Shower Time

Last weekend my sweet friends, Emily, Kelly, and Amy threw Justley and I a shower at The Cheesecake Factory! It was so much fun and we got lots of cute, girly things!
My Mimi, Gigi, and great-granny Hillger were able to be here!

Daddy will like this one!!

Thanks girls, I had lots of fun! Just sad I forgot to get a group pic:(

LOVE

We have been feeling a lot of LOVE around here at the Hillger household lately! Spending time with family and friends, joining a new group at church and most of all celebrating the ultimate gift of love from God on Easter.

We got to spend some time with auntie Ali and uncle Matt a few weeks ago when we went to a cousin's wedding!

We also got to spend some time with the Hillger family and cousin Thomas about a month ago!



Easter weekend we went to an amazing Easter service with mimi and poppa, had a wonderful Easter dinner and watched Hayden have his first Easter egg hunt which he caught on to very quickly!

yummmm!

My loves

Hayden with his love...

our newest love...at 32 weeks

Had a dr appt. today, BP is looking good which is a blessing because with Hayden by this time my blood pressure was going up. Everything looks good with our baby girl, after my next appt in two weeks I start going weekly!!! Wow how this time has gone by fast, definitely faster than the first pregnancy!
Praise GOD for all of His many acts of love in our lives right now!

Name game

So Hayden Dale was so easy... my grandfather's name and Justin's grandfather's name. Both men who are no longer with us but impacted both of our lives so much. Hadyen's name is so special to us and was a no brainer, no discussion coming up with it. This little girl on the other hand has no been so easy coming up with a name. We have had a list of name for a while now that we like but have not been able to decide on one. I was beginning to think we would just decide when we meet her and that would be ok but we have now made a decision!
Her name will be Justley Ann Hillger
In one of my many searches online of baby names I found a website that gave you ideas of coming up with a name of your own. One of them was putting mommy and daddy's names together.... so thats what we did! Ann is my middle name as well as my mom's middle name.

Today we had what was supposed to be our 24 week appt but I am alomost 26 weeks... we got behind when the doctor's office was closed for bad weather. The appt. went great! Everything looked great! Dr. New got a great shot of sister's face, she was looking right at us!

Our little fish!

1.5

Oh where does the time go? In just 6 short months our baby will be TWO years old!!
Hayden now weights almost 30 lbs!! He has all of his teeth until two year old molars. He has offically had his first ear infection. He continues to do well in and loves going to swim lessons. He has become quite the little book worm, he LOVES to "read" books and have books read to him. He is not talking quite as much as I thought he would by now but I am sure it will come. It is so amazing just watching him grow and develop everyday into his own little personality. He is pretty shy when he gets around people and kiddos he doesn't know but warms up eventually. He also gives the best kisses ever! He is such a fun-loving little boy.

Just like everyone else we have been spending a lot of time inside lately, especially since Hayden was not a huge fan of the snow. We did get in Hayden's first time to the zoo right before all of the cold weather hit. We are ready for warmer weather to say the least!





wasn't a big fan of the gloves either!


being silly we daddy's hat on

what got us through the snow/ice week....
toys...

puzzles...

lots of books...

bringing in outside toys...

coloring...

and best of all cuddleing...

In doctor's terms....

Turtle...
(2/23/09)


No turtle...
(1/6/11)
So blessed!

It's been a while...

I am going to blame the pregnancy on the reason why I have not updated this thing in so long. The past couple of months I have been very tired and fairly nauseous with little to no appetite. Now rounding out the 1st trimester it is getting much better! I am able to eat much more and have more energy. I will say it has been a wee bit harder this go round I am sure one reason being I am chasing a toddler around! We had our 12 week appointment last week and everything looked great! When I was pregnant with Hayden I had such a strong feeling it was a boy that I was buying boy stuff before we actually found out! This go round I have not had such a strong feeling until our 12 week appointment. The sonogram picture above was from this last appointment and Dr. New pointed out that he or she's legs were crossed at the ankles. Well guess who always crosses their legs at the ankles.... Hayden and daddy. Especially when we are eating, Justin does it sitting in the chair at the kitchen table and Hayden does it sitting in his high chair. So now I kind of think its another little boy already following in his daddy's and brother's footsteps! We should soon find out at our next appointment the beginning of January!
In the meantime, Hayden is just growing up right before our very eyes! He got his first "big boy" haircut, which really does make him look like a big boy. He is running everywhere, starting to say more words here and there and continues to LOVE playing outside. We are very excited about Christmas coming up and getting to spend a lot of time with all of our family, especially Hayden's new baby cousin Thomas!
Also, sad to admit but picture taking has slowed way down. I can again partially blame that on the pregnancy for the past couple of months being tired and lazy. But also it seems as though whenever I do get the camera out he is on the move so fast that I can't even get a decent one!
These are a few that our friend Steven took for us to use on our Christmas cards. Only to be a fly on the wall to see Justin, Kelly (Steven's wife) and I and what we were doing to get Hayden to look and smile at the camera!! It was quite a site!

Merry Christmas!