Slide Anyone or maybe a lil Tee Ball??

We bought Cutter this mini slide for his birthday and the weather this past week was just perfect for us to take it outside. And we invited Wyatt over to play!!
He loves it and has it just about figured out. The first few times we had to help him up the steps and teach him out to sit on the slide before you slide down. After that he had it down pat and knew exactly how to slide down, but would slide down on his back.
It only took a few times of going down on his back to realize that if he stayed sitting up, he would be able to slide down on his bottom! What a little smarty!!

The boys did a great job of sharing and waiting in line. I know a another great use for this slide, when it is a lot warmer outside. How about putting inside a kiddie pool!?! That seems like a great idea, Mom! We'll try it out in a few months and let you know how it goes, I can't wait!!
And for those of you who thought we were lying when we said we would have Cutter hitting off a tee before he was 18 months old, this proves you all wrong! He loves to hit the ball and can even do it on his own. He will hit the ball, then retrieve the ball, place it back on the tee and hit it again. He carries the bat with him as he goes to get the ball. Daddy is trying to get a little technical with him, I told Daddy to give it a few weeks before we worry about placing the feet in the right spot. ha ha. I'm just glad he seems really interested in it, another GREAT birthday present!

To the peds office we go!

We headed off the pediatricians office this morning. Cutter has been doing much better. We were sent home from the ER with oral steroids and antibiotics. Dr. Chinn is with me and thinking that he had some type of allergic reaction to something in the air. I asked to do an allergy test today, but she said due to the amount of steroids in his system it wouldn't come back with any information. Cutter has his 15 month check-up on Monday, so we will do the blood work for allergy screening then. If it comes back normal, we will have to wait awhile to do a prick test. They don't do prick tests on toddlers. At today's visit, Cutter was wheezing so we will rule out asthma at the next appointment as well. We are continuing to do the breathing treatments and will wean him off every 3 days.

Another week of waiting to do blood work to see what in the world this little man is allergic too. I am glad to know that I trusted my instincts and started the breathing treatments immediately, that is what probably saved us from having to call an ambulance.

I'm glad my little man is better!!

A Day at the ER!

Saturday March 21: After coming from playing outside,we sat down to have lunch and then started to relax for a nap when I noticed he was breathing rapidly (we counted 56 breaths a minute at this point). Kind of like he had just gotten done running a marathon, but we had been in for 45 minutes. We gave 3 breathing treatments at home before making the decision to head to the ER. By the time we got to the ER his breathing was down to 40 breaths a minute, which is still high. They ordered a chest x-ray and while we waited for the results, his pulse ox got better. They gave 2 oral doses of steroids and a shot of antibiotics. We still don't have a def diagnosis. We are heading to the pediatricians office on Monday.

Mullins Triplets! Prayer Request!!

Calling all my family and friends to pray for the Mullins Triplets!!

Aubrey Lyn - 3 lbs 14 inches
Brightyn Lee - 3 lbs 15 inches
Gage Aiden - 2lbs 10oz 13 inches

Aubrey and Brightyn are doing great! Aubrey is off the ventilator and Brightyn should be coming off this morning!

Gage was welcomed into the gates of Heaven with his Nana waiting! I know she is enjoying rocking and singing sweet songs to him!

Please pray for:
Aubrey and Brightyn as they continue to show strength and are doing great!
Brian and Katie as they mourn the loss of a son and praise the Lord for their beautiful daughters.
Katie to heal well and get back on her feet so that she can spend time with her gorgeous daughters!

Much Love,
Kristie

First Push-Up!

It is FINALLY warm outside, so Cutter, his cousin, Emilee and I sat outside and ate their first push-up!! It was so fun to watch them try to figure out how to work one!
We started the day off by going to "Bounce U", a place similar to Pump It Up, Emilee enjoyed it but the slides there were just too big for Cutter, so we only spent an hour there.

Our next stop was Chuck E Cheese! Now that place, it was right up Cutter's alley. He loved to ride the rides and play the games.

