Jake turned 4!

It's true.  Jake is 4 now, only one more year until kindergarten, it's hard to believe.  Scott got home just a few days before his birthday, which made it extra exciting for Jacob.  Pretty much the whole time Scott was gone, Jake would talk about how Daddy was coming home, and then it would be his birthday!  Those two things were always connected in his mind.  If you ask him, he will tell you he prefers to be called Jacob, instead of Jake, but he answers to either.  (Or rather he doesn't answer to either, however the case may be ;)  He is a VERY BUSY boy, and not always in a good way.  But he is also creative, and sweet, and I'm happy to have him around a little longer.  

We are still working on 'nice' smiles for the camera, but at least you can see how happy and excited he was. 

I think Andrew was almost as happy as Jake that the birthday presents made additions to our Star Wars and Legos collections.

I let him help with the cake a little.  And he did the candles all by himself :)

Here's a good smile!  We had our neighbors the Meinholds over to help us celebrate and eat cake, but we ran out of batteries before we got more pictures.

We love you Jacob!