My dr. appointment

Today I went to see my midwife, I asked her to check to see if the baby was head down. On Monday when we did the 3d ultrasound baby's head was up under my ribs. The midwife did another ultrasound to make sure...and the baby is head down! Yeah!! Let's hope that baby stays that way...Everything else was good, heartbeat was 140. She also checked me and she said that I was at a 1 1/2, so we'll see. We are just continuing to wait. I have been feeling good, no regular contractions, although when I do have them they are getting more uncomfortable...I don't know if that means anything. Yesterday I did come down with a cold, so I just hope that the baby waits a little bit to come, it would not be fun to be in labor with a cold, not being able to breath and just feeling icky. So that's the news, my next appointment is on the 13th...I wonder if I'll make it:)

Here's a little update

This picture of my belly is from Oct. 14, so a little while ago, although it hasn't grown that much since then...thank goodness:)

The kids at the pumpkin patch by our house.

We had the 3D ultrasound done yesterday, since I'm so far along the images aren't that great (they usually like to do them around 32 weeks) but they are still pretty cool to look at. The lady was looking for the head down by my pelivs and couldn't find anything...turns out that baby's head was up under my left ribs, so am hoping that this little thing turns the right way in the next couple of weeks.

Baby H with it's hand up by it's mouth

We think that baby H has Luke's nose

As of yesterday I have officially two weeks until my due date...Crazy! I am getting really excited to see this little one...although I am a little anxious about the labor and delivery. I pray that everything is fine.

The kids had a good time for halloween (I need to get pics off my camera) Luke was Indiana Jones and Avery was a little 50's girl with a poodle skirt. We went to church for Rocktoberfest. Tara, Ian and their two kids came too, so the kids ran around having a great ol' time. We couldn't tear them away from the jumpees so Tara and I took Avery and went around to get candy for them. They had this thing called 'trunk or treat' and people had decorated thier cars and they were handing out candy from their trunks...it was very cool. After church we went to Chad's sisters house so Luke could run around with Brody, he also had to switch his costume..so now he is a clone trooper from Star Wars. For his halloween party at school he dressed up as batman...what can I say, the kid loves to pretend!

Luke also has started t-ball. He went for his first time yesterday and it was so much fun to watch. About a dozen little kids running around not having a clue what's going on, I was laughing so much:) They are just being taught the basics...hitting, running the bases, playing in the field...stuff like that. At one point I caught him in the outfield spinning in circles until he fell down dizzy...I couldn't stop laughing. He was so excited though, he had a lot of fun. ( more pics I need to get off the camera).

So I think that pretty much sums it up, we are just waiting for the arrival of the next hilzer baby and I am trying to working a couple days a week still. I'm going to dr. appointments once a week and everything is good, I'm going to ask her next time about the baby not being head down yet. Other than that, nothing much else is going on with the Hilzer family. Will try and be better about keeping a more recent update about things...Take care and love you all!

Mr. Fish

Luke has gotten to be a pretty good little swimmer this summer. I don't remember the last time he swam with his floaties. He can swim under water and come up for breathes now, which he was having trouble with at the beginning of summer. He likes to do cannon balls into the water, and backflips. Avery thinks she can swim...she has no fear. She likes to jump in too so we have to keep an extra close eye on her.

Seattle

So from New York we were flying out of JFK, we had to take the subway from the upper east side, then get on the airport shuttle thing. Well we missed our flight to Seattle, and the next one wasn't until 8pm the next evening, so in a little of bit of a panic we ended up flying to Salt lake, getting a southwest flight to Portland and then Roger came to pick us up in his plane and flew us back to my moms. So it was an adventure to say the least...but we got there!
Chad and the kids driving the golf cart up and down the taxi way.
At the Point Defiance zoo in Tacoma. There is a cool aquarium there with sharks and everything.
Luke driving his little boat at Island lake.
We had to go to a Mariners game. This stadium is really nice, we went with my brothers and had a really good time.
Playing in the water at Island Lake.


