Christmas 2012

The Night Before Christmas!

I love these girls too death!!!

So thankful they have each other. What a blessing!

Oh my Sophia...you are growing up so fast on me! 

Pretty girl!

 Mini Rocker! 

Rockin' out on her new pink guitar!

 Sophia & Molly hashin' it out over this table and what you don't see is 

my dad and kat crackin up in the background. Lol 

Good times! 

(at the poor little one's expense! haha) 

 If you ever want to win my kids over..give them piggy back rides! Lol

It is one of their favorites right now. Daddy does this with them often.

I try but it kills my back lol :-)

Love those sweet smiles!

Thank you Grumpaw & Kat for a fun Christmas Eve!!!

Christmas Morning with the Rabon's

All the kiddos patiently waiting for Nannie to hand out presents!

M & E both wanted to take turns holding the "baby". 

I tried to get a sweet picture of the 3 of them but this is as good as it got. :-) 

All the ladies

All the Gents

Never too big for Daddy's lap, right?  

More Piggy Back Fun! :)
Thanks for being a good sport Aunt Ashley! 

Christmas at my Moms

Look at all these goodies their Granny got for Molly & Emma!

My sweet little fairy #1 

And my sweet little fairy #2 

Though presents isn't what Christmas is all about...it is these little reactions that add so much joy to the celebration!!

Emma's face, is hilarious!! 

"*gasp* it's SNOW WHITE" 

My silly theatrical girl! 

"Bardie!!"

 Granny added lots of smiles to the end of 

two little girls already fun-filled Christmas Day!

 My brother & sister! 

Love them! 

                                                      My little family on Christmas night! 

So blessed to have such a devoted husband and two little girls who 

become more and more precious to me each day. 

Merry Christmas to All and to All a Goodnight! 

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Goodbye PT & Mr. Ray!

 Molly & Emma started physical therapy when they were 10 months old. It was offered to them through Baby Net because their premature birth weight qualified them. It was suggested that we enter into physical therapy just to help them not fall too far behind developmentally since they were early. So that we did. Emma only stayed in PT a few months tho because soon after she started she began crawling and then walking. She was right on track developmentally for her age, and showed no other signs of complications or delay so she was dismissed!  Here is a little flash back of my teeny tiny girl during her 1st therapy session!

     

And here she is today playing with Mr. Ray during Molly's last therapy session! 

She has grown just a little, since her first session almost 2 yrs ago... you think? :-)

Today was a pretty big deal for us! Molly has reached all of the in home goals set for her, so after two years, she is also finally being dismissed from PT! 

It is a bitter sweet achievement! I say bitter sweet because her therapist has been an incredible source of  knowledge & encouragement  for our family over the past two years. And we will surely miss having him around. 

BUT how very excited and proud I am that my baby girl no longer needs him around!!! 

Very few people understand what a big deal this is. And that's ok. It is a big deal none the less. :-)
I have heard in the past by many, that they never understood her need for physical therapy anyway because they never saw anything "wrong".

And that my friends, has been our goal the entire time!!! We don't want her short comings to be made obvious..that is exactly why we have been doing everything possible to help her overcome them. And physical therapy has done huge things for her. 

The minor delays we as her parents noticed in her as an infant, we immediately worked with her to correct and today...you would never even know they were once there. 

Other things, she still struggles with, and will probably always struggle with to an extent, but our goal is to find ways to minimize the issues and to work with her consistently on them so that these "little things" remain little things. 

If we slack...and do not do our part...then the little things will become big and we want to avoid that. 

A year ago, the tightness in her leg was so bad that her Orthopedic Specialist told me that she would most likely need surgery in 3 or 4 years to stretch out her muscles. If they remain tight then the muscles will eventually get so tight that they will stop growing. So that is why he said surgery would be necessary. 

Following that appointment she ended up doing a casting to help stretch out her muscles. She has been wearing her brace on & off since that casting and we do lots of exercise and PT to find ways to keep that leg stretched. As a result, when she recently went for a follow up Ortho appt, he said that tho she still had some tightness he did not think it was that bad! And no further casting is scheduled at this point. And Im thinking...if she doesn't even need another casting then surely she wont need surgery if we continue to do our part!!!  Right??!! 

Below is a little re-cap of  what were some of Molly's most memorable achievements

(you can click pic to enlarge)

My mom and brothers joined us tonight as we celebrated the very last physical therapy session...

at Monkey Joes! The girls love this place and they love Mr. Ray!!!

Thank you Mr. Ray, for everything you have done to get my girls right on track  physically to where they need to be! We appreciate your guidance, your recommendations, all the time you took to write down "homework" for us, and most of all...your patience and flexibility!! 

We are so thankful to you!! 

Big Hug!

The story behind this picture is just so funny to me. 

Molly & Emma were sitting in my bed ready to watch a movie...night time movie time is something the 3 of us look forward to since I have started working. We just cuddle & hang out in Mommy's bed with princess movies before bedtime. At any rate, the girls were sitting there and Emma said "Sissy, u wanna big hug?" and Molly said "no" and Emma leans over puts her hands around Molly's neck and pulls her down to where she is laying on top of Emma & the whole way down Emma would be shouting "BIIIIIIG HUUUUG!!!" 

..they would giggle and do it all over again. :-)

Silly girls! I have so much fun watching them play together!

Family Pics

Usually around Christmas time a friend of mine & I will photo swap. She will take pics of our family & I will do pics of hers. It's nothing fancy, but we each end up getting a few nice pics out of the deal. :-)

Below is some of my favorites from our photo session today!

Had I done Christmas cards this year, this pic would have been my pick ;)

Love my sweet Emma's big hugs!!!

This picture was runner up for the Christmas cards :-)

Can't help but giggle at their facial expressions!

Molly Bear has the best grin! Love to see her smile!

Christmas is Coming!

Grumpy Claus

I was so proud of Molly & Emma today for sitting all by them self  on Santa's lap! BUT...

This is the worst Santa ever! His face says it all. 

He didn't even ask them what they wanted for Christmas! 

What Santa doesn't ask a 2 year old what they want for Christmas???

THIS ONE!!  lol 

 Oh well, we made the best of it, and despite his Grumpy face, 

we still managed to get O.K. pictures. :) 

Sweet Hugs

Silly Faces 

 Merry Christmas to All!