We spent an hour and a half at CEC and by the time we got home, those two were ready for a big fat nap!

Yeah, not so much! Emilee slept for 45 minutes, Cutter 1 hour! What's wrong with that picture!! Play time is supposed to = more nap time!

After cat-nap time, it was time to play outside and enjoy the beautiful weather we are having! They couldn't wait to get outside.

Emilee and Cutter played so well together. She really enjoys being around him and helping him do anything he needs help with. Then it was time for some real fun!! Bring out the push-ups!! Emilee chose grape and Cutter chose strawberry! We had to eat them outside, because I knew it was going to get messy!!

And messy it got!! It got so messy, I had to spray both kids down outside with the hose!!

Cutter really enjoyed his first push-up and I really enjoyed watching him eat it!!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Abbey!!

We had a busy weekend! On Sunday, March 8, Abbey turned 2!! She was a great birthday girl! We had a great time spending the day with her at her "Dora" birthday party!


Cutter loves singing "Happy Birthday". He was sitting on Daddy's shoulders as we sang the birthday song to the birthday girl! What a great participant!!
At Abbey's Birthday there was a BIG moon walk, Cutter loved every minute of it! He had such a great time and Abbey did such a great job of sharing her moon walk when she wasn't in it!! :)

Smiley!

Uh-oh! What did I catch him doing?

Having a blast!
I just love this boy!!

New word this week: DOG!!

Updates! :)

Everyone is doing GREAT in our house!

I had a check-up for Baby Nix #2, we are growing good. The heartbeat sounded GREAT!! The Doctor did express some concern that the baby is laying a little low. I had Cutter with me, so I was in a little of a hurry. I didn't ask any other questions, and didn't really taking a second thought about it - until I got home. Greg asked how my appointment went and I had told him what Dr. Greebon had said and then I started to really think - and when your pregnant thinking sometimes isn't GOOD! I didn't sleep well last night, so I called the doctor this morning. I expressed my concern about what he said and wanted him to elaborate. Basically, the baby is laying low and my risk for premature labor is slightly higher than a normal pregnancy. He told me the signs to watch for - back labor, contractions, leaking fluid, but that he thought that I would be fine. Since we are still early in the pregnancy the baby has a chance of moving up and it not being an issue at all. We will discuss it more at my next check-up on March 31, when we will find out if we are having a boy or girl!!

Cutter had a check-up with the ENT today and his tubes are doing AWESOME!! We will recheck in 6 months. We made the appointment today and when she told me our appointment I was surprised to think that when we got to the next appointment I will have a new little one in tow with us!! WOW less than 6 months!!

Other than my mind going crazy last night, we are doing good! Cutter is talking non-stop and is picking up new words everyday! Our current new word is "out"!!

I'm OUTta here!

Playing outside!

After feeling like we have been cooped up in the house for AGES, we ventured outside with Daddy. He and the other neighborhood guys were playing campus golf on the island near our street, so we joined him.
Cutter had a great time "trying" to walk up the hill. It was a bit of a challenge. I give a month and he will have conquered "the hill". He tried so hard, but was unable and just kept falling and rolling back down.

He was able to crawl up the hill, but not walk it. He was determined to get up that hill some how. It was quite windy outside, so we didn't stay out long. Just long enough to get some fresh air. I can't WAIT til Spring, I already know it will be my saving grace when I go on maternity leave.

Cutter loves to be outside, what boy doesn't? BRING ON THE WARM WEATHER!!

The First Time Climber!!

First off, let me apologize for the big butt shots! I was trying to capture the moment and he wouldn't stay still long enough for me to put his pants back on!
After waking from his 3 hour nap, Cutter was in the best mood he had been in in six months. He proceeded to climb on our coffee table. Not sure if it is a new sense of freedom, but he sure was determined. I probably committed mommy sin number 1! I let him do it, the first 2 times. After that I told him no, but a Mommy has to do what a Mommy has to do to get some good pictures of a first He only tried to do it a few times, and hasn't tried since! I almost wanted him to do again last night so Greg could see it, but I decided against it. Maybe letting his do it 3 times would be sending the wrong message!!
FINALLY!! He did it, and he was so proud of himself!!

