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.

Appt #2

Just a quick update! Went to our doctors appt last week and had our sono. The baby looked good but didnt cooperate with pictures. The doctor was looking for defects of any kind, and to check for downs syndrome or trisomy 13 or 18. To check he needed to measure the back of the babies neck. The baby was really active but would not turn around for the measurement. So we will have to go back in the next week or two to have the scan redone. Already stubborn:) But he was able to tell us that there were four chambers in the heart and that there was no gastroschesis , which is great as well. So we were really happy to see the baby again, but we didnt get any good pictures. I apparently have a big fibroid tumor that grows with pregnancy hormones so it was hard to see the baby. We will have to continue to monitor the tumor to make sure it doesnt interfere with the babies growth . Our regular doctor appt is tuesday of this next week and im sure to learn more details about the tumor at this appt. So here is the only picture we have, we joke because it looks like the baby is wearing a mask. I promise to post a better picture after our next sono. Everything else is going great, we are looking forward to seeing everyone for the holidays. We plan on decorating the house for the first time and I am so excited. Happy early Thanksgiving to everyone.

Our Little Big News!!!

Brad and I have some exciting news to announce. On September 26 th we offically found out we are having our first baby. We are so excited and yet nervous at the same time. We are about to enter a new stage in our lives and we are so glad we have such good friends and family to be able to share this time with. We told our parents quickly after we found out and announced to our friends the news on Halloween night. We are currently at about 11 weeks and so far doing great. Some sickness and really tired but looking forward to feeling better I hope in the next few weeks. We had our first doctors appointment at 8 weeks and saw the baby for the first time. Everything was great at our first appointment and next friday we have an appt. to have a scan done to check to make sure the baby is progressing as it should. We are praying that everything again looks good. Since most people know I am a NICU nurse , I worry about everything. Life is fragile and I work daily with children who have struggled to be alive. So each day am so grateful for a healthy growing baby. I know God has an amazing plan for Brad and I , so here we are along for the greatest ride of our lives.

Here is the first picture of our Little Baby Warren #1

Its hard to tell what everything is in the picture. But I promise to post a better sono picture from the next appointment this next weekend. We hope everyone is doing great and we will keep you updated on the pregnancy as it progresses.

Halloween 2009

We are sorry for the delay in posting the last few weeks. It has been extremely busy around our house. We did have a great Halloween this year hosting our first party at the new house. Kristen and Bobby McNulty went in with us to host a Halloween themed party. We had such a great time. We had a costume and a pumpkin carving contest and tons of Halloween related food and drinks. We ended up getting to see alot of our friends and some of the costumes were so funny. Costume contest winners were Kami and Darin with there JUNO costumes. And the winner of the Pumpkin Carving was BOB's group with baby delivery pumpkin. This year we dressed Emma and Riley up for fun as well, and lets just say they completed our costume. Brad and I were Bacon and Eggs and Riley was the pig and Emma was the Chicken. My favorite picture of the night was with Emma dressed up in her costume drinking and eating ice out of the blow up coffin cooler. So here are a few pics from the weekend.

Everyone Carving the pumpkins

Bob from the "The Hangover"

Winners: Juno ( Kami and Darin)

My favorite picture of the night. Ms. Emma as a chicken:)

White Family Reunion

This past weekend was the first annual White Family Reunion. This was a first for us and my mother did such a great job of getting it all together. It all took place down in Minden , Texas at the Community Center where my grandmother and father had there wedding shower years ago. My grandma also had her prom at the community center as well. Its a really old building but had lots of memories for our family in it. We had a country themed reunion and it went really well. About 40 people were able to come and we had BBQ and games. It was really good to also get to see my brother Michael and his girlfriend as well. Hopefully the tradition will continue next year. Thanks again , MOM , for all your hard work!

A Mustache Cowboy Family Picture.

My Grandparents

The Tables

Also, Brad and I celebrated our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY this past Sunday. It was the first date of course when we actually married at the church with only our family. But what a huge day for us. Its amazing how fast time has gone by. We are planning to celebrate in two weeks on vacation to Puerto Plata , Dominica Republic.

Here is a picture from the first offical day of marriage for Brad and I.

Love you Brad, cant wait to spent many more together...

A U2 Birthday!

So I am yet another year older. Yesterday I turned 28 years old. Wow how time fly's when your having fun. To celebrate Brad and I had a relaxing day sleeping in , and then met Amy , Robey, Tim and Tiffany for dinner and then of coarse the U2 concert. We had such a good time. It was nice to see everyone and to get to see the new stadium. Its really awesome and there were so many people at the concert i was suprised how easy it was to get into the concert. The craziest part of the concert was the HUGE stage that U2 is known for. They told the audience the huge stage was SPACE COWBOY... Space stage except in the new cowboys stadium. And in attendance was Romo and a few other cowboy players. So here are a few pictures of the stage.

Before the concert started.

A little upclose and personal shot

The stage all lit up ...

I wanted to tell everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday or sent me a gift,"Thanks you so much ". We are so lucky to have such great family and friends.

Courtland Way

Its a raining Sunday, and Brad and I are cooking for the Warrens and watching the Cowboys play. All the windows are up in the house and its around 62 degrees outside. Its so nice to have a day off together with nothing to do but just enjoy the weather and each other. As most of you know, Brad and I bought our first house together April 16th, 2009. Its been so much fun to have more room and actually have a backyard for the dogs. We miss the condo, it was so neat living on the lake. I loved watching the boats from that condo and listening to the Thursday night summer concerts at the harbor from our balcony. But its time to upgrade to a more family friendly household I guess. So I thought I would post a few pictures of the house for everyone who hasn't been able to come visit since we have moved in. It's still a work in progress but ill keep you posted on all the changes we make from here on out. We are looking forward to having our first Thanksgiving and Christmas in our new home.

The house from the street.



Livingroom and mantle

Our mantle with its holiday decorations.

Our Bedroom, the master!

Diningroom

Kitchen with Brad cooking:) Breakfast nook

Livingroom

Front Door

One of the guest bedrooms

Better known as Donna's room...

So these are just a few , it has 4 bedroom and 2 .5 baths and a game room. Hope you like it as much as we do. Hope everyone is having a good week .