White Christmas 2009

It's been a while since I have had the chance to blog, holidays are so busy.We spent the first part of our Christmas in Houston, Tx visiting with Dad and Kelly. We had fun and actually were able to take some family pictures in which I cant wait to order. Then I worked the first part of Christmas week and by chance my name was drawn out of a hat to be cancelled on Christmas Eve. I was actually picked as number 1 cancel which is so awesome considering its been 6 years since I have had a Christmas holiday off. I feel so fortunate to have had the whole holiday off even if it was last minute.

We opened our gifts at the house and then Michael was able to come up and we went to the Warren's house for dinner and the last part of our Christmas. We had so many gifts the floor was covered. Even baby Warren had a few gifts over the holidays. I think the best part of Christmas this year ,other than actually being off was the WHITE CHRISTMAS. It snowed all day and the ground was covered before we went to bed.. It was really fun to wake up to a white christmas even if it didnt last long. Tomarrow we head to Henderson to visit with my grandparents and hang up mom's new t.v. and also to pick up my grandmothers family piano. My uncle has had it for years and was wanting to get rid of it , so we gladly took it in . Its been in our family for over 80 years. It needs lots of love but we cant wait to work on it and fix it up. Who knows I may even learn how to play. Well I hope everyone has had a great and blessed Christmas . I can't believe its almost 2010, and the start to one of our most exciting years yet . I have a doctors appointment next Tuesday so i will keep everyone posted , we should be finding out the sex of the baby soon. Even though i buy stuff all the time these days. Here are a few fun pictures from the holidays.

Brad and Mom's Holiday Cookies

(Jenns baby bump cookie) :)

Brad with his new engraved drum sticks and his Drum Bum shirt mom got him.

The backyard with all the snow.

One of my favorite gifts.( The Prego Pillow) and guess who fights with me for it at night??

Princess Emma thinks its her's now...

"ICE" in Grapevine,Tx

Ice: 12-7-2009

Today we decided to get up and drive to Grapevine to the Gaylord Hotel and go to the ice exhibit. So mom, brad and I had breakfast and drove out there in the nasty cold weather ! The exhibit it only 9 degrees in tempeture but they give you special coats to wear. I wish we would have thought about it because the only thing we were missing were GLOVES... I researched and it takes about one month to complete the exhibit but with 40 men from China working in 12 hour rotating shifts and two million pounds of ice. Wow , what a job if you ask me. It take one ice factory three weeks to make and ship all the ice to the exhibit . The only thing I wish I would have asked , is what happens to all the ice after the exhibits over? Maybe we will go again next year and I can ask. So if you have a chance to take your family , you should go. Kids would love this. The whole time I was thinking hopefully soon , Brad and I will have our first child to be able to take to these fun things. The whole exhibit is based around Dr. Seuss"How the Grinch Stole Christmas".

Mom and I before we went in to the exhibit.


Mom

Brad at the entrance of Who-ville

13 week Update!

Just a quick update on Baby Warren...

Things are moving right along, we went back to have our Nuchal done, since the baby wasn't in correct position the first time, and things went really well. So far everything remains on track and looks good. We were able to get some better pictures , which i was really excited about, because the ones in the past were harder to identify the baby on. I also went to my regular appointment this past week as well, and everything was great there. Still remain below pre-pregancy weight by alittle but im hoping to feel better soon and catch that up. :) I thought this was going to be one of those times i could gain weight without question.... Baby warren has other plans... We were able to doppler the babies heart rate for the first time and it was 157 as normal . It seems to always be 155-160. I also got my Swine Flu vaccine. I had been really going back and forth with the vaccine idea, but the doctor really felt i was High Risk working in the hospital and working with children. So here are the most recent pictures of little Baby Warren.

This one is a head shot from behind , showing how the baby was trying to clasp its hands together.

One Thankful Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was extra special. First year to celebrate Thanksgiving in our new house, first Thanksgiving with new baby warren, my grandparents first trip to Rockwall to spend the night away from the farm, and officially the first Thanksgiving Day that I had off since i began my nursing career 6 years ago. Thursday my grandparents came up and we all had a great day spending time together and then for Thanksgiving feast we all went over to Jenns house to celebrate with the Warren Family as well. We all had so much fun and tons of good food ! On Friday my grandparents had to leave but soon after that my brother and his girlfriend Kristi were able to come up and visit for the weekend. We lounged around the house, cooked good food and put up all the Christmas decorations. Thanks again Michael for helping Brad put up the lights outside. So here are a few pictures from the weekend .

The house all lit up!

The Christmas Tree!

The mantle with all the stockings...Notice Riley and Emma are waiting for Santa!


Kristi working hard on our Gingerbread House with a little help from Emma:)

And last Mom with our special new guest ( Mercedes)! Cheri , brads mom, got a new puppy a few days before Thanksgiving and we watched her over the weekend for them. Such a cutie!

Another Thanksgiving is gone now and it wont be long until Christmas. We hope everyone else was able to have such a great holiday.