king jakey james.

seriously his is our little king.

in perfectly normal not spoiled rotten kind of way.

ha.

lets just say he has us wrapped around his finger and it's not really his doing.

just being himself.

cool, calm, totally awesome jake.

he totally has us.

we just love this boy oh so very much.

he is so special to us.

all of us.

let me tell you a little bit about our favorite fourth, our cool dude, our best boy.

jake james at two years and six months old you.....

• are so funny. when asked if you want to do something you respond with either the cutest "i do!" or "meeeeeeee!" 
• are wearing 2T-4T clothes and size 5 diapers. 
• get your hair buzzed. 
• sleep all night in your crib. 
• are not a good co-sleeper. in fact if you are up in the night, often you are up. you don't do well snuggling in with mom and dad. getting better at it, though. 
• love chocolate. 
• are getting to be more of a picky eater. except if it is someone else's leftovers. 
• want to sit in a big boy chair to eat. 
• recently learned how to open the pantry door. 
• love to go the pool and visit parks. 
• pull me around by my shirt when you want something. usually it is something you want to eat. 
• get scared by things...the dark, animals, and bugs. 
• tell when something "scare me"
• like to go on stroller rides. 
• quite social. you hand out hellos and goodbyes. 
• enjoy playing in the backyard...swinging and playing in the sandbox are your favorites. 
• love to watch the movies moana, cars, and trolls. 
• love your three sisters. a few days ago daddy asked you if you had sisters and you responded "yes...three sisters!"
• can climb up the slide in the backyard.
• love to do art and draw with sidewalk chalk. 
• often take a super afternoon nap, but can skip it occasionally. 
• like to watch mickey and the roadster racers and puppy dog pals.
• l o v e to play with cars!!!!
• give kisses and love yous when asked. 
• can be a total ham.

oh jacob james.

you bring so much goodness to us.

we just do not know what life would be like without you around.

plain and simple you are our best boy.

we love you so very much jake.