Cassia's Christmas Concert

11 Months?!

11 months, almost a year old - WOW!

Micah crawling {Video}

Here it is, I finally got around to making this!

How to Crawl from Emma Wright on Vimeo.

10 months

Yep, 10 months has come and gone. It feels a lot closer to one than I am happy to admit!

Cassia is settling in well, and making crazy new friends! Yep, she is being pushed in a dolls stroller at a million miles an hour up and down our house!

Where are we?

Just wanted to put a quick post up to let anyone who hasn't heard from us in a while know why...

We are living in a great new home, in such a new neighbourhood that our internet connection/phone line is non existent. For now we have a mobile modem but we are trying not to use it too much as it is very expensive!

We are all doing well, and have been doing a better job updating our other blog www.wrightfamily.blog.com

Micah is now 9 months, has 8 teeth (more on the way), eats almost everything (but is allergic to eggs) and is waving, clapping, talking and a very happy boy.
Cassia has started a 3 year old program twice a week and is loving it. She made her first Mother's Day present for me this week, a frame with a picture of us and a bookmark that had a drawing of me and said "I love Mummy because she is beautiful, I help her with Micah". Priceless!

Cassia sings! from Emma Wright on Vimeo.

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7 months and the beach

Here is Micah's 7 month photo - complete with 3 teeth!

Today we went to the beach for the first time in a long time, it was great to be outside, enjoy the weather, and seize the days, enjoying the time with my Mum before we head down to Melbourne, hopefully soon.





Ministry news is at www.wrightfamily.blog.com - cute pictures of the kids will continue to appear here!!

6 months (already?!)

Here is Micah's six month photo, I have decided he is growing, the bear is not shrinking!
He is now sitting up (for a few seconds at a time!), and weighs 6.88kg (15.1lbs). He is doing great, and has packed his little suitcase ready for his first plane ride in two weeks time.

Cassia is also doing wonderfully and turns 3 on Sunday! We celebrated her birthday with family a little early so Uncle Jeremy could be here, and we could pack up some of the bigger presents before the movers came. All she wanted was a ladybug cake.

I also got to celebrate with her today by taking her and her best friend Shiloh to tea! It was so sweet to see the girls behaving so well, and enjoying their tea party!

Remember we are also blogging about ministry over at wrightfamily.blog.com, this blog will be kept for family pictures and news!

Preparation

The movers are coming Tuesday, and as you can imagine there is a lot going on at the Wright house!

Until there is more time to write, and share a few photos from Cassia's early birthday celebration check out our new family blog which will keep you up to date with news as we head off to Melbourne.

www.wrightfamily.blog.com

Micah's first food

We were planning on waiting as long as possible to start Micah on solids... but he seemed ready, and so we busted out the rice cereal.

Things started well, he was really into the bib...

He assumed the position...

Then things went downhill...

And this pretty much sums up Micah's feelings about rice cereal.

I am giving up on rice cereal for now... on to apples!

Merry Christmas & Moving News

Due to environmental and economic considerations the Wright family did not send a Christmas card this year... okay the truth is we got busy, really busy planning our move back to Australia in February 2011.

We will be headed to Melbourne where Jason will assist at Calvary Chapel Melbourne. We are excited about this next stage in our lives, and while the thought of moving with a 3 year old and a baby is somewhat overwhelming the encouragement from family, friends and our church has been amazing.

More news will follow including a new blog which will keep you up to date with ministry news, to keep you going until then here is a family photo our amazing friend, and gifted photographer Bobby Brown took.

5 months

Another full month in the life of Micah, which included his first two teeth... can you tell?

Visiting the lights

Post op update

Micah before surgery wearing a gown that was about ten times to big for him.

Hi everyone, I wanted to give you a quick update and let you know that Micah's surgery went well, and he is doing well!

During all this he decided to get his first tooth, very closely followed by his second. I figure the timing was kind of great since we was so hopped up on pain killers he hardly noticed!

Teeth!!

I finally feel like I can change gears and start preparing for Christmas now, so I started with some baking today, and am finishing off the last of our Christmas shopping.

Thank you all for your prayers for our family! We really appreciate them, and know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they work!

4 months - Surgery next Monday.

Micah is now 4 months and getting the hang of this photo with the bear thing... he humors me for a couple of shots, and then tries to eat his bear.

In Micah news he is now rolling over, although he doesn't like being on his tummy, so it makes me wonder why he insists on rolling there every time we put him down. Maybe because he gets coaching from his sister along the lines of "You can do it! Good job little buddy".

I debated sharing this next piece of news on such a public forum, but we need all the prayers we can get. Micah will be undergoing surgery next Monday, December 6 at 7.30am. He will be having an outpatient procedure at CHOC to correct a minor birth defect. I will spare you the medical explanation, lets just say his pee hole is not quite right. The defect, and surgery to fix it is relatively common, but that does not make it easier to picture Micah being taken and put under anesthesia, or what his recovery may be like.
Please keep us all in prayer during this time. Micah for all aspects of surgery from pre-op (not being able to eat for 5 hours prior to surgery), anesthesia, surgery, post-op, recovery and how this all will affect his sleep. For Cassia to understand the extra time and care Micah will need. For us (especially Me) to have calm hearts.

Thanks everyone, I will be updating my status on facebook throughout the day on Monday to keep you posted on how Micah is doing.

3 month photo

Pumpkin Patch

Going to the pumpkin patch is one of my favorite things to do as a family, we never actually buy a pumpkin there, but the bright orange pumpkins make a great backdrop for pictures! I also like pretending we live somewhere with seasons...

I had a hard time choosing just a few pictures to share, so instead I decided to post an album which you can see here (even if you don't have facebook):

PUMPKIN PATCH ALBUM

It came and went...

I am ashamed to say that Micah's two month birthday, and two month pediatrician appointment came and went without me posting! I also realized when he rolled over for the first time today that I had not shot or posted any video of him!! I am a bad Mother!!

Anyway, I immediately got the video camera out, and am working on getting something together this week, for now enjoy the pictures below.

And for those keeping track Micah weighed 12lbs 4oz, is a very long 25" and is planning on overtaking his older cousin Liam any day now.

On another note - is anyone reading this blog? Or are you just seeing these posts on Facebook? I don't want to keep posting if there isn't anyone out there! Leave me a comment if you are reading!!

After a family picnic -- we wore them both out!

Micah with his bear - I am going to try and take a photo with this bear every month for the first year.

Cassia and Micah all dressed up for a fun date with Mum while Dad was away for the weekend

Picnic at the park

We have been busy with our two little ones (although the littlest is rapidly growing and I have just discovered is too tall for his outfits with feet!!).

Even though life is busy we make sure to take time to do unexpected things. We decided to have a picnic dinner the other night, and I had already started making dinner - spaghetti, so it became a spaghetti picnic, not exactly a neat and tidy dinner, but we all had a great time!

Grannie interviews Cassia

Grannie sat Cassia down for a hard hitting interview this week... here are the results:

Grannie interviews Cassia from Emma Wright on Vimeo.

Family of four

As you can imagine (or have experienced) the addition of another child makes life just that little bit busier, which is my excuse for not posting any updates!

We have been so fortunate to have my parents visiting us, right now they are in San Francisco actually having a few days vacation (Cassia has had them on the run and I think they will need a vacation to recover from their visit with her!)

Micah is doing really well, he is a great little baby, and Cassia is the president of his fan club.

We had Micah dedicated at church last Sunday and here is the video.

Dedication from Emma Wright on Vimeo.