So within the last couple of weeks my two year old daughter has been sporting a bit of a attitude. I'm not really sure if it is because of Mason, and now she is not the center of attention, or is it because she just turned two. She is still really good, but with a bit of a attitude. Here are some pictures of Baylie, telling me NO.





Baylie is ticked off because I'm taking her picture

She is still mad because of the picture taking

She is yelling again because she doesn't like me taking her picture again!

I'm just loving her age right now, because she is old enough to express how she feels and what she wants. Now I'm just going to have to figure out how do deal with the attitude issue.

Weekend and Birthday Fun

Marc holding Mason for the first time, I think he needs to come and baby sit for me :)

Someone told Baylie to bite the turtles head off, so of course she did.


She did so good opening all the cards.

Aunt Jenna and Uncle Adam bought her a tinkerbell outfit.

Then they made her put it on. Poor Baylie, but I think she secretly loved it.

Great Grandma Mullet gave this tea set to her, and she has not stopped playing with it yet, I didn't know she knew how to have a tea party.




Wow so this weekend was loaded with fun. On Friday my brother came to Ohio to visit us.We very rarely get to see him so it is always exciting when we get to spend time with him. So late that night my parents brought him over to see us. It was so nice to see Marc hold Mason, i don't think he minding holding him either, mostly because Marc could give him back. His baby knowledge it not really up to par, so some of his questions about babies were keeping us laughing.

Saturday evening we had Baylies 2nd birthday party. I would say it was a bit much to have 18 people in our small house, especially 2 weeks after having Mason. I think it all worked out though. Every year Chris's mom makes whatever kind of cake the kids want for their birthday. This year we decided that a ocean cake would be suiting, because Baylie loves sea animals. So Baylie had her own turtle cake, which she loved. She was told to bite the head off and of course she did, then all the legs, and she then continued to lick the frosting off. I'm not really sure how much cake she had, I just know she was very hyper late that night. After the cake eating we opened presents. She did a very good job, and of I did have to help a little, otherwise we may have been there all night. She received such nice gifts. To name a few, she got a cleaning cart, sweeper, books, movies, play do, build a bear, and a Tinkerbell custom. Baylie wore the Tinkerbell custom all around the house that night, she loved it. We are just so thankful that we have friends and family that we could share her special day with.

Sunday came so fast this weekend. We still have not ventured to Church on Sunday, I'm starting to really get frustrated, because my week does not feel right without being at church. The reason for staying home is Apple Creek has been plagued with the flu bug, and the last thing we need is Mason to get the flu. So we stayed home as a family until noon and then we went over to my parents house. We had a very yummy lasagna lunch. We were there most of the night, since Marc was in. We played settlers, and then scum. Scum is such a fun game that I rarely ever play, and nothing has changed with playing games with our family. Jenna, still whines when she is losing and then is as happy as she can be when she is winning. Marc is sneaky and can always talk people into what he wants, this is why he was president most of the night. Mom always clams she forgets how to play and hides her cards under the table, then all of a sudden she is the one winning the game. Dad doesn't really care about winning or losing he just likes to spend time with the family, so this is why he hung out with Baylie the whole night. As for Adam I just started playing games with him, and he is just to nice and you can talk him into doing anything. Chris just doesn't care, if I didn't make him play I don't think he would play games at all. And of course I'm just way to competitive, but that is starting to fade since I have kids I have to be concerned about all the time. Either way the Weekend was fun, but would have been more fun with Alicia who we all missed this weekend. There is nothing like spending time with family, especially when you feel your life getting to stressed.

wow! Has it been two years already

It took Baylie forever to open the present, she was trying not to ripe the paper.


October 13th, 2 years ago my little princess was born. I can not believe how fast time has gone. Now she looks huge compared to Mason. It seems like yesterday she knew was turning two, because she was as hyper as I have ever seen her. This morning I decided to give her one of her presents since today is her actually birthday. (We are having a birthday party for her on Saturday). Baylie just loves books, everyone else in a room can be running around and playing and you will notice Baylie in the corner reading a book, making up words. So I decided to give her the a book called monkeys jumping on the bed. She was so excited this morning when she received the book, that all she wanted to do is read it to Mason, and then Jump on her bed. I love getting simple gifts that Baylie actually enjoys. Sorry the pictures are bad, but I'm trying to figure out this camera and forgot to put the flash on..

