Birthday season!

The fall and winter are known as "birthday season" around our house. We have birthdays in October, November and December, plus Sarah's Gotcha Day, plus a few holidays as well! It's interesting that we have so many fall/winter birthdays since I had always "planned" on having spring and summer babies. The best laid plans... (really, babies are a blessing whenever they arrive!)

So Jason is the birthday boy this month and just turned FOUR! When I went to my first doctor's appointment during his pregnancy, my doctor just chuckled and said, "Guess when your due date is?

I already had a pretty good idea, and sure enough, I was due on Christmas Day!

But Jason decided to come three weeks early, and weighed in at a healthy 8lbs, 4 oz!! So I'm relieved that he decided to give us an early Christmas present! I can't imagine how big he would have been if he had been "full term!"

Jason is my cuddly, snuggly boy. He loves to read books on my lap and play games. He is also very interested in letters and numbers and points them out wherever we go. Jason has had big changes in his little life this past year, and I can honestly say that now he enjoys being a big brother most of the time!

Jason loves the old Tom and Jerry cartoons, so this is the cake he chose.

We went to a Chuck E. Cheese type restaurant to celebrate!

A blast from the past! Jason's older brothers thought it was hilarious to give him licorice mustaches and take pictures! (I have many of these licorice photos, some with red and some with chocolate. Never a dull moment at our house!)