Amazing....We Are Expecting!!!

Ok so I wasn't going to say anything for a few more weeks just because I have had 2 miscarriages before a little over 2 years ago but Will has been so excited that he has already begun spreading the word. I think it's really cute how excited he is!

We only found out a few days ago and although I'm a little worried about announcing too early I am SUPER EXCITED also! We have always wanted more children and have been trying for almost 6 years now! McKenna is 11 and Calvin our baby is 7 so it's been a very long wait! We actually were planning on adopting and had just recently completed all of the necessary paperwork for LDS Family Services Adoption but hadn't submitted it yet! I feel so very very blessed!!

I have been a little on the sick side (nauseated, headache, dry throat) but thought it was because I've been working so much (11-12 hr days) trying to juggle my new position along with still doing payroll full time until our new person starts and is trained and just not getting enough sleep that I was coming down with something. For the past 4 years almost every month I think I'm pregnant and so I just thought my body was playing another cruel joke on me. ha ha When my co-workers started asking me if I was pregnant and other not so close co-workers started telling me how tired I looked and asking me if I felt well I decided to take a pregnancy test Tuesday 6/23/09 night. I didn't tell Will I was going to take it because I knew he would tell me not to waste money & time on another pregnancy test! (we should own stock by now) ha Anyways I did anyways fully expecting it to be negative as usual but low and behold it was POSITIVE!!! It was about 10:15pm when I took it and showed it to Will who said what does this mean? I explained and gave him the information sheet and he starts reading it asking me if I was sure that I did it correctly etc. Kinda funny because he thought that I could get a positive reading by not doing it correctly so after about 10 minutes of explaining if I did it wrong it would only tell me negative NEVER positive unless you have the hormone.

We immediately got online to see how far along and when the due date would be. We then said we wouldn't tell the kids for a couple of weeks because of the tubal pregnancy miscarriage I had last time at 6-7 weeks along that we would wait a couple of weeks etc. I tried to call my Mom's cell phone because it's an hour later there and I didn't want to wake my step dad who works, she didn't answer. I knew I couldn't call my sister because she gets up at like 3 am and would also be in bed...so I was a little bummed I couldn't call one of them right then but I called them early the next morning! They were both very shocked and very excited! I told one co-worker who convinced me the day before to take the pregnancy test and is my closest friend at work Carrie, she was so excited for us. I haven't announced it at work yet but will probably have too soon. I haven't had any Dr. Pepper since Monday, June 22nd because it didn't taste good which is another sign that I'm pregnant...sweets and sugary drinks make me feel sick. I also have a super sensitive nose when I'm pregnant which can be bad because certain smells will trigger vomiting. So far I've only gagged. :o)

I came home Wednesday and Will had told the kids by himself....NOT really what I had in mind but I couldn't stay too mad at him because it's just because he is so excited to be a Daddy again! He had told his brothers and a friend as well. Since then he said he has been practically telling everyone he talks to so I figured I'd better blog about it. McKenna is doing a hip hop dance/cheer summer camp thing at the high school which is currently where I work until our new district office is built and so I walked over to pick her up not knowing that she knew I was pregnant, we walked to the car and went home she didn't mention a word about a baby. So when Will told me he told the kids she overheard probably because of the shocked tone of voice I had!! :o) She says, "oh yeah Mom that's really cool I hope you have a girl". A few minutes later Calvin comes running downstairs and gives me a big hug and says, "so Mom what's this I hear that you are trying to get pregnant?" I say, "I'm not trying to get pregnant I AM PREGNANT". I can just imagine him telling all of his friends and anyone he sees that his Mommy is TRYING TO GET PREGNANT! It was hilarious, Will and I laughed so hard!

I talked to my Mom again Wednesday evening who also had the gift of gab and had told my Grandma and some Aunts etc. My sister Brandy emailed me and asked me if she could blog & facebook about it yet...so I figured I had better do it also. :o)

We are all extremely excited and hope that everything goes well. I will have to have a c-section because of the two previous and believe that I will go ahead and have them knock me completely out this go around. With McKenna I had a spinal block and it was painful! With Calvin I had an epidural and it wore off during which then caused me to black out as soon as I uttered I can feel that. I'm going to think positive and try to push the fears and doubts out of my head about a miscarriage or complications. It will be a great pregnancy I hope and the ultimate goal a healthy baby or babies since twins run in both of our families! Wishful thinking probably but I would LOVE to get 2 for the price of 1!!! Plus I have two great helpers right!?! :o)

Wow so behind....Taylor Swift on Kenna's b-day!

