The ER

Wednesday night Noah made his first appearance in the ER. Let me explain, so Wednesday morning we all woke up and BJ was not feeling well. I felt bad, but he never gets sick so I just thought maybe he was hungry. Well he tried to eat and couldn't and threw up running to the kitchen. Then I was feeding Noah and all of a sudden he started to throw up too. Oh my goodness! This was the worst sight in the world. I was so upset. I felt like I did something wrong as a parent. I felt like this was my fault this had happened. Well, the day went on and Noah would not eat or drink ANYTHING! BJ was so sick he couldn't help me take care of Noah. So, I told myself to suck it up and "be a mom". Well night came and Noah looked just so sick, he hadn't drank anything really all day and he had the worse diarrhea. His fontanel was sunk in, he was pale, and he was so warn out. I called my doctor and she told me to head to the ER. "The ER?" I thought. "Really?" I was so upset. I asked BJ if he felt well enough to go with me, but he didn't! So, once again I had to suck it up and go alone! The tears came running down my face on the way to the hospital. I couldn't believe my baby was so sick he needed to go to the hospital and my husband was so sick he couldn't be there with me. So, I arrived at the hospital with Noah in my arms. I had to fill out paper work as tears were running down my face. But then I remembered I have a friend whose husband is an ER doctor at my hospital, so I called her! Her husband was not working but he did call the charge nurse and the pediatrician that was working in the ER and told them to take good care of me. That was for sure a god sent blessing. But even more of a blessing is my good friend Tara. I called her and did not even ask her to come to the hospital because she has her own son to take care of, but without even having a 2ND thought she got into her car and came to be with me at the hospital. She stayed with Noah and I the whole time we were there! WOW! What a friend! I felt so special to know she cared that much about me and Noah that she came to be with us. She even brought Noah some toys to play with and me my favorite candy bar. I am so lucky to have her in my life! Talk about irrational devotion, a true friendship. Anyway...So Noah had to have 2 IVs for his dehydration because of his diarrhea, whatever came in twice as much was going out the other end. It was so sad seeing him get poked and pricked for blood and then when they stuck in the IV I just squeezed Tara's hand and tried to hold back the tears. We ended up being at the hospital for 6 hours!!!! Noah slept most the time with the IV in him laying on me. The doctor told me he was on the boarder to get admitted and it was really my choice. If I felt like I could take care of him at home I could take him home but if I wanted him to be monitored over night I could have chosen for him to stay. But I wanted to get Noah home and in his own bed. Hospitals are full of germs and I did not want to have to spend the night in it. Well Thursday was a very tough day, Noah was very lethargic. BJ was still very sick. So, it was all me. I would try and force feed Noah some liquids so he would not be dehydrated. He had major diarrhea still. I had to change his diaper like 2 times every hour! It was a LONG day! Today, Friday, came and we went to my pediatrician and he said he is looking better and just to keep doing what I am doing. The main thing is we don't want him to get dehydrated again so I have to keep pushing the fluids. Oh and BJ he is still sick. He is suffering through work, but it sucks for him too! SO both my boys have been so sick, I am just praying I DO NOT get it!

Halloween08

Noah was a skunk for Halloween and had so much fun. We went to a mommy mixer and then Vanessea's 1st birthday party at a pizza place. It was for sure good times with good friends. I did not get too many pictures but here are a few of Noah.

ELLEN!!!

So Most of you probably do not know, but I am a HUGE Ellen fan! Like HUGE!!! I tivo her show everyday and always make sure I watch her. Anyway, so last Monday I wasn't able to watch her show live but Candice was and she called me and asked me if I was watching Ellen and I said, "no I am going to watch it when Noah goes down for his nap" Well she then told me that Eleen was coming to Vegas and I had to request tickets. So I ran upstairs and got on the computer and requested tickets. Not thinking I would for sure get them, but I got a call!!!! =) The lady called on Saturday and I called her back and I got 4 tickets!!!!!! I AM SOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!
She is coming to Vegas November 21 and I get to see her!!!! I can't wait to tell you all about it. EKKKKKK!!!!!!

