Emma Lynne Warren

Emma Lynne, we LOVE you... It's been a hard day today. I worked yesterday and right before I left work I recieved a call from Mom to tell me something was wrong with Emma. I rushed home and ended up taking Emma to the emergency vet. When I got home she was having trouble using her back legs. During the day mom said she never heard her make a noise in pain or anything . The only thing she could have jumped off of was the couch . So after sitting at the emergency vet for two hours. The vet told me that she could have one of two things wrong. FCE or herniated disc. The vet seemed very stressed and had given Emma a morphine shot. She said she would recommend an MRI which after hours would cost us over 1,000 dollars and then if bad enough, surgery that was over 2,600 on top of the MRI. I immediatly started to cry in panic of Emma's health and the fact that who can walk into a place like that and drop that much money. I was devestated . I called Brad and we decided to bring her home on the medications, and take her to our vet the next morning. So it was such a worried filled night and alot of praying. This morning I made the first appointment to see our vet. He took one glance and said he was going to start her on steriods and that I needed to crate emma for complete rest for 4-7 days.He said he couldn't tell if it was a slipped disc or FCE without an MRI but that with the way she was looking if we did everything he said to do and she didnt take a turn for the worse , we would have a good chance of recovery. So I brought her home and we have been following all of the rules and everyday we see a little improvement. We continue to pray for a full recovery but we are just so thankful that things are looking better everyday. We follow up in one week so I promise to keep everyone posted on Emma's condition. But for now one of my favorite pictures from this week . Harper loves Emma and I think Emma loves her too. WE LOVE YOU EMMA... Get well soon..

Dinner at the Warren's House...

This week I decided to upgrade Harper to a real fork and no longer giver her the SPORK. She would try to use it and could never get the food on it, so we gave a real fork a try. She loved it and we have had many laughs at the dinner table since then. Usually she gets it all the way to her mouth and then looses it or feeds it to the dog. Here is a hysterical ( or at least we think it is) video of Harper eating Chicken and Dumplings. I always want to remember what a mess this little girl was when she is older. I have bought every dinner appliance in the baby section and it always seems to make more of a mess or just make more dishes . So lately I have just been putting it on the table . It works... Enjoy!

Animal Sounds

Listen carefully....
Harper loves to act like a dog and make pig noises.. Best video I could get that day.

Happy Birthday DADA

Happy 31st Birthday Daddy!!

Last week was Brad's birthday and it went by so fast, like the last year has gone by. I remember this time last year we were celebrating his 30Th birthday with a 2 month old. We started the celebration on Wednesday night. I worked on Wednesday, so I met the family after work at Kyoto and we had an awesome dinner.








I even think Harper enjoyed the hibachi cooking show. The night before I made Brad a homemade Hershey's Bar Pound Cake and we ended the night with a slice.



( FYI the cake turned out amazing )

So then on Thursday, Brad's official birthday , we made a breakfast special for daddy. Cinnamon rolls and Turkey bacon :) ...






Then for lunch we met Brad at AVA's downtown. Nothing like shrimp and grits to celebrate your birthday. Harper surprised Daddy with a custom outfit. It turned out adorable . Palmtree Resort Properties Mascot!! I think Brad loved it.




On Thursday night Holt had his 5Th birthday celebration so we finished out the day with them. We had such a fun week celebrating Brad's Birthday and can't wait to celebrate this time next year. Maybe next year , Harper can sing Dada the birthday song. We love you!!

What's your name?

Harper!! Love this little voice..

Mini Family Vacation

Last week Brad had the chance to take off a week from work and we were able to go to the coast together. He ended up working half a day Monday, so to make it easier on Harper we drove to Houston and stayed the night. It worked out great because we were able to meet up with family and eat dinner together. Michael and Kristi met us with Dad and Kelly and we enjoyed a nice meal. It was so good to see everyone and after dinner we headed back to Dad's house and just visited and watched t.v. Early Tuesday morning we headed out for the coast. Mimi met us in Houston and followed us down there. So for the rest of the week we enjoyed hanging out as a family resting and playing in the sun. Harper had a great time and did really good. We took her to the pool everyday and ate at two new restaurants in town. Last time we went to Port O' Conner was when Harper was 10 weeks old. It's hard to believe that she is almost 14 months old now. As always we had a great time and it was beautiful. It has changed so much down there , and we were able to see the houses Brad has been building . We are so proud of him and we can't wait to do back down soon. Here are a few pictures from the week and a video of Harper showing you her EYE..Road trip... Hello POC... MIMI's love... Harper with Chester before dinner. Sunscreen Mohawk Pool time My eye...

Church nursery

Last Sunday I ended up getting the day off so we decided to go to church. It is so rare these days to go to church together as a family that I get so excited when we are able to go. This wasn't the first time that we had taken Harper to church , but this day we decided it was time to send Harper to the nursery. It is becoming so hard to keep her quiet and she needs to become more comfortable apart from us. I also want her to be comfortable at church. My hopes are that soon, with or without me , Harper will be at church most Sunday's learning about the Lord. This week we decided to make the transition a little easier and asked CiCi to stay in the nursery with her. I felt like if she knew someone it would make it a little bit easier. So we dropped her off and I waited around the corner to listen for her to stop screaming. She finally quit when Cici arrived and we went on to church. I couldn't wait to see her after the sermon. Come to find out she did great. She played well and seemed to do great with the other kids. I wanted to get more pictures of her that day but I was so stressed it didn't happen. I did grab one picture of Harper and her daddy. Maybe next time we will try it without Cici and things will get better. Here is a quick picture of out big day.