FOUR Someone's Birthday...

Our Ace Man is FOUR!

He is also a great many other things:

-Tiger obsessed

-Equal parts "Lova" and "Lord of Loud"

-Opinionated

-Animated

-Expressive

-The best sharer of all time

-Creative

-An amazing colorer and writer

-Athletic

-Charming

-Bossy

-Independent

We had a little family birthday party for him yesterday.  It was Tiger themed (obvs) which is far easier said than done.  But a little tiger birthday cake and some tiger balloons plus his own tiger costume and the dude was beyond thrilled. 

His list of present requests included:  

Benny Shoes (like Benny from the Sandlot - also known as black high top Converse)

A Remote Control Lightning McQueen

Dinosaur Claw Hand Gloves

and His Own Personal Sized Vacuum

???

That's right... He's totally random and off-the-charts COOL.

We kept reminding him that it was almost his birthday for the weeks leading up to the big day and EVERY SINGLE TIME he acted as if this was brand new information.  Like the night before the big day, Ry and I were tucking him in tight and RyGar said, "This is the last time I get to tuck in three-year-old Ace!" and Ace put his hands on his papa's cheeks and erupted into, "IS IT MY BIRTHDAY?"  We laughed and told him, one more day.

The morning of, he padded into our room where his brothers were already awake and his parents were trying to get them to snuggle in for a few more minutes of blissful quiet, and as he climbed over bodies to get to his coveted spot right between Ry and I, Ryan said, "Ace, guess what today is?"  That sweet little light of life put his nose right to his Daddy-o's nose and repeated his surprised sentiments, "DAD IS IT MY BIRTHDAY TODAY?"  Cue a bed full of boys erupting with enthusiasm and clambering out of bed to get to "all the presents" and holy moly, our little ball of fire was in Birthday Heaven.  He even went to church AND primary program practice on his big day... which is more than I can say I would do on my birthday... so kudos little man.

I gotta say, they don't come more unique and completely awesome than our little Acers.  He lights up our days and warms our hearts and he's everything we never knew we needed. 

 Hope number FOUR is your best ever, little bud!

Thanks for choosing us!

XO FOUR-ever!