A few of my favorite current pictures

Gracie and Jack
Our little business man!

Stella LOVES to snuggle with Jack, she is always willing to hold him and give him a little hug.
(Jack wasn't as scared as he looks in this picture)

Pink Pacifiers taste better than blue ones!

Jack and the Badger cheerleaders!

Mr. Bubble might have gotten out of hand here.

Car seat, Jungle Gym..whats the difference?

Big Sisters!

I looked at my camera and saw that I had 81 new pictures which means I haven't gotten to the blog in a while. So I decided to put up a quick update. We are doing good, but are busy with well everyday life and getting used to a newborns schedule...or lack of. Jack is a wonderful and understanding boy who is patient with his sisters as well as his parents. The girls love Jack and are very gentle and helpful with him, however I do since a little frustration with having to share the attention with another sibling. Any whoo thank you to everyone for your prayers, gifts and help, we have not only been blessed with wonder children but also with amazing, generous and loving friends and family. I will try to get back to the blog soon and add more pictures because we have a lot of them, unfortunately a lack of energy and ambition pose a problem, but I promise to make my very best effort.

Jack's Big Day!

Jack Andrew Hillmann was born August 27th, 2010 at 12:27 (ish) and weighed 7 pounds 4 oz! A little over 2 weeks early, but you can't blame that sweet little boy for wanting to pick his own birthday!

Counting down

The count down to baby is on! (for me at least) this picture was a few weeks ago, we are now less than a month away. Wooowooo. As neat as it is to feel the baby kicking the first few times I could do with a little less karate action in there. I am sure that the new baby will be a little active peanut that hits the floor running just like his/her sisters.

Claire is into wearing crowns these days. My favorite is when she wears them upside down like a visor. If you take it off and fix it she will take it off and put it back on how she wants. I guess it is how the cool kids are wearing their crowns these days. She also likes bracelets, headbands and necklaces. I guess she is going to be our hip and fancy trend setter!

She'd make a cute nerd don't you think?

Despite the nasty heat the girls and I made time to visit Daddy during WELS teen camp. The girls got to go in the big pool (not just the hot tub) for the first time. They loved it. All of them tried to back float and blow bubbles. We are not so good at the bubbles but Stella is an excellent one armed swimmer and they can all splash like experts.

The newest bad habit the girls have developed is to move their furniture around during nap or bedtime. We have no idea how or why they do it. Aaahahahahah!!!!! This could drive mama crazy!

At the end of the day it really is a joy to have these little snuggle bugs around and I wouldn't want it any other way!

3 new posts

Okay well if you are reading this it means you didn't give up on us despite our lack of updates. Thank you. There are 3 different posts here so keep scrolling down to see all the pictures. We have been on vacation and playing in the yard and well, all around busy. In only 9 short weeks baby Hillmann will be born! Right now baby is practicing disco moves day and night. All and all the pregnancy is going well.

Pictured above is the girls playhouse now, and then. I am guessing a lot of you have probably have heard about, Josh is pretty proud of it. Thank you to everyone who helped fix it up. Okay well like I said check out the 2 earlier posts here because I couldn't figure out how to fit so many pictures into the same blog.

A few Vacation Pictures

We recently went on family vacation, the girls had a lot of firsts. They went to their first Brewers game, Bay Beach where they rode the rides and to visit the Ragnar Holsteins where they pet a calf.

Happy 4th of July from our Little Stars and Stripes!

Have a safe and Happy 4th! Love the Hillmanns