oh my blakers

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angel

Oh how do I even begin? How can I explain the joy that came into our lives the day our baby girl was born? As her father said, "It's like a new color has been added to our pallet we never knew existed." Everything is different. She is everything I imagined and more! Darrell and the boys are completely in LOVE.

The birth went very well. I started having contractions around midnight on August 24th. At 3 am we headed to the hospital, and by 10:30 she was here. She was HERE! An angel straight from heaven. It felt like heaven on earth.

I smile every single day. I laugh. I wake up to the sight of Brekka's shining face every morning. She is perfect. I know without a doubt we loved each other before. I was in agony waiting for her to come. Now my heart is at peace.

I created a blog for Brekka so my parents in Chile could know every little detail of her life, which is why I am behind on the Forever Wright blog. I know I need to record all the other wonderful things in our lives, (the boys grow bigger every day) so I'm turning over a new leaf!

So on to all things Wright, now a family of FIVE! I am so blessed.

(Just pushing the "Post" button gives me goose bumps. YAY!!)

Oh my my my...

Ok so I'm sitting here with my laptop, barely able to reach around my belly to type, watching the pregnancy tracker display "38 weeks pregnant!" WHAT?! How did I get this far? AND to top it all off we are having that sweet baby girl I've been missing for years! Her room is all decked out in pink, the closet is full of ADORABLE little outfits, and my heart skips a beat whenever it hits me that she's really coming!! It's seriously too good to be true. :))

It really is quite amazing how far I've come. Obviously the first trimester went by without any serious problems. I will try to forget as much of it as possible. :) The fifth month was wonderful! Then during the sixth month I started getting tons of braxton-hicks contractions. After a couple of Dr appointments it was determined that they weren't having an effect on the cervix, so as long as I stayed on "modified bed rest" things should be fine. This was not an easy task, always trying to gauge when to lay down, or when to just keep doing what I needed to get done and keep my sanity. I sure worried a lot since they didn't subside, even now. I did start to feel better as I got further along, realizing that the baby could still be ok if I did go into labor. But just as it was in my first trimester, all my worries amounted to nothing.

So now it's crunch time! I'm excited, nervous, in disbelief, at peace and happy.. oh and did I mention nervous? Last night I woke up with some really hard contractions and thought, "Oh yeah... I forgot how much this hurts. Just kidding, I don't want to have her tonight. Please just let me go back to sleep." I may or may not have a little PTSD from my last birth, done natural (not by choice!). It's too late to back out now right? I've put all the sticks in my nest, the bags are packed and the hubby has his cell phone on at all times. We are good to go. Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly. It's still so hard to believe! I really made somebody!

Here are a couple of pictures. One is of me when I was born, the other is a 4d pic of Brecka (tentative name for now) at only 18 weeks. To me they look very similar. I emailed the ultrasound pictures to my parents in Chile and thy instantly recognized the turned up nose. I'm so excited to see her! Wish me luck!! (Oh and I was at a "loose two" a week ago. Eeek I'm so close!)

The Bright Side

Ok, it is obvious I am terrible at blogging, but we've got some exciting goings on that I have to blog about. After two miscarriages, three years of nothing what so ever, and a long list of fertility treatments, (that didn't work so we quit them) we are pregnant again. It seems like quite a miracle and we are grateful to have made it this far. I am however sad to say I have had a very heavy heart these past seven weeks, worried that inevitably something will go wrong, while living in some type of self preservation mode. From what I've heard, these feelings are common for those who have experienced the same things. I hope as time goes by I will be able to move forward, rely on my faith and let my heart heal. I also have to take into account I am miserably sick and home bound in my first trimester. It's hard to feel completely joyful when you need to have a barf bowl by your side at all times! I am also on additional hormones as a precaution to avoid a miscarriage. Ya they pretty much make me nutty - cant sleep, super sick and irrational a lot of the time. The good news is that everything is going just as it should. My family thinks the baby will be a girl. I have a feeling there is a girl waiting to come to our family so that would be perfect. If it is a girl I'm going to rush to the store and buy all the yummy smelling Strawberry Shortcake dolls I can find cuz I just WANT some! The boys are SO excited and we're prepping them early for changing diapers, and tease them that the baby will sleep in their room so they can get up with it in the night. Hee hee. So here's hoping for the best... only time will tell. :)

Monster Madness

Here are some photos of our family outing to the Monster Truck Show held here in Hurricane. The boys really enjoyed watching the stunts while they munched on carmeled apples. My favorite truck was called Unnamed and Untamed. Near the end of the show a few of the trucks broke down, and the kids were half asleep from the Benadryl they had to take for allergies, so we ended up leaving before it was over. Still it was fun while it lasted!

Little Leaguers!

I can't tell you how proud I am of my two little baseball players. This season has been so much fun. Blakely is playing on the Astro's team for the minor league here in Hurricane. He's the smallest little shrimp on his team (looks so cute in is uniform that barely fits him, even has the number zero..)but doesn't let it get to him. He has complete confidence in himself and is best buds with even the most experienced players. When he's up to bat he consistently hits the ball. I can't help but smile when I watch him strut to the outfield with a back pocket full of sunflower seeds. We have had so much fun watching and cheering for him this season. Only three games left! Good luck Blakers!!




Trentin has been playing T-Ball on the Hurricane Blue Team. This was his first baseball experience and he learned a lot of skills for next year. He was a good little hitter, but I'm pretty sure his favorite part of the games were the treats he got once the games were over. The treats were also his favorite part of Blakely's games. I call him the concessions guru. He can rattle of a list of what you can buy...there's popcorn, and snow cones, and nachos, and candy and.... Give him a dollar and he's good for the rest of the evening. One time we caught him talking a little girl into buying him something. (Like I've said before..ladies man. Oh boy!)




This season has been fun but exhausting at the same time. I think a lot of little league parents would agree the practices and late night games take their toll. It's been so worth it and we are very proud of our boys for doing so well and staying positive throughout the whole season. Can't wait for next year!

Good Intentions

Wow spring is here!! I am finally coming out of my Winter induced coma and have the motivation to blog. There are a ton of events that I need to catch up on. Better late than never right?

Trentin's first day of Kindergarten.... Aw he was so cute and confidant, didn't even say goodbye when he eagerly got on the bus. I decided he was either a well adjusted kid, or he was just happy to get away from me! Can you tell his favorite color is green?

The tooth fairy arrived just in time to pick up Trentin's first tooth! She was late for blakely's first tooth since she doesn't work on Sundays...oops! ;)

This is Trentin dressed as a box car for the kindergarten Polar Express Parade . Each child wore pajamas and a decorated box from home. Then they lined up and walked through the classrooms like a train. My camera died (as usual) but I managed to get this one pic. So cute!

Blakers sang at the Dicken's Christmas Festival with his school choir. They did such a good job! After the concert the kids got to shop and eat at the little 1800's style shops. The atmosphere was amazing!

Blakely's ninth birthday... We celebrated the night we got back from New York. It was almost midnight but we still had cake and ice cream. He had a kid party a few days later. I still can't believe he's nine! Notice the gingerbread house in the background, we did that too! Two for one in that pic. :)

Blakely got his purple belt in Karate. Yeah he thinks he's tough. ;)

Me and Darrell at Thanksgiving. This is his attempt at not looking stoned in a picture. Haha

For the first time we had Thanksgiving at our house, which was quite a feat considering 35 of our family members were there. It made me feel so grown up!

Well that about sums it up! I'll try to stay caught up on my blog from now on. I've been missing all my blogging friends too!!