I'm so behind in blogging it's ridiculous but I've been working 10 or more hours a day and feel guilty when I get on the computer and not hang out with my wonderful family. I love blogging but I love them more and I love sleep so those two things have won out over the past few weeks. :o)

So the very night of McKenna's 11th Birthday we were lucky enough to get some tickets from my cousin's wife & her Mom to go and see McKenna's favorite singer in the world...Taylor Swift!

She came out on the side and sang a song then gave hugs and let people take pictures with her all the way down the stairs to the floor where she then got on a little revolving stage and played her guitar and sang a few songs right there in the middle of the arena up close and personal with many fans. After she finished singing she then took a walk right on the main floor hugging and taking pictures with fans all the way back to the stage. I was worried someone might try to hug her too tight and impressed with her trusting kindness to her fans. She gave credit where it was due....God, her family and the fans. On a side note...she sang all of her songs as they are recorded which I love! I don't care for artists to change the way they sing the song live...I like it the same as the radio & CD versions. She was awesome!

We loved every single bit of it! What a great performer and awesome stage set ups she had!

McKenna was so impressed because Taylor can play the piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and did some banging on drum things. So since then Kenna has practiced the piano a little longer. :o)

This is my cousin's daughter Kortni aka Taylor Swift's look alike about 10 years younger though. Kenna & Kort love each other and both love Taylor.

McKenna is a big fan so she absolutely LOVED it I'm a fan as well so I too LOVED it...so much that I went out and bought her new CD! (poor Will is sick of it but the three of us aren't!)

Here's a cute picture of Kenna just after she sang "Love Story" by Taylor Swift in her school talent show and did a fabulous job by the way (forgot my camera and didn't mean to but deleted it on my cell phone)! The kids thought she sounded just like Taylor. :o) We were so proud of her!!! We thought for sure she would back out because she is usually SUPER SHY. Doesn't she look cute! It was so funny right before she was to go on stage to wait for her turn her boots broke and we had to use clear tape to tape the heel to the upper leather part....dang Target boots!!! That's what I get for bargain shopping but she didn't care and wore them proudly. :o)

My cousin's wife Mandy and her Mom hooked us up with excellent seats and Taylor put on an excellent show! Thank you Mandy!!!! I highly recommend going to see her live. Here's a picture of Mandy, her oldest daughter Kortni, Kenna and I before Taylor came out. Here's Mandy, Kortni and Bella the baby girl. The stage is right behind them with the red curtain drawn. This is Kenna and I afterwards on a Thursday night at almost 11:30pm with an hour and 20 minute drive home with both of us having to go to work and school the next day. She slept in the car and I tried really hard not to. :o) Look at how tall she is only a few inches shorter than me.

McKenna and I both had a wonderful time! I love you Kenna Benna! Happy 11th Birthday Sweetie!!!

Not A Match & small family update

So the last week of school was spirit week and I took pictures of the crazy hair and this was almost as equally funny....miss matching clothes was the theme and I'd say my two angels got it right. It's only 102 degrees outside guess you still need a sweater!???!

(Gotta love the multi-colored skirt Kenna is sporting which is really a shawl that my sister gave her a few years ago and McKenna wore it every day for months!! ugh I can't wait to pass it down to Adia and Kyah as I'm sure they'll love it as much as Kenna! paybacks baby hee hee)

I know I've been a total slacker on the blogging but I collected a ton of pictures today for a special blog post about my sweet baby girl who turned 11 on May 21st which I hope to compile and post in the next couple of days. We went to a Taylor Swift concert the night of her birthday and it was awesome! :o)

We are still alive and kicking. Will got his cast off and has a brace now and is doing physical therapy. He still has no movement in his wrist & thumb; he still has a lot of swelling and it still is painful especially after the pt . He has scout camp this week but I'm not sure that with one hand he'll be a whole lot of help but he's in Young Mens and needs to go to provide leadership & supervision. Kids are out of school now for summer. I wish I had summer off but I don't. :o( Otherwise all is well here at the Wright home.

Crazy Hair Day

So today was crazy hair day at school. McKenna did her own hair and I have to admit it looks pretty crazy! Good job sissy!!!

Calvin on the other hand argued with his Daddy that he should have puffy hair when his Dad suggested a mohawk. It looks like puffy won out. :o)

X-Ray pictures of Will's Metal

This is Will's wrist....pictures of the x-ray pictures.....look at all of that metal!!!

