No sleep til Brooklyn!

Two great smiles! Erin loved all the attention she got from her Texas family, not to mention all the candy and cookies :-)

Fighting off the volatile grey skies...

It was such a blessing to see the progress Dok made from Thanksgiving to Christmas. I'm sure she'll find out more about what happened to her when she sees the specialist next month, but its obvious to everyone that the Lord is healing her and it makes us happy to see the light in her eyes again. We love you, Sis!

Don't drink the water...

Ah yes, having babies seems to run in the family... but then again, I guess it runs in every family. This is Kristen and me with our cousin Allison and her daughter McKinley. We had such a good time fellowshipping with my dad's side of the family in Ft. Worth and its always amazing to see how everyone changes (and multiplies too!). More pics to come...

Tradition, tradition!!

Carrying on yet another treasured Warren tradition, it is Erin's turn to wear the family bonnet that graces the top of our Christmas tree every year. It originally belonged to our cousin Michelle who wore it to her father's (Dad's brother Bill) funeral in September of 1976. It was then passed to my oldest sister Aubrey and has been worn by every Warren girl since.

Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow...

This is Erin having her first taste of Granny's buttercream frosting.... She liked it.

Here's Erin wearing her Mom's new hat - 9 months old and already borrowing my clothes! Frosting my first cookie and looking much more ghetto than I intended, which I blame entirely on the brother beside me.

Dok, looking cuter than ever... We're so happy she's feeling better :-)

Today was Cookie Baking Day at the Warren house!! We frosted about 10 dozen cookies and most likely ate half of them on the spot. The kids had ohso much fun with red, green, blue, yellow, and white frosting, and so many sprinkles and red hots it should be illegal.... actually, having this much fun in one day is the real crime. Hooray for cookies!!

Heedless of the wind and weather...

Here we are with our humble tree - just the right size for the amount of ornaments we have -and this is us getting ready for a church Christmas party. It was a nice break this year not to have any formal affairs to attend! Erin had TWO babysitters (Steph and Vanessa) and did very well despite being nervous about the new experience...

We're heading back to Texas this week and hoping like crazy that there are no new mutant viruses making the rounds again :-) If you're reading this from the Lone Star state, we hope to see you while we're there. Drop us an email or just stop by the Warren house and say hello!

You don't need money with a face like that, do ya?

So here's proof of thanksgiving with the Warrens/Russells/Slaughters in Texas... Abby loves her Uncle Caleb! We had a great time visiting, but eventually all of us fell victim to at least one of two viruses that ran their course over the holiday week. Caleb was tossing his cookies from Texas to Virginia (literally), Erin had the aches and fever of the flu, and I suffered the same fate after returning home. Our friend Trish ended up in the hospital with an IV and poor CJ succumbed to BOTH bugs simultaneously. Hopefully we got it all out of our systems - we're headed back at the end of next week for our Christmas visit!