Love my daddy, yes I do

Up high with daddy....loving it, loving daddy, loving life. Yay!!!

Photo shoot

Last night Jack got out of the bath and had some seriously crazy hair (awesomeness) and mommy wanted to take a picture. I then asked him to make silly faces to go with his crazy hair and these are the results of our silly face photo shoot!

Enjoy!

For Barb and Jane

I recognize that it has been close to 300 years since I have posted a blog, but hopefully this will make up for it (especially for two of the loyal blogstalkers - Grammy Barb and Vice Grammy Jane).

When Jack was first born we recieved a packed with this hand knit sweater. Legend has it that it was shared by the Wassmer and Hillman boys alike and the tradition was to continue with Jack. So here you go ladies...Jack sporting the cutie sweater...and being a ham as usual! Enjoy.

As usual, pointing out stuff and just generally telling us what to do....

he was actually yelling "momeee, momeee....come momeee, momee come" in this picture

And then he could wait for me no longer...

Tell us all he knows about trees, specifically that he would like to climb "up high"....

Just general cuteness....

In my faves column - I put the retro spin on it for schnazzy effect....I {dig} it!!!

Aunt Debi taught Jack to be a tree hugger like his mommy and daddy....{love} big time, even if its a little blurry....

And finally, this was taken climbing on mommy belly (seriously) and no I did not add in the flare, but I did put my retro spin on it as well....big {heart}

Love,

The Hillman Crew (Iowa Addition)

PS: Tom and Britt....a little mail coming your way...carrying on the tradition :)

he's got a ticket to ride.....

So about a million years ago, CappyBarb (this is Jack's new name for Barb the Gram and Cappy) came to visit him and bought him a schnazzy new bike. Really I think they bought it for mommy and daddy, because it has a push handle (which freakin' rocks).

He helped Cappy and daddy assemble it, and knew that there was a little red cap that was "extra" (so daddy claims). When he found the piece in the assembly room the other day he had to go out and "fix" his bike....here he is doing some maintenance. Enjoy.

Showing me how to ring the bell

This is the first official photo of my son being asked to smile and actually smiling, I realized I never ask him to smile so he really didn't know what that was....he figured out the connection and here is the result.

PS: It had rained this morning and the ground was soaked, that of course did not hinder the instantaneous act of getting on the ground to work on the bike!

Robot....beep beep

I know, the blog slacking continues - my apologies to loyal fans....don't give up on me yet!


The other day Jack got a book in the mail from Grammy Barb (aka: CappyBarb) and it was all about dressing up for Halloween, one of the pages had a robot that goes "beep beep". Jack enjoys this page and went around the house beeping and saying "robot". Naturally, clever and creative daddy decided to find two boxes and make a robot costume for Jack - he even went for full authenticity with aluminum foil on the top - I didn't ask many questions!

As children often do, once the awesome robot costume was complete Jack refused to put it one, that was until the other night when his friend Ryland came over to play. Rylan was interested in wearing the costume and once it went on him we heard "Jack's turn". Sure enough the costume went on and stayed on long enough for me to snap a picture. Please note the oven mitt, in silver no less, that his wearing for an accent. For the record is actually a "tickle glove"!

Enjoy!

Naughty baby

Yes, its been one million years since I've posted, and I'm sure I've lost all readership :(

Life's just been a little busy and Jack is a new sleeping pattern (i.e. not sleeping) so mommy and daddy feel a little behind the eight ball lately. Regardless, here's a super cute (super blurry) cell phone video of Jack learning that the word naughty = fun (and he's right)!!! This was mommy and Jack making cupcakes and Jack sticking his finger in the frosting and then giggling and running away. He thinks its so funny he asks to watch it on the cell phone a couple times a day. He'll bring me my phone and say "naughty" then he'll smile and giggle when he watches himself!

Enjoy!

Thinking about family photos for Christmas?

If you are, just a heads up that October / early November are the best times to get this done. Still beautiful fall weather for some wonderful outdoor shots, plenty of time to pick the perfect shot and get them printing for the holidays.

Just and FYI for everyone. Pass it on, booking now, and filling fast! Appreciate any spreading of the word - thanks friends :)