Happy 9th Birthday Matthew Joseph Wright! & A little boy needs a home!

 To our one and only- Matthew Joseph Wright Happy Happy Birthday Baby!!!!! 

 He loved his new watch- lego star wars of course :)

 And his super hero action figures too!  Because you know all boys need super heros!!

 And his cards- especially from fun loving grandmas and grandpas.......

 OH AND if you haven't been around my blog for a while.....THIS IS THE KICK OFF TO OUR TRIPLETS WEEK!!!!  What is triplets week you ask?  Well.....there is one week every year between Matthew and Andrew's birthday where all 3 boys are the same age!  YEP- our version of triplets.  Technically they are all 6months apart.  But really very much triplets!!!

 Awww......look they are sleeping on the balloons. 

 Say CHEESE mommy!  OK sweetie ;)

 Matthew wanted his pic with baby girl :)

 Oh and for his cake- Captain America's shield of course!

 Notice anything in these pictures that is different???? 

 Happy Birthday sweetie- we love you more than words can say!

To a boy who came into the world 9 years ago (yesterday) tiny- under 6lbs.  We met you and instantly LOVED YOU!!!  And 2 days later they let us leave the hospital with you......note to self - Abigail came to us at 14 months....Andrew at 8 weeks, but a ity bity newborn felt soo different!  It felt like we could break you and we knew then what most parents feel- SCARED OUTSIDE OUR MINDS!

Thank the Lord for His guidance and provision!  You have grown into a handsome, comedian, inventor- yes he takes things apart! AND loves to see how things work, and our super hero in the making :) !!!!  He was thrilled to help daddy make his cake.  Because who doesn't want to be as cool as their dad?  And he thanked us over and over for his gifts- why?  Not because they were expensive or mind blowing, but because he truly appreciated them.  We THANK YOU GOD for bringing Matthew to us!!!

Now....here is some information about a boy who needs a HOME:  Please join me in prayer and petition for him to find his family!!!!!!!  :)

Sewmehon

Male, DOB: April 16, 2008

Also known as Simon, Sewmehon is estimated to be three years old. He has been reported to be a smiley little boy with a sweet personality and was admitted into the orphanage in October 2009. His birth mother has disappeared and his birth father is unknown.  

Given the complexity of this little boy’s medical and developmental considerations, he has spent most of his time lying in his crib. He interacts with people and other children living in the orphanage although his movement is extremely limited. He is able to utter sounds and cries but is not able to say meaningful words.

Sewmehon is reported to have global developmental delays, spastic cerebral palsy, and possible encephalomalacia. A CT scan of Sewmehon’s brain revealed a large porencephatic cyst on the left side of his brain from possible encephalomalacia. The doctor has reported that these health issues have most likely been present since Sewmehon’s early infancy and that he would greatly benefit from an evaluation by a neurosurgeon. 

Even with his needs our staff have shared that Sewmehon has so much joy in his soul and his eyes. It is believed by the doctor that Sewmehon has potential for improvement given adequate medical care and stimulation. We believe a special family out there is able to meet these needs and help Sewmehon to thrive and have life to the fullest.

***If you feel this is your son or just want to learn more PLEASE contact  egranath@allgodschlidren.org  or go directly to allgodschildren.org and fill out a free pre application!  PLEASE SPREAD the word and help find his family.  He needs them!!

Exciting Things are coming........ :)

Today is our precious son Matthew Joseph Wright's 9th Birthday!!!!!!  LOTS OF LOVE!!!!  Will be doing a post later about that.........

BUT......because we are already dreaming and planning for our next child/ren to come home we have some really EXCITING THINGS coming.......for local people :)  ......think about all those family gatherings in the month of December, think of all those Christmas parties you will be going to or maybe even all the ones you have to do something for - for your kiddos, and all while your own family is begging you for some great sweets too.........

NOW- think how easy it would be to have SOMEONE ELSE make those- pies, cupcakes, cookies, breads, and fudge..........All reasonable priced and ready to either be delivered in the Brandon area or pick up at our place!  WAHOO you say?  GREAT!!!!!  Because in the Wright home there are a few things we take very seriously- GOD, FAMILY, CHURCH, and desserts.  :)

LOTS of details to come!!!  SOOONNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joanna's Adoption Day!!!!!!

 Hello- this is Joanna Faith Wright here!  Telling everyone that yesterday was my adoption day and can I get a witness as to the wonderful miracle of adoption?  It's true!!!  You see mommy and daddy were looking for their next child....and my birth mommy and daddy had to make a hard decision to allow me to be adopted.  And God BROUGHT US TOGETHER!  PRAISE GOD!

 This is me opening up my presents.....

 Look everyone my parents got me a ball......

 Oh wait- this ball does cool tricks....

 And has a little ball too!  Look at me soo smart!!

 OK mommy knew I would love this because I play with these in waiting areas all the time!