Just another milestone to make off the list!

Climbing tables - check

Mommy letting him do it - check

Just one more thing to tell him "no" to -check

The look of accomplishment - PRICELESS!!

Surgery - He's a CHAMP!!

Our lil man is CHAMP!! He came through his tubes surgery without a problem.

The alarm clock rang at 5:00, we were to report to the hospital by 6:30. Greg and I both took showers and prepared ourselves for what we thought would be a long morning. After getting ourselves ready we went and woke our lil man up for the biggest day of his life. We had one breathing treatment left to do and then we would be on our way. We arrived at the hospital right at 630, (too close to call for me, I would have been there at 6:00, but Greg insisted that leaving the house at 6 would be fine. I was right, we needed to leave earlier, nonetheless, we arrived right on time), we got our champ registered for surgery, and then waited!! At about 6:50, they called us back to the operating prep-room. Cutter fell in love with his nurse, Kathy, she did a great job at keeping him entertained while she did the things she needed to do - get his blood pressure, listen to his heart, and get a pulse ox. We got him dressed in his little gown and he was all ready to go. All we needed was to meet the anesthesiologist, Dr. Moore, see the ENT doctor, Dr West, and he would be on his way. While we were waiting for Dr. Moore, all the nurses came over and just loved on Cutter. That made him happy. He was in a GREAT mood all morning, despite not having anything to eat or drink since 8 pm the previous night.Dr. Moore came and we talked about Cutter having any allergies, any health issues, the plan of action. Cutter would just be sedated with a "laughing" gas. No IV or intubating needed here! He requested that Cutter be given a "calming" medicine with was given orally. It took about 10 minutes for the "calming" medicine to take effect, but once it did, Cutter got the giggles!! Here he is laughing at Daddy.Dr. West came by to talk to us and let us know that the surgery would only take about 15 minutes and that we should wait in the waiting room right outside the prep-room, he would come get us when it was over. Daddy handed Cutter over to the surgery nurse and Mommy started BAWLING her eyes out!! I couldn't stop crying. I gave Cutter one last kiss and one last "I love you" before he left. Before I knew it, he was laughing with the nurse and walking away from me. My little boy was being such a BIG BOY!!Greg and I went out to the waiting room and discussed finding me something to eat (I was feeling nauseous) . There was a cafe down the hall and I needed some toast, so off Daddy went. While he was gone, literally 15 minutes, Dr. West came out to tell me that Cutter did GREAT and he was all done! There wasn't much fluid and his ear weren't protruding like we thought they would be, so everything went off with a hitch. "Great, so when can I see my baby?" I asked. He told me they would come get me in 10-15 minutes. Dr. Moore came out 2 minutes later to tell me that he was the best baby he had ever sedated, he NEVER cried! I was so proud of him. 10 minutes later the recovery room nurse came to get us and warned us that most babies cry for up to an hour, they are quite sure why they feel the way they feel, and that he wasn't in any pain. Cutter didn't start crying until he saw us and there wasn't much consoling I could do (which is frustrating, by the way). It took us about 15 minutes to get him to calm down, some cranberry juice, an orange Popsicle later - we were out the door and into the truck! Time: 830. We got our little champ home and fed him some homemade pancakes and he all well. They were right when they said you wouldn't even know he had surgery by 10. He was still on cloud 9 when I made him lay down and he was out for 3 hours. After he got up from a nap, he was in the greatest mood, swinging his arms and having a good ole time CLIMBING on the coffee table. That is a first, which I will post photos from his climbing in action later, I don't know if he has a new daredevil attitude now or if he was just feeling that good. Whatever it is I am glad that I have my happy little CHAMP back!!