The doctor says he will more than likely have at least one more surgery. The original pictures of the break were crazy....but we have to order those.

My 11th Mother's Day

Ok I know McKenna is not 11 years old yet but she will be on the 21st. Eleven years ago I was big fat and pregnant her Daddy got me a necklace and made me a card to make for a wonderful first Mother's Day. Eleven years later I had a fantastic, super duper, best ever Mother's Day yet!!! I was really spoiled this year by McKenna, Calvin and Will! I woke up to a dozen roses and a nice card from Will and the kids....along with that Calvin had several items for me as well....he painted me a picture with q-tips that is very pretty, he made me a really cute hand prints card with a cute hand poem and he also made me the cutest card ever at school. I will have to write what it says in it tomorrow but it cracked me up and had lots of cute pictures he colored of he and I.

We then hurried off to church where we heard 6 wonderful men give sweet talks about their Mother & Wife in between those the primary children sang a Mother's Day song that was very sweet and then they were given a very pretty paper flower each to give to their Mom's as they returned to their seats (I got two a red & a yellow one but ended up giving one away to a friend in the ward whose children are grown Calvin wasn't very happy about that!), then for 3rd hour all of the women 18 and older got their classes covered by the men so they could go and enjoy a special Relief Society where we were given chocolate candy bars and listened to 3 great women speakers. It was awesome!

We came home, I tried calling my Mom but she was at church, Will bbq'd us a hamburger, we took a nap and then polished our nails. McKenna needed to finish her cards for me so she hurried after lunch and then gave me 3 handmade cards, a bookmark she made and then a jewelry heart box that she made herself while on a field trip a couple of weeks ago. (she hid it well and never slipped a word about it...they didn't get to use any tools just their hands to mold it etc) Calvin came in while we were polishing nails and did a good job polishing my finger nails as another gift for Mother's Day. :o) Finally got a hold of my Mom and talked to her for a little bit she liked the perfume and semi homemade card I sent...the cards are what matter the most to my Mom so they have to be good. Later for dinner Will had planned a special dinner for us at a friends house and the husbands did all of the cooking! We had Hawaiian haystacks with all of the fixings and homemade sauce which was so yummy! Topped it off with a dessert that I made but was easy brownie smores.

See what I mean....the best Mother's Day thus far in my Mothering career. :o) It is such an honor and privilege to be Calvin & McKenna's Momma and Will's wife!!! Thank you Thank you!

Happy 79th Birthday Grandma Dear

Glenna Rose Crandell Hathcock Devine

One of my absolute most favorite ladies is turning 79 years young today and I just wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday! My Grandma Glenna has been such an inspiration to me in my life and such a wonderful lady. I think every single one of her 50+ grandkids feels like they are her favorite...impressive! She has 10 living children and 3 that passed away. She unfortunately has been widowed 3 times...the first was my Grandpa Leslie who is the man of her dreams who is the Father of all 13 children who was tragically killed in a semi-truck accident 3 weeks before I was born; then she re-married a neat man who I slightly recall but he had a severe stroke and later died after only 5 years of marriage to Grandma; later she married Charlie Bob the only Grandpa that I ever really knew and was married to him for 27 years until he recently passed away at age 82.



Grandma Glenna has so many wonderful talents and abilities including:

1. Cooking/Baking wow is all I can say she is such a great cook & baker!

2. Sewing she is excellent and has made many of her granddaughter's wedding dresses including mine

3. Singing she has an excellent alto voice

4. Whistling funny enough my Granny can whistle like a bird and makes a variety of different sounds whistling we all love it

5. Dancing watch out because she can dance with the best of them and loves honky tonk music

6. Athletic she has always been very athletic and I think that is why she has remained so healthy for all of these years she is hard working physically and very strong

7. Beautiful inside and out! (a little fact about her is that in 40's my Grandma Glenna Rose Crandell at that time OK OK I am so sorry she was NOT Miss New Mexico I was mistaken she was a beauty queen for a high school pageant and all of these years I thought that picture was her being Miss New Mexico....she could have been in my opinion and is still beautiful!

8. Loves everyone...she seriously loves everyone and will hug and kiss any person she meets she can't walk past a baby without stopping either, she is just a sweet sweet lady.

And so many more!



I admire and love my Grandma more than she will ever know! She has always been there for me, always made me feel important and has always loved me. I cherish every moment with her whether it's watching Jeopardy & Wheel-a-fortune her two fav's or baking her famous holiday candies she is a joy to be around!



I love you Grandma & hope you have a fantastic year!!!