growing kids

So it has been a long time since I posted anything, but i have been busy. Busy cleaning the church, spending time with the kids and cleaning and doing laundry at the house. Im not really sure how we have so much laundry but we do. So much has changed with Mason in the last couple of months.He is such a happy baby, it does not take much to get him to giggle. If he is upset Baylie just looks at him and he is happy again. I love seeing Mason and Baylie together, because they get along so well right now. There is no fighting yet so I am trying to enjoy this time right now before it begins. Baylie is such a great big sister, she is willing to do anything for Mason, if he is crying she is the first to get him a toy. Baylie calls him Mason poo, or buddy, and is always giving him hugs and kissing him. Mason is eating solid food right now, so far his favorite is pears, and applesauce. He has rolled over once, he is a bit spoiled so there is no reason to roll over. If he wants something he cries and Baylie or I will get what he wants. He is just to cute to not help out. He will sit by himself for a minute and that is about it. He is just itching to run around with Baylie, but his time will come and Im in no hurry for this to happen.
Baylie is just a ball of energy. There is no walking with Baylie, everywhere she goes she runs. She can now sing Jesus loves me and Twinkle, Twinkle little star, we sing this often to Mason. She is just growing to quickly. She is getting into a stage where she is getting into everything. You just can not leave her alone anymore. The other day at the church she got into a trash can, found a piece of old gum and started chewing it, praise the lord she didnt get sick. One major issue we are having right now is when she is eating. She get more on her then she does in her mouth. I wonder if boys are worse. We just love having to kids in the family and are looking forward to making more memories.

sledding fun

Today we thought would be a perfect day for Baylie to go out and play out in the snow.She wanted to play in the snow since it started falling on Saturday. This morning on the way out to the car for church she walked right through the snow and messed up her pretty shoes ( it is so hard to keep a child looking nice for church.)Dad and Mom bought Baylie a green sled, and we have the perfect backyard for a 2 year old to sled on. It is a slight decline,and not to long. Today was perfect because it was not to cold and the snow was very slick. All I had to do was push a little on her sled and away she went, she kept wanting to do it again and again. I taught her how to make snow angels, and she wanted to keep eating the snow. I tried to explain to her that yellow and brown snow is not yummy, Im not really sure she understood. We had so much fun and I love seeing her face when she gets to try something new. After the sledding fun, we came in to a nice warm house(80 degrees to be exact), and a nice warm cup of hot chocolate. Poor Chris had to sit inside and play with Mason, and not get all wet.

children updates

Baylie after she was filled up with sugar

Baylie loved the hot chocolate.(her hair isnt always this crazy only after a long day!)

yummy!!

It seems like he is always wide eyed

With all the Thanksgiving and Christmas excitement I have not posted anything for a while, so I thought I would give you an update on both children. Mason went to the doctor last week for his 2 month checkup, this is where they give the child there first round of immunization shots. If your a parent you know just how awful this is. Mason did surprisingly well he gave a bit of a whimper, he received one shot in the left thigh, two in the right, and had to drink another. He is now 13 1/2 pounds which is almost double what he was born at, and is 23 1/2" long. He is growing up so fast. He is so close to turning over right now, and is sleeping almost through the night. He usually can make it 6-7 hrs sleeping. I have realized he is a bit more spoiled then Baylie was at this age. Every time he makes a whimper I jump, but knowing that this might be my last baby who can blame me.

Baylie is just so funny right now, she picks up everything you say, just last night she is saying UM NO or UM yes. I'm not sure if this is how I answer her, but she picked up somewhere. Baylie is playing by herself, she no longer needs me, which makes me sad but I know that is a part of her growing up. She slams her door and stays in her bedroom for a while all by herself. She also has been doing a little hands on the hip thing, i think she picked that one up from Chris :). We have been trying really hard with Baylie going to the potty. One day she does really good, but then the next she does horrible. Potty training is so frustrating, but I'm sure one day it will click. Last night we made hot chocolate for her, and she even was aloud to use a big girl cup. She loved it as you can see in the pictures. She was a bit hyper, I guess I forgot that there was sugar in hot chocolate.

