First bath together

Fourth of July = 1 month

One month has gone by and little Miss Justley has done a great job at stealing our hearts. She is so darn sweet and is already growing like a weed. At first I thought she was going to be kind of petite and not gain weight as fast as Hayden did because newborn clothes were big on her the first week (Hayden never even fit into nb clothes) and some 0-3 month are already getting snug! She has already given us a couple of smiles and is starting to sleep longer stretches at night. She is a typical girl as she loves attention! When she is kind of fussy and I know she is not tired or hungry all you have to do is look at her, talk to her, give her attention and she is one happy girl! (isn't that all girls!!))
We are so grateful for a sweet, little sister!

Last weekend we celebrated our Nation's birthday having some fun in the sun in our backyard, going to church and going to a 4th of July festival in Southlake. It was our first long outing with both kiddos. I must say the difficulty right now is not going out with two, its going out with a two year old!! We had a great time walking around, eating ice cream and watching fireworks!




Our attempt to get a picture of them together... He wasn't too keen about holding her so we gave him some fruit snacks (to get him still) and plopped her beside him.

Who's Who

Does the pink give it away?

Justley Ann Hillger
June 4th 2011
7 lbs 9 ozs
19.5 in

Keep scrolling down for her birth story!

Birthday Story

Better late than never, things have been kind of crazy around here with two kiddos and a mommy that can't lift or drive! But thank the Lord for great family and friends (and a great husband). If it weren't for them I don't know how I would have survived the first two weeks with two.
Little Miss Justley had to make things interesting for us this go around. I was scheduled to have her via c-section on June 14th secondary to fracturing my tailbone about a month prior. Dr said if I were to have her vaginal, I would risk injuring my tailbone even more. Since the date was set, it was in my head that that was the date and no way was it going to happen sooner!! haha
Well, ten days before this set date I decided it was ok to go to Sherman for a get together for one of my girlfriends birthdays. So against my mother's better judgment we headed up for the night with all intentions of coming straight home the next morning. My parents watched Hayden while we went to dinner with some friends. As soon as we got home and pretty much the second I laid my head on the pillow for the night I felt contractions. I laid there and timed them for about 30 mins before I woke Justin up, they were 10 mins apart but we were also an hour away from the hospital! Justin suggested I get up and walk around and see if they stop... nope. After saying "ok if I have one more then we will go" several times we finally got in the car and headed for Grapevine. They were getting closer together and stronger. We arrived at the hospital about 2am, and had to be monitored to make sure I was in true labor. We did this for over two hours because the contractions were still coming regularly but my cervix was not progressing. Finally Dr. Rost (not my actual dr, he was on a plane to Hawaii) decided he was going to go ahead and take her. And we had our precious baby girl before 7am Sat. morning!

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!