After our trip back east, we came back to visit with my mom in Washington. Chad stayed 4 days and we had a really nice time. He had never been up there, we drove around so I could show him the area, we took the kids to Luke's favorite park (castle park), we took the ferry over to Seattle and went to a baseball game, we just had a nice time. After Chad left, the kids and I stayed another week. The weather was really nice, a big difference from being hot and humid.

Our trip back east

Chad, his parents and myself (no kids) went back to Boston and New york for a little trip, it all started because this is the last year for Yankee stadium. We ended up going to Boston first, and we all had a blast, Chad loves it! We did the normal tourist stuff, our hotel was right downtown so that was awesome. We went to a Red Sox game (the Angels won!) it was so cool to be at Fenway, you can feel the history. We also met up with Heather a couple times. It was so nice to see her. We took the old town trolley tour, walked through Boston Common, did the swan boats (of course) and saw the 'make way for ducklings' statues, did fanuel hall and quincy market, ate REALLY GOOD food the whole time!!! Chad even likes seafood, he ate lobster ravioli and clam chowder. When the kids are older I definately want to take them back, it's just a really fun city to visit. Plus that's where my mom is from so it's a little sentimental for me, remembering things from visiting when I was little.
New York was our next stop. Chad was not impressed, we saw the world trade center site, the statue of liberty, Times square, went to a broadway play (Young Frankenstien), perfected the subway, went to soho (which was my favorite part), again we ate really good food (the pizza is so good). We went to the FDNY museum which was pretty cool. We also ate a restaurant called Mickey Mantles (Chad's dad is a mantle fan). But once you do all the tourist stuff really all there is to do is eat, shop, eat, and shop; so for people on a budget (like us) not the best place to be. Oh, the whole reason we went...We went to yankee stadium (the Angels won!) and we were not impressed at all, it's nothing like Fenway, just very generic, no real charm or character.

All in all our trip was fun, and we enjoyed ourselves...except for our flight back (to Seattle to visit my mom).

Pregnant friends

It's funny how we are all pregnant at the same time. When Amy told me that she was pregnant she kept joking that I should be too so our little ones could be buddies. I kept saying yeah right, we're not even thinking about it right now....God had other plans I guess, so here we all are. Danielle is due first, sept. 13, Amy is due Oct. 4 and I'm due Nov. 17. I'm excited that we'll all have babies to grow up together, my kids will be close to all my best girlfriends' kids.

27 weeks

This picture is a couple weeks old, so I'm behind a little bit.

Belly update

I don't remember when this picture was taken or how far along I am, but it is the next one in the progression of my growing belly (I'm pretty sure)

4th of July

We went to Chad's sisters house for a little block party. The kids ran around with water balloons and played in a little blow up pool. Avery loves the jumpy jump! It was nice to be outside to let the kids run wild. We had good food and when it got dark the kids ran around with sparklers, Luke thought they were pretty cool. It was an enjoyable, low key fourth of July.

Luke's 4th Birthday

We had Luke's birthday at the Los Alamos sports park in Murrieta. It was a hot day, but luckily we got a place in the shade. It was a small party with just a couple of his friends but they kids had a good time playing and running around. It was short and sweet, the best kind! I can't believe that my baby is 4 years old. He is getting so big before my eyes.

Blayke's visit

Luke's big brother Blayke came down for a visit too towards the end of June, he was here for three weeks. He shared his time between us, his Nana and Papa, and his Grammy. Luke loves when he is here, he did his hair in this picture to be like his big brother. He loves him so much.
Luke loves playig video games with Blayke. He is such a little tag along, he wants to do everything that Blayke does. It is nice to have all the kids together, even though our house is small. It keeps us all cozy.

My dad's visit (June 22-June 28)

My dad came down from Washington to visit for about a week. It was good to spend some time with him, and the kids love to see him too. He moved to Costa Rica in the beginning of July, so it was the last time we would get to see him for a while. His next trip home is planned for December of 2009.

