Four years ago today, we were lovin’ on baby #2 to come into this world. Boy, has he been a blessing (but not without his challenges). We’ve been out of town visiting my parents yesterday and today and have just gotten back. He had a good celebration with them and because we had grandparents, Mark and I were able to take him out to breakfast which was a nice treat.

Ace is truly a gift from God as his middle name means. We treasure his silly faces, sweet spirit towards his baby brother and his occasional sweet spirit towards his other brother and sister. He also has such a way to make people laugh and smile. He loves to look at books as he had since he could crawl to the book shelf and pull them all down around him and flip through them. I look forward to seeing how God uses him in the future.

He told us his favorite part of the day was the cake, but I think he liked the presents too. He got a soccer ball that hasn’t left his arms. He doesn’t want to play with it outside because it might get dirty or wet.

He also declared as we were on our way home tonight, “I like being 4.” That’s good, because he has 364 more days of it.

Pictures hopefully will be up tomorrow.