I love having two wonderful children,know matter what kind of day your having they can bring smiles to you face. I just cant wait to celebrate this Christmas season with our family of four.

What a wonderful Thanksgiving

Well this Thanksgiving was such a new experience for us in the Horrisberger household. We had such yummy food, and we got to visit with family. All was going good until about 630 when we finally got home. Baylie told us her stomach hurt, but we really didn't think much of it. Chris and Baylie were down stairs on the couch when she suddenly threw up all over him. Everyone always told me that cleaning up your children's throw up is much easier then cleaning up others. This is so true, all you can think about is if your child is going to be ok and you just plan feel sorry for them. At Baylie's age I'm not sure she really understood what was going on. She would just hold her mouth and say oh no, oh no. We have been very lucky, because this is truly the first time Baylie has ever been sick, and we praise God every day that we haven't had to deal with to many illnesses in our family yet. The one down side of Baylie being sick is she is now scared of the toilet, I guess this is just another hurdle we have to jump over.

Christmas decorating

Well I thought we could make it until after Thanksgiving, but I couldn't. Christmas time is my favorite, and I had to start decorating. So Chris put the tree up, and lights, and Baylie and I started putting decorations up. This year it was so much fun, because Baylie actually understands you when you say "can you please put this ornament on the tree for me." She was having so much fun, I did have to move most of what she did, because she kept hanging everything in the same area, and on the same branch. We had so much fun this afternoon, almost enough to take the tree down and start all over again.

Baylie and her Kitty

For Baylie's 2ND Birthday, Chris's Mom gave Baylie a Build-a-Bear. She took Baylie to the shop and let her pick out any animal she wanted, and she picked a kitty. The Kitty came home with two cute little outfits, and it even has little underwear. Well the next week she received a Tinkerbell outfit. So She decided her and the kitty were going to wear their Tinkerbell outfits together, while watching the new Tinkerbell movie, the lost treasure. She does everything with her kitty. She Has tea parties, gives the kitty stroller rides, and even makes the kitty go to the restroom. Unfortunately, poor Mason has to hold her kitty, and take picture with her kitty. Oh well at least she is learning to share.

Who would of thought that making a workshop to build Bears would be such a hit. I only wish I would of came up with it. First the child or adult gets to pick the animal they want. Then there is a stuffing machine, where you can pick how plump you want you stuffed animal. There is even hearts you get to put in the bears. Then there is a washing zone, to give you animal a bath ( it is just air to blow off the stuffing). Then you get to pick the clothing, this is where they have to be making all there money. There is anything you can image for these animals. Doctor outfits, swimsuits, dresses, Tinkerbell outfits. Then You register you animal and give them name. Build a Bear is like American Doll but for younger children. I'm just praying Baylie will not get into the American Doll obsession. Ive Heard you can take your Doll to the spa. What will they think of next?

big smile

Mason at 6 weeks, he is my little chubs.

A babies first smile, is something you will always remember, and makes the sleepless nights all worth it. Today was not Mason first smile, just the first smile I caught on film. Surprisingly it did not take much effort, all I had to do was smile, and he smiled right back. I think he looks so handsome when he smiles, and maybe I just think this because he is my child. I believe that Mason is going to be a very happy child, just like Baylie, believe it or not there are very grumpy children out there.With Mason time has gone by so fast. It seems like just yesterday I had him, I know it is because I have two kids to run after now. This is just one of the many first that Mason will achieve, like sleeping through the night, his first tooth, crawling, walking, talking and many others. One thing I do have to watch though is that I'm not waiting for the next stage and missing what is right in front of me. I just need to enjoy what Mason is doing right now, because you only get the baby stage once in a life time.

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.