Christmas Greetings 2011

Rain's 1st Birthday Bash

I'm One!

1st Candle

Our precious, surprise BLESSING turned one today!   Her 1st Birthday!  Her 1st Candle! Presley Rain  has touched our lives like no other and we can't imagine life without her. The Lord has blessed us with such an amazing gift. Just when we thought our lives were complete with our two precious girls, Alexis Lynn & Londyn Paige (our perfect plan) His plan was not yet complete! She has a special purpose in life and we can't wait to see what that purpose will be!

Home Schooling 101

We will be Home Schooling for the 1st time this year.  We've been busy the past couple of weeks converting our upstairs playroom into a classroom.  Hoping this endeavor will be a successful one!  Londyn will be going to a private school this year and Rain will just be getting into EVERYTHING!

Dymanic Orthotic Cranioplasty (DOC Band)

UPDATE:  Here is the little DIVA in her cranial helmet.  Rain is scheduled to wear the helmet for 12 weeks.  We travel to Austin, TX every two weeks for adjustments.  She doesn't seem to mind the helmet.  It's as if it's apart of her, which is a good thing!

Presley Rain will be fitted with a DOC Band in less than two weeks. Londyn had to wear the same cranial helmet when she was an infant too!

Six Months Of Rain

Presley Rain

(Six Months)

Presley is such a joy.
I can't say that I can complain since she is that good of a baby.  

MILESTONES:

10-05-09  Lost belly button

10-25-09  Tries to hold her head up, grabs hair

10-29-09  10.4 lbs, 21.5 in. long

11-09-09  Coos, loves to be held, watches everything around her, turns head to look as we pass

01-01-10  Little talker, recognizes us & smiles, drinks 6 oz. formula, talks upon waking, on the verge of giggling.

01-07-10  Smacks her lips

01-11-10  Noticed taking two long naps a day, starting to giggle, tries to sit, tries to pull her head up from a laying position, makes spitting sounds with her tongue
01-12-10  Got scared for the 1st time

02-02-10 1st time sick with 103 degree fever, 16.8 lbs, using hands to grab objects, notices when someone enters the room

03-08-10 1st water

The Last Song

Our "New" Bedtime Song

per request, by my precious girls:

Alexis Lynn, Londyn Paige & Presley Rain

This is the last song of the night,

Pretty soon mommy & daddy are gonna turn out the light,

My sweetie pies, shut your eyes and go to sleep,

Tucked under the covers, now your counting the sheep,

Big sister, Alexis Lynn, time to go to sleep,

Big sister, Londyn Paige, time to go to sleep,

Little baby, Presley Rain, don't you know your sweet,

Everybody, time to go to sleep,

This is the last song of the night,

Pretty soon mommy & daddy are gonna turn out the light,

Tucked under the covers, time for sweet dreams..............

One Month of Rain

Presley 'Rain" is one month old today. She is such a blessing and a really, really good baby. She is sleeping through the night and only fusses when she is hungry. We usually have to put her in her swing to go to sleep for the night (since she tries to fight sleep only during this time); after she wakes up for her 1st night feeding she then returns to her bassinet for the rest of the night. I assume the third child has to be able to withstand a lot since she has to sleep through all the loudness throughout the day caused by her very active older sisters, Alexis and Londyn. I guess that is why Jesus chose Alexis to be born 1st and why she was the only child until she was 4.5 years (she would need peace and quite and all the attention for that extent of time). Presley would be chosen to be born the third child, because she could endure.

Presley 'Rain' Mullin's Milestones:

* Lifts her head and turns it the other direction while on her tummy.

* Follows an object (us) and loves to look at the ceiling fan and the T.V.

* Recognizes "all" of our voices

* Loves is when big sister, Alexis holds her. (she gazes up at Alexis and stares)

* Likes to take a bath.

* Looooves to be held and fusses when we put her down.

* Is more alert and sleeps less than she did when she was a newborn.

10-29-09 Weighs 10 lbs, 4 oz.

10-30-09 Smiles at Mom when she hears my voice and when I am in her sight.

10-30-09 1st stuffy nose (had a hard time sleeping and had a few coughs to go along with the stuffiness.

10-31-09 1st Fall Harvest

Presley's 1st Rain..........Bath

Presley Rain's 1st Bath

Rembering This

Since Presley 'Rain' had her 1st bath recently, I decided to show Londyn the video of her 1st Bath. She loooved it. She now asks me to show her over and over the video clip of when she said, "mama" for the 1st time. As she watches the video, she enjoys telling herself hi as she waves to the baby in the video; I don't think she fully realizes the baby in the video is her.

Our Surprise Blessing!

Surprise Blessing #3

After feeling like I've been gaining some weight, a sense of nauseousness, being extremely hungry & the presence of excessive salivation (more than normal) and not wanting any coffee, we discovered today that we will be expecting our third child in Oct 09.