Time flies when you're having fun!

So, I never seem to blog when I really want to, something always seems to come up.

Well and update on Noah James...He is now 8 months and a week and he is a little monkey. He climbs up on everything, is crawling like a mad man, and even can go up the stairs!!!(scary I know) He has 5 teeth!!! He is drooling like crazy. I have met some AMAZING mommies through a mommy group here in Vegas and seriously they have made me life here so much fun! Noah and I have 1st birthday parties every weekend it seems. I love it!!! Tomorrow is Halloween and we have a mommy mixer Halloween party at 1pm and then we have Vanessa's 1st birthday party, then Tara and I with our baby boys who have become our best buddies are going to pass out candy. Malachi is Tara's son and Gabe is her husband. BJ, Noah and I do dinner and play dates with them about 3 times a week! It is awesome to have made such an amazing family that we all get along! I met Tara at church when the boys were 3 months, Malachi and Noah are 18 days apart! Tara and I both played softball and BJ and Gabe are like the same person it is scary! haha! We love just hanging out with them. We feel blessed to have them in our lives.

Anyway. Halloween is tomorrow and Noah is going to be a skunk! I cannot wait to post pictures of him! He and two other little boys from my mommy group are going to be skunks so we will for sure have the 3 skunketers! =) I will post pictures ASAP.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

LOVE, The Warren's

Michaelmas Day

Yesterday on September 29th it was Michaelmas, the Christian feast of St Michael the Archangel. Michaelmas is traditionally the last day of the harvest season which began at Lammas on 1st August. Lammas means 'loaf Mass' and in the past farmers would make loaves of bread from their new wheat crops to take to church. Loaves are still made for Harvest Festivals today though much of our wheat is now imported. Michaelmas used to be known as 'Goose Day' and Goose Fairs were held in towns all around England.
In centuries gone by, when times were hard, a special meal of goose would be served on this day and there was an old saying associated with the custom.
'He who eats goose on Michaelmas Day shan't money lack or debts to pay.'

BJ and I have never heard of this day, however we are up to try anything to not have finanical worries for our whole year. So, we dined with some friends and ate some goose, which actually tasted pretty good. In view of the current economic climate perhaps our government should have all eaten goose yesterday!

Being 27

My 27th Birthday celebrations!!!!

Our Family at the UNLV football game

I am 27!

The group on another birthday celebration

Noah giving his mommy a birthday card
Candice, me and Natalie on my actual 27th birthday!


So the past two weeks has been a celebration of my 27th birthday and today I am feeling 27!!! haha! I have been on the go for the past two weeks and I have not actually gone out like I have been in a very long time. BJ and I are learning new tricks every time we go out with Noah and how to handle things. Let me brag for a moment about my husband, he is truly the greatest husband ever and the best daddy Noah and I could ever ask for! He will wake up early and play with Noah and let me sleep. He plays with him, feeds him, he even changes poopy diapers and I am not talking about just a little one but HUGE BIG MESSES, he doesn't even wake me up to help anymore! He will wear Noah in our Bjorn and take Noah into the men's restroom and change his diaper regardless of what any other man says to him. I have never seen a father so involved in his child's life. He makes me smile! Knowing I have a wonderful husband that treats me well, but an AMAZING dad to Noah makes me love him that much more. It has been an awesome 7 months of our lives. Noah has made both of us into better adults. We feel that we owe our parents a huge thank you for teaching us how to love each other and how to be good parents simply by their good examples. So THANK YOU MOM AND DAD!


My 27th Birthday has been a wonderful one! I got everything my little heart wanted and more!


