Happy Birthday EMILY!!!!!

Today is Emily's birthday, and I just want to take a moment to tell her how very special she is. She makes my life so much brighter because she is in it. Last night when she got home from her dads Jude was being very fussy. We put Jude in his new Kid Kart, and she ran him through the house making siren noises, so they played fire truck together. They stopped for gas, they helped people who were in accidents, and played like normal siblings. Any time she would stop, Jude would cry. It was heart warming to see them playing together........well until Jude got really angry at the new chair.

Emily sat down after their play session, and told me that she honestly had a great time with him. It was very touching! Tonight we are having pizza, and cake with the family.

Late last night Jude started crying, and just would not stop. I am not sure what was wrong, but he obviously did not feel well at all. He cried, and cried, and cried until we gave him some motrin, and he finally fell asleep in my arms. It was to the point that you couldn't even touch Jude, or he would cry again. I felt so sorry for him. I then felt sorry for myself when after I finally got to sleep my neighbor decided that 4am would be a GREAT time to sing for hours on his back porch. I am trying to decide if he was intoxicated or what the issue was. Regardless, he and I are having a chat session today if I see him. If Jude had woken up from his chorus line on the porch I would have had to have knocked him out.

Emily's delivery this weekend went very well. I also had a friend call that is wanting us to talk to her pastor so Emily can speak in front of her church. The pastor wants to make sure and see if Emily's heart is in the right place prior to her talking to the congregation, but there are little worries there. Em is true, and only speaks from her heart she knows no other way to function. Here are a few pictures from her big delivery.

Please don't forget to vote for Emily's Smile Boxes in Dallas at http://www.ilovechristiecookies.com/contest/ . It takes two minutes, and will help her out.

Also, we found out that THANKFULL Mike's mom did not suffer a stroke. They believe the issues were medication induced, and we are praying that's the case.