My last birthday...

On June 12, Val, Jen, and Myself started the celebrating at Glen Ivy for a little girl time. We had a blast just sitting around and relaxing. The day ended too soon...We'll just have to go back.
On June 14 we continued the celebration at Arashi Teppan grill with good friends.
My last birthday was a good one!

Wild Animal Park

Petting the deers...she thought it was pretty cool
Hot stuff on the rhino
Luke had to get a picture with spongebob
Mr. cool
Playing in the water area

I took the kids to the animal park the same day as my dr appt. making it a more worthwhile trip. We started by walking the trail that's up by condor ridge. It's neat because it takes you down past the elephants and tigers, the tiger was out and walking around which was cool. We also walked down where we could see the giraffes. It was a nice walk, I felt like we were on a nature hike. Luke was complaining because I only had the umbrella stroller so he had to walk the whole time, he was a trooper though. We ended up down by the lions so he could play in the water, which the only thing that he wanted to do. And then of course we got a treat. It wasn't too hot that day so I enjoyed walking around in the sun. We had a really nice time.

Last week of Awanas

It was Luke's last night of Awanas last week...how sad:( He went with his friends Ethan and Johnny. While the boys were in their meeting, us moms would go hang out and have a "moms night out". I'm going to miss that! On their last meeting the leaders gave out awards and patches for them to put on thier vests. The kids also were able to go to the awana store and spend thier awana bucks. Luke had around $90 saved up from wearing his vest, bringing his book, and saying his memory verses.

Luke's haircut

Long hair
Dad giving him a buzz
He looks like a different kid!

I liked how long his hair was getting, but when he would play it would get all sweaty and nasty so he said that he wanted hair like his dad's. I got talked into letting Chad buzz it off. I was sad at first because he looks so much more grown up now, but I'm getting used to it and he does look awful cute with a buzz...and it's so much easier!

Grammy's visit

Avery sitting pretty.
Avery and her Grammy.
Luke and his cousin Brody at the hoedown.
Reading books with Grammy, their favorite thing to do.
All dressed up and ready for the pool! She loves the water.

My mom came down for a short little visit a couple of weeks ago. It was so nice to see her, the kids had so much fun with her too. It was the weekend of the 100+ degree heat so we spent some time at our pool, the kids love the water. We also went to a hoedown at Murrieta Ranch preschool, where Luke's cousin Brody goes. Luke will be starting there in Aug. so we wanted to have him see what it was like and run around with the other kids. He is really excited about going there, and always asks when is he going to his "new" school. The boys ran around and had a blast, we stayed in the shade and tried to keep cool. My mom was only here for a long weekend so we didn't do too much, but it was nice to just hang out and spend time with her. I don't get to see her has much as I'd like so I'll take whenever I can get. This summer the kids will be going up to stay with her for a week while Chad and I are in NY and Boston, then after I'm going to fly to Washington to stay awhile longer. So I have that to look forward to.

In the middle...

It's been a while since I have posted, Amy told me that I'm lagging, so here I am. I had my second dr. appt on May 30 and I got to hear the baby's hearbeat. No matter how many times I have heard it before it is still such an awesome thing. The baby's heartbeat was 140 which is good and healthy. As of right now I am almost 17 weeks and the picture above was a couple of weeks ago, maybe 14 weeks, but there's still not really a belly. It's more comfortable to wear stretchy clothes and I have started to do the rubber band thing on my pants, but you couldn't tell by looking that I'm pregnant. I'm still in the stage where I just feel chubby and not pregnant.

The Kiddos

Playing with his new Indiana Jones legos.
Reading just like her big brother.
Cutie pie!
Say Cheese!
How cute is this boy?! He calls this his crazy shirt.

Big girl!

I had to take a picture of her, look how big she is already feeding herself! She's growing up too fast.