes with the Christmas season. On Christmas day we opened presents and had a fabulous breakfast made by me!!

The presents before we got started. Steve and I got a new TV for Christmas that has been set up in our basement since Thanksgiving so there was not a lot of gift opening for us. Davis, however made out like a bandit and I hope he enjoyed his last year of being the only child and getting lots of good stuff!
It was all about trains this year at our house. The kid is a serious addict and can't get enough of them. After every present he opened he said 'wow, that's cool!'

We spent Christmas night, the night after, New Years Eve and Day doing a lot of this: (playing games). We have taught a bunch of our friends to play our favorite card game, Pounce and we can't get enough. Thanks for playing with us everyone!

On New Years we went to lunch with Michelle and Christian and then played games with Keith and Jenny. Davis spent New Years like this:

He would not take this off and they let him wear it home so we didn't have to deal with a midnight tantrum. He woke up the next morning asking to wear the Mr. Incredible outfit. I love how ridiculous he looks!

We have had a great Christmas 'break' and even got all of our Christmas decorations put away yesterday. We are happy for the New Year and look forward to 2010 with a new addition to our family and great possibilities. Happy New Year everyone!

Christmas Eve

Jenny hosted another amazing Christmas Eve this year and we enjoyed every second. Great food, amazing family and fun with kids. What more could we ask for? We also got to celebrate our nephew, Josh's, 3rd birthday. Apparently I only take pictures of children, so here are a few:

Our nephew John took charge of directing the nativity this year. He had a rehersal, costuming, music and a script. The little kids did not cooperate super well, but he did a great job putting all together. I was very impressed with the production!

Davis was a not so wise, wiseman (I think). Mostly he just enjoyed wearing his towel and interrupting.

Christmas Happenings

It has been fun this year to start and continue some traditions, since Davis is understanding more and getting excited about the whole Christmas thing! For family home evening, we made Gingerbread houses. Davis kept calling it a bird house and of course had a hard time leaving it alone once we were done. Steve was the master architect behind this one and I think he did pretty well, considering we used graham crackers!
Davis pretended to help, but mostly just did a lot of this:

YUM!

Wright Family Reunion in Texas

We found out my parents were going to visit Micah and Christie in Texas so we called and invited ourselves to come too! We decided better to try and make the drive before we have 2 kids to fight! When Jonah found out we were going he decided to come too. It was so much fun. It has been a long time since we have all been together and I was just so happy to see my family and get to spend time with them. It was definitely worth the drive! Plus, we got to meet Micah and Christie's baby, Grant for the first time and see my Grandpa and Grandma Wright and my Aunt Janice. It was such a great week.

Christie took my mom and I shopping at Sam Moon and we found these fabulous shoes. (yes the socks are actually attached to the shoes). I think she looks great!

Although there weren't any kids for Davis to play with, he sure enjoyed the time with his Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt and Uncles. He recruited everyone to play with him, build train tracks and read books. They were all good sports and spent lots of quality time with him. He loved every second (don't mind the underwear shot!).

Whenever Grant was awake, Davis wanted to 'hold it' (for some reason he hasn't figured out baby gender yet and calls all babies 'it'). He keeps saying how he loves Grant (I don't think Grant is so sure!). They are the first Wright cousins. I don't see much resemblance...kind of like Micah and I!

A shot of 4 generations. I am so glad that we got to see Grandpa and Grandma while we were there.

The whole fam.

Davis couldn't get enough of his uncles.

We left to drive home on the 15th, Davis' birthday, so Aunt Christie and Uncle Micah made cupcakes for him before we left. He ate them and then asked where his presents were. I think he has this birthday thing down!

Thanks for a wonderful, spontaneous family reunion, Wright family! We love you all so much and are so grateful that we were able to spend time with you. Can't wait for next time!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Davis!!

Davis turned 3 (I CAN NOT believe this!) on December 15th. Since we were going to be traveling on his actual birthday, we had his birthday party on the 5th. For a couple weeks, I think he thought it was his birthday every day...he'd get a present in the mail from someone or have cupcakes for his birthday at preschool and think he got to have his party all over again. We decided to do a friend party this year for the first time. I was thinking It's a Saturday during Christmas season, I bet a lot of kids won't be able to come, so I will invite a bunch of them. Well, I started to panic a couple days before when not one mom had called to say they couldn't come. We ended up having 18 two, three and four year olds (yes, at our house). It was a crazy couple of hours but we were pretty organized and it went way better than I thought it would! We made gingerbread houses, played games (at least the older kids did), had lunch, cupcakes, opened presents and had a treasure hunt. I thought it was a success and I think Davis and all the kids had fun. He sure has talked a lot about it since then. I didn't take very many pictures due to the chaos but here are a few.

The first present he opened was a Thomas Train and he was so excited about it he just wanted to play with it and didn't want to open any other presents. The kids were so excited for him to open their present they brought and he was not having it. It was a little chaotic.

Blowing out his three candles.

Thanks to Jenny and my friend Kara who stayed and helped, they saved the day! Happy Birthday Davis! We are so glad that you are a part of our family and you have made the last 3 years the best! We love you!

Light Up Louisville

We just got back from our trip to Texas and I had several chidings from family members to keep up better on my blog...I am glad that someone cares and actually reads it! So, I am committing to do a better job on this. So, here goes a little catch up!

We went to 'Light up Louisville' with our great friends, the Madsens on the Friday after Thanksgiving. It was fun...mostly because of the company...when I go to things like that here (no offense to anyone from Louisville) I remember where I live! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE it here, but it's just different and the events sometimes aren't so great. Okay, I sound really snobby right now so I'll stop. Anyhow...here are some pictures of our fun night!



The kids watching the parade...I think it was a parade...I won't comment on that!

Tyler got swords for the boys-Davis and Kaleb were loving them.

Happy Halloween!

We had a fabulous Halloween, not only the day of but the whole week leading up to it. I think Davis dressed up at least 4 times and now wants to trick or treat everyday and put on his Cowboy costume. He definitely got into the spirit...the spirit of treats, that is! Michelle hosted us on Halloween night and all of the cousins got to trick or treat together. Okay, maybe more by age group! Davis and Josh went together but Davis was a much more exuberant trick or treater than Josh! He ran to every door and had the whole thing down...what to say and when! He didn't want to stop when we were done. Now we are all enjoying the fruits of his labors!

What a handsome cowboy!
A good looking group of cousins ready to trick or treat!