 Now I have one of my own and it is my size to carry it around :)

 Oh this is fun... this shape goes here....

 Look everyone likes my toys. 

 Wait a minute wouldn't it just be easier to open it up and put them in - instead?  Hello....am I the only one who thinks this is a great idea?  :)

 Oooooo daddy made me cupcakes with pink and purple swirl frosting!!!  MY FAV!

 Ok let's test them out.....

 Oh yeah, you wish you were eating this now don't you?

 I got new pj's that say Sweet Like Candy!!!!  Yeah, I am doing a happy dance!!!

Yeah, it's ok to stare- I am made in God's Image!!!!!!  :)

To see me last year on my original adoption day when mommy and daddy and all 7 of my sibs went to court to say- YES WE WANT HER FOREVER!!!!  Go here :)

To see my story unfold go here, then....  here, then.....here, then here , then......oh yeah here  OR you can just go to the first here....and follow the next few posts ;)

I want to encourage all you mommies and daddies out there.  You see....my story came from a tragic loss.....of another daughter that mommy and daddy were longing for...matched with....and then loss that no one can explain.  No one wants to experience.......but sometimes we do.

BUT GOD!!!!  God planned ME!!!!  He knew I would need a home with my crazy family......and He gently took their broken hearts that were in millions of pieces.......and put them piece by piece back together (you can't "replace" a child, but you can heal from loss).  I know a lot of people experience loss.  BUT I ALSO HAVE SEEN THE HANDS OF GOD!  And I KNOW that HE CAN HEAL!  It may not be what you wanted or thought you needed.....but it is perfect.  Go ahead- trust HIM to HEAL YOU TODAY!!

PRAYING ALL OF YOU HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING!!!!!!  Our crazy family will get to be with our family- which is new for us :)  Moving here - a true blessing!!!!

Putting in Tshirt order today!!

 Sneak Peak at what I will posting about later today....or tomorrow... you know sometimes things go crazy
So what would Joanna, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Sarah, Matthew, Joshua, Andrew, Abigail, Daddy & Mommy like for Christmas?  TO GIVE ANOTHER CHILD A HOME FULL OF LOVE!!!!!!!  PLEASE HELP US :)

Buy a What is Good Tshirt!!!!  Yeah- those off to the left of this screen!!!!  If you place an order today the order is being placed tomorrow!  Once they come in I will be getting them out to you ASAP!!!  :)  They would make GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS!!!!! 

***Just click the donate button and you can either leave a note with the donation saying what color and sizes you want or you can email/facebook me.  THANK YOU!!!!

 Or you can buy something off of this scentsy site to help us bring our child home  GREAT scents to make cents for our adoption costs.  To bring home a special needs angel ;)

 Or you can buy something off of Olive Tree Promise site- which has- Superman was adopted tshirts!, Africa Christmas ornaments, Bead necklaces, Africa bags, monogrammed burp clothes and head bands, art prints, Superman was adopted bumper sticker, great music, and more to chose from!!!!!!  Go check it out!!!  The Superman was adopted shirts- come in pink, blue, or red!!!! 

Awww.......I mean look at all these gorgeous faces- Matthew doing his electric set, and the other boys joined in on the fun.  Elizabeth being very patient as mommy did her hair this morning.  Almost done.......

WE APPRECIATE all of your support for our family!  Including all of your prayers, your time you spend looking at our crazy blog :), your love of our family, and our next adoption!  THANK YOU!!!!!!

AND THE WINNER IS..........

 He he he.....ok so with a new camera that I hve only had a few weeks.....I totally crashed this picture.  All you can see is my messy desk with a white bowl......  I can assure you the "strips of paper with names" are in the bowl!! 

 Here is my lovely assistant.  I know - she is GORGEOUS!

 Making sure to look at the camera......  what you wanted to know who won the free t-shirt?

 Well....I have some other pictures from our day out at Islands of Adventure.....

 Elizabeth asked what the thing above her head was.  I said it was to suck out your brains.  She looked at me and said mommy quite being silly.  ;) 

 Andrew you will get a HUGE belly ache eating all that!!!

 Loved all the Christmas decorations!

 Awww......Muberry Street!

 Stopping to have a snack!

 Watch out Joshua those teeth bite :)

 Here is Joanna's dance moves.

 Awwww......

 Look at those faces. 

 There are sooo many times I look at the faces and think- HOW DID WE GET SOOO BLESSED????

I know you want to know who won the t-shirt, but I have a story of Blessing to share!  I know - sorry ;)

We were planning on our trip to the park this Saturday.  We bought year long passes for our vacation this year- really the only expense besides driving the hourish away.  But the great thing is they let you bring in food!!!  Like as much as you want!  So we brought leftovers, snacks, and of course drinks for Joanna.  We splurged for the whole .80 a drink and got a few throughout the day.  Along with plenty of water too!!