Natalie came and visited us for 3 days which was so much fun. On my actual birthday BJ took me, Natalie, Candice, Chloe and Noah all out to CPK for lunch. They all went in and got me my jogger! Then for dinner BJ made a homemade BBQ sauce that was so yummy and glazed Salmon and grilled it with veggies and rice and garlic brad to complete our meal. Oh once again I felt like a lucky woman to have such a loving and caring husband. Yes, ladies my husband cooks for me too! =)


Then a continuation of my birthday Cindy, Brandon, Ashley, Nick, Joby and Kristine all came out from California to celebrate with me. Our good friends Gabe and Tara and their son Malachi (we met them here at church) came to dinner with all of us on Friday to a wonderful Italian restaurant called Batista's, my dad and mom love this place, it was so much fun to have a good group of friends out here to celebrate with me again! Tara and Gabe offered to take Noah home and put him to sleep and let BJ and I have a night out, which was awesome. We had so much fun. It was nice to know that we could still be a fun couple to go out, but we did miss Noah so we did not stay out too long! haha! Then on Saturday we went to the MGM pool and took Noah in and Tara came with Malachi which again we all had a blast. Then we went to the Kings game at MGM, they lost but the game was so much fun! There were 4 fights, 2 ejections, and we went into Overtime and shootout! All and all my birthday month has been so much fun. I couldn't ask for a better life! I am very blessed! Thank you all!

Update!

Well Well Well...most of you are probably feeling like I forgot all about my blog, which is not true, I just have not had a whole lot of time to write. I am sure most of you who know me know that my Aunt Adele was diagnosed with Stage 4 Brain Cancer. I have come to try and find out who exactly Laurel Kay Asbury-Warren is after finding out this news. I have really started to look at who I am and who I want people to remember me as. And I really hope that I have and will put some kind of good image in all of your hearts! I try my best to be the best wife, mother, sister, daughter, grand-daughter, cousin, niece, friend to all. My life is simple. I know I am here on Earth to make other's smile. I am here to be an ear to listen, a shoulder to cry on, a smile to laugh with, and I have a heart of gold! I will do anything for the one's I love. Please keep your prayers going for my Aunt! The power of prayer is AMAZING!

So, you all probably are like yea yea yea Lo, what we really want to know is how the cutest baby in the world is doing? =) Well...Noah is doing fantastic! He is now 6 1/2 months old! He loves to smile and laugh! He plays all day long with Mommy and Daddy. He truly is the best baby. He has started to crawl so watch out! He is even pulling himself up and standing while holding onto things. We had to lower his crib to the lowest setting so he wouldn't climb out. He is going to be a climber like his mom! =) I use to climb out of my crib in the middle of the night and explore the house. haha! I am involved in a mommy group and Noah is the only 6 month old crawling. He was keeping up with the 10 month old in our group! I felt like I have the smart kid in class. =)

Noah is also eating solids! Well that's what you call it, but basically baby mush is what it is. He loves sweet peas, squash, green beans, carrots, pears (that was a new one just today). He really didn't like bananas which I found strange because who doesn't like bananas? He is eating sooo much! He is always hungry, that he takes after his daddy! =)

We got season tickets to UNLV football and last Saturday was our first game. We took Noah with us and he did great! We stayed until the middle of the 4th quarter. Noah slept the whole 3rd quarter! I was very surprised with all the noise that he could sleep.

We are still living in Las Vegas and I don't think we have plans anytime soon to move back. It has its ups and downs living so far away from family. But for now we are enjoying life and loving watching Noah grow up.

Also, Noah's girlfriend was born on Aug. 26, 2008! Chloe Mae Keck! 6 pounds 1 oz. 18in.

Candice had to have an emergency c-section after Chloe's heart rate jumped to 240! All the doctors and nurses say they have never seen a baby's heart rate jump so high, so we praise God she is good and healthy! She is so cute! She will be 2 weeks old on Tuesday! Candice is doing very well after her c-section, I am impressed! Noah already gets so concerned when he hears her cry. It is so cute! He is going to be such a good big brother someday! (don't worry not anytime soon, Mom) haha!