Birthday Party Time & Baptism

Will turned 3 on June 14th but we just had his birthday party this past weekend along with Emma's baptism. I was very fortunate to have a lot of my family come and celebrate.

The pictures begin with Will's real birthday day:

Once Mike got off work we took Will to Incredible Pizza which is like a Chucky Cheese x 10.  We had a great time just the 4 of us.

Miniature Bowling:

Shooting with Daddy:

Bumper Cars:

Pirate Party

"Shiver me Timbers, I'm 3"

Emma was able to wear the Baptismal gown my Aunt Becky made 32 years ago. It was absolutely beautiful and was the perfect touch to a perfect weekend with family.

Uncle Tim and Aunt Sarah the Godparents

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Godparents with both their Godkids!!

2 Months Old!!

My sweet baby girl. You are such a wonderful baby and I am so happy to be your mommy. You are starting to smile a lot right now and love to play on your Baby Einstein playmat. You are a great sleeper and have given me consistant 5 hour stretches at night with even one 7 hour stretch thrown in there!! You are still 100% breastfed and are nursing about every 3 hours. Our basic schedule during the day is to eat, then play for about an hour (we are trying to stretch that out a little), then we sleep, then we eat.....

As of today you are 10 lbs and 1/2 an ounce (25%) and 23" (75%). I guess mommy is going to be the short one of the bunch. You sure look like you are going to be a redhead like mommy but we will wait and see. I also think you are going to have blue eyes. You are such a beautiful baby and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you.

I know with your big brother running around you are going to want to try and catch up to him so for right now I am just treasuring every moment I have my baby girl because it goes by so fast.

I love you Emma!! Love, Mommy

The Big 3!!

I can't believe my little boy is 3 years old today. You are growing so big and just amaze me every day.
As of today you are 33.8 (75%) and 39 1/2 " (90%). You wear a 3T bottom and are a 4t/5t on top. You wear a size 10 shoe (WOW!!) You sleeping is still something to be desired on behalf of mom and dad. We are very routine in a bed time of 8:00 but you have started with some night terrors along with wanting to come into our room at night because Emma is in there too. You get up anytime from 5:30 when your dad leaves for work to 7:00a.m. You are taking some good naps, from 1.5 to 2 hours long.
You eat just about everything you can get your hands on just like your daddy. You are potty trained with a few minor issues we are working on but all in all I can take you out and about in big boy pants.
You have become daddy's best buddy and are mommy's little helper. You are also a great big brother to Emma.
You love riding your John Deere and playing outside. You love playing on your park. Your imagination is so much fun to watch and I can't wait until you and Emma can play together.

Some of Will's most recent cute sayings:
"You are my best friend in the whole world" to mommy and daddy
"You are my little princess" while laying on the floor talking to Emma
"I'm gonna give you a knuckle sandwich" to mommy (apparantly heard it on tv)

I love you very much and you will always me mommy's baby!!

1 Month Old

According to my calculations she is plumping up quite nicely and is 9.4lbs now. I don't know how accurate it is but we will go with it for now. We are working on getting a full 3 hours in between feedings. She gave us 4.5 hours last night. Yay!!!!!

Last week we went to Kansas and she got to meet all the family and was spoiled rotten by grandma and great-grandma. She is doing great and only gives me trouble every now and then.

Brotherly love

Will just loves his little sister and wants to help mom do everything. He wants to hold her and feed her and loves to bring her his animals and blankets. Will also loves to pretend to be a baby himself. He will grab a pacifier and pretend to be a baby, he will bring me the boppy and want to sit in it like Emma does. All this is just play for him and with everything that has happened I don't think there is anything wrong with it.

Emma is doing great and still is a wonderful sleepy baby who only cries when she is hungry. The only problem is that she likes to take just snacks about every 1-2 hours. We will have to work on extending that a tad. She is wearing out all her newborn clothes as we didn't have a whole lot because Will never really wore them at all. I know in probably another two weeks she will be in the 0-3 month and I will be wondering how she grew so fast!!

I got the all clear today from the doctor. I am going off my blood pressure medicine tomorrow and then need to closely monitor it for the next couple days and I should be as good as new. I can now get off my bed rest and 24 hour surveilance I was put on.

Enjoy the pictures!!!

My Easter Babies!!!

Here are some pictures from Easter. Thank you to Mimi and Papa for taking Will to see the Easter bunny and for dying eggs with him. We still were able to have a mini Easter egg hunt at home.

This is the best picture Will has ever taken with a mythical creature/person:

Emma Marie Horn

Emma Marie Horn arrived on Thursday 4/14/2011 morning at 8:14 a.m. She was 7lbs 1oz and 19 3/4" long. She is an amazing baby who only cries when she is hungry. God has truly blessed us with a beautiful little girl.

Emma is 11 days old today and it has certainly been a crazy 11 days. Not the newborn crazy but an entirely different crazy. I will start with how she decided to arrive into this world. On Wedensday the 13th we went for a walk around our neighborhood and it wasn't too long before Emma started moving like crazy making me very uncomfortable. I had seen the doctor earlier that day and wasn't making much of any progress so I wasn't expecting anything. At 11:30 I awoke to my water breaking. Things were moving along quietly and normally and at 7:30 a.m I was only at 5 cm. That is when Emma decided she was ready to come out. In a matter of 15 minutes I went from 5 cm to fully dialated and she was out in 6 pushes. It sure beats the 3 hours I went through with Will. There were some scary moments when here heartrate dropped to the 60's but all was well when she came out screaming.

Things were going great and I was getting ready to brave the world with 2 kids. Then on Thursdary morning the 21st, exactly 1 week after giving birth I awoke with a horrible headache. Thank goodness my mom was still in town and when you mom looks at you and says "oh crap, something's wrong", you know she is right. Anyway, we decided to run into my general practioner to see what was up because they could see us right away. After seeing her I was told I needed to go to the ER....oh yay!!!! My blood pressure was way up there and my mom said my face looked like a cantelope. I have never had bp issues before and was very uncertain as to what was going on.

Mike met us at the ER and after about an hour or so in the ER with my blood pressure continuing to rise I was re-admitted to labor and delivery with postpartum pre-eclampsia. Yes, in very rare cases it can happen after you give birth. I was put on a 24 hour magnesium drip and blood pressure medicine. I am doing much better now and am home.

I am still not sure what this means and I see the doctor on Wednesday but it was a very scary time and I am so happy to be home with my babies!!! Thank you Lord for allowing me to be a mother and raise my babies.