Right before lunch I told Baylie that we could make some cookies for her birthday. I know how much she loves cookies, but we really did not need more junk food around our house. So we pulled a chair up to the counter and started mixing. Her favorite thing to do was to watch the mixer blend the ingredients together. I always remember my mother letting us help her cook or bake, it was so much fun. The one thing I will say is be prepared for a huge mess. I had sugar in my silverware draws, the coffee make was sticky, and shortening all over the counter top. My counters now look like they have been waxed. I believe the mess is well worth the excitement in Baylie. She also enjoyed rolling the cookies in the sugar. We made sugar snaps, which are really easy and one of my favorite cookies in the fall, especially with a yummy pumpkin, cream cheese dip. After the cookies were done, I let Baylie eat half a cookie before lunch and the other half after. The after lunch cookie was great, she ran around the house with her cookie, all so Molly (our dog) would chase after her. Having a two year old is always filled with excitement and I can not wait for the weeks and months to come. So far the 2 years has all gone to quickly and I'm trying to enjoy ever day with her before she decides I'm not cool anymore.





Baylie thought she was sneaking a bit of dough with out me seeing her. Hahah I caught her.

Baylie helping me roll the cookies in the sugar, what a big helper :)

I think She enjoyed the cookie very much.

it is worth it!

Tuesday finally rolled around and I was 39+1 weeks along. I walked up to the doctors office thinking today could be the day I finally get induced. I was at the dr. office for around a hour and while I was meeting with the doctor I could her my moms voice in the back of my head "Melissa you need to make sure they know how you feel ." So as i was talking to the doctor I said "hey do you think you will induce me at 40 weeks because of my gestational diabetes." I was thinking well that means I would only have one more week left, I could deal with that. I never expected to hear why dont we do it today. I was so excited, the first thing I did was called everyone, and rushed home. The nerves really did not set in untill we were driving to the hospital at 3 pm. All the emotions from Baylie came rushing back. Lets just say a 14 hour labor is not fun, (that was just at the hospital)

We were taken back to our room and was started on the drug piticon, to start labor. From 4-8
I did not progress at all, I was really fearing a c-section becase the doctor started showing concerns that maybe the baby was to big to come down. I know I had eaten a bit to much dairy queen ice cream cake on occasions so my first thought was great look what you did Missy. At around 9 I had my epiderial because the pain really started coming and who wants to feel that. That had to be the worst pain of it all. Not the epidural, but while they were putting it in I went from 3cm to 7 cm, but thank goodness for that epidural because the pain was ok a hour later. I could still fell the contractions but they were not bad at all. 4 hrs later with very little pushing Mason Edward Horrisberger was here. After this labor I told Chris another one could be in the question. I found out why the pushing was so easy, this baby was only 7lbs 2oz., and 18 1/2" long. This was so little compared to Baylie who was 8lbs 11oz and 22" long. Baylie made this labor easy on me. We are just so blessed that everything turned out fine, with all the problems I was starting to have at the end of the pregnancy, but we knew God was watching over everything.

Last night was the first night home with Mason and he has been a great baby. He let me get at least 4 hours of sleep which is really good. He just does a lot of peeing and pooping, and he makes everything look so painfull. Baylie is my little mother hen. She gives him her blanket, and wants to hold him. No one else is suppose to hold him, just her. This Morning when she woke up the first thing she did was run out to the dining room saying "Baby, Baby, Baby." There is nothing like having a girl that is almost two and a 3 day year old at the same time. At this point in our lives who knows if we are going to have any more kids, so our family could be complete, and that makes me so happy. I guess you never know what Gods plans are for you. We may have another 10..lol. Now we as a family need to catch up on some sleep, and learn how to deal with two kids.