Jake turns 8!

So its been nuts around here. Since we brought Miles home from the hospital Jake, Brenden, and Rylan were all hit with the flu that lasted 3-5 days. Chris was then hit with a head cold the next week and I rounded out the troops with a nasty head and chest cold last week that is still kicking my butt. Fun times for sure! Luckily, it seems Miles has stayed clear of most of it, he has been stuffy, but that could be normal newborn stuffy.

Even though we have all been down and out a bit that didn't stop life from happening and my baby Jake from turning 8! Its incredibly cliche, but WHERE DOES THE TIME GO????? I can't believe I have an 8 year old. My little baby boy that started this family is growing up so fast. He is once again being a great big brother, he just finished a written and oral report for school and got a 100%, and he's getting ready for soccer in the spring. My baby is growing up...

Anyway, we had his Birthday Party the weekend before his actual Birthday so Chris could be in town for it. Since we knew were going to have a newborn we told Jake it was going to have to be low key. So Jake invited 8 friends from school to come to our house for some fun. Only 4 were able to come, but they were loud enough for 10 kids. They had a great time playing with each other and just being crazy 8 year olds. And at the end we had them settle down for a bit to eat pizza and cake. It was a nice time and Jake said it was the best :)

His actual birthday was pretty low key as well. He had a full day of school so we waited until after school to celebrate. He got calls, cards, and presents from lots of family and was treated to having his Mana (my mom) here to celebrate with him. He was very pleased with all of his gifts and had me make Chicken Divine for dinner. And we sang Happy Birthday and blew out candles on the traditional homemade Chocolate Cake with homemade chocolate frosting - YUMMY! A very nice 8th birthday for my J-Man :)