But, literally as we were about ready to head out someone choose to bless us with $15 of Adventure Bucks.  Which you can spend on anything you want in the park!  We thought about it for a bit, and then I said if we used it to offset the crazy cost of a meal here we could stay until the park closes at 8pm.  So we chose a cheaper meal (burgers and chicken strips), split the meals, ate some snacks with it, and it only cost around $20 for our whole family!!!  Not bad.

It was great fun to walk around at night!  The kids loved seeing all the lights of the park, and getting to go on rides in the pitch black.  I have to say that sometimes blessings may not seem much to those who give, but to those who receive - IT IS HUGE!!!!!!!  It was a FUN BLESSING to get to stay at the park!  The kids had sooo much fun!

I am soo VERY VERY VERY THANKFUL for sooo many BLESSINGS in my LIFE and not just because it is Thanksgiving this week.  I am just thankful.  For all those that have given our family- little gifts, big gifts, paid for a dessert for us at the mall, given us shirts, sent us money for adoptions, prayed for us, visited us or let us stay at their homes, paid for part of a meal out (which is seriously a rare treat), given us coupons, prayed for us some more, and stopped to talk with us to ask questions about our family- what an opportunity to share about adoption, family, value of life, etc.  So thankful that God chose us for a life that most don't understand, but that we LOVE SOOO MUCH!!!!

If you would have told me we would have 8 children and still adding- I would have called you CRAZY!  But now.....God's changed our hearts, our habits, our lives into something soo different, so wonderful it is just too amazing sometimes to try to put into words.  But I try - here on this blog.


OK AND THE WINNER IS..............LORRAINE PATTERSON!!!!  CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!  Thank you EVERYONE for helping us get the word out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We are soo excited to see what this journey brings to our lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

***If you haven't checked out Lorraine's blog- GO!  God has done amazing things in her family as well.  Miracle after Miracle....and they too are working on bringing home 2 more miracles!!!  They have many Blessings of their own and it is sooo wonderful to watch!

ONE LAST CHANCE- FREE TSHIRT!!!!

 So last Sunday we helped look after our friends Jennifer and Kevin Bourne's kiddos :)  It was fun!!!  You know a lot of people would probably go- OH MY, but around here.....doesn't even phase us at all!!!  In fact really all I could think about when they were here is.....hmmm......we could do 12 kids!  he he he.....

 Ohhh...I just want to SQUEEZE those cheeky cheeks!!!  He is just such as soft spoken, cheeky mister.  But sooo sweet.  He still loves to sit on my lap and let me cuddle him.  And I LOVE IT!!!  I tell him he has to let me cuddle him FOREVER.  We'll see how that works?

 And well.....Joanna......what can you say?

 Yes, this is her brother's gun....no idea what she is doing, but it is pointing backwards...he he he

 What?

 Uh oh.....who is this?

 Oh mom....you know it is me- your cutie pie. 

 Yep, here she is....

 She loved the little "house" big brother Joshua "built" for her!

And where is the princess Joanna?  HERE SHE IS!!!  AND SHE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW- TIME IS RUNNING OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YOU HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MAKE ENTRIES INTO OUR T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO HERE IS THE DEAL- WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY ONE OF OUR - What is Good?  tshirts with Micah 6:8 on the back.
1) Entry one leave me a comment!!!  Or if for some reason you can't comment leave me a email  :)
2) Post our giveaway or a link to our giveaway on your blog
3) Post our giveaway or a link to our giveaway on your facebook
4) Buy any item from ANY ONE OF OUR FUNDRAISERS including Olive Tree Promise, What is Good T shirt, or anything from SCENTSY!!!!!!!!

***If you have done any of 2-4 please let me know through a comment or through an email/facebook so I will give you all your entries!!!!!!!  Chances will end Friday @ Midnight!

OOOOHHHHHHHH  I CAN FEEL THE EXCITEMENT BUILDING!!!!!  WE CAN'T WAIT TO BRING HOME OUR NEXT CHILD AND WE ARE SOOO HAPPY TO HAVE ALL OF YOU OUT THERE PRAYING FOR OUR NEXT CHILD- PROTECTION AND HEALING, THEIR BIRTH FAMILY- HEALING, OUR FAMILY FOR GUIDANCE, AND FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR US!!!!!!!!!!  THANK YOU COULD NEVER COME CLOSE TO BEING ENOUGH!!!!!!!

NOW LET'S GET SHARING!!!  THE WRIGHT FAMILY IS ADOPTING A SPECIAL NEEDS ANGEL AND THEY ARE WAITING.....  :)

******For those of you who haven't heard or are coming to our blog for the first time- our family is adopting a special needs child age 0-5 domestically sometime soon!!!  Our homestudy is being written up in the next weekish....and we will be ready and waiting!  We are praying our next child HOME and ask that you join us in that prayer and if you can give to help out- GREAT!  Because really it isn't about us....it is about the next child getting a family that will love, spoil, adore, and raise them up for the Lord!

HERE IS THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED..... in our decision to adopt.