October Birthdays!

October is such a special month for our family because 2 of the 6 of us have birthdays! Drew and Jacob...our big and little guy! We had lots of fun celebrating these special guys! 
I've gotta say Drew is incredible about encouraging Jacob in all he does.  I couldn't be more proud of the big guy Drew is becoming. We ran in the Run4Water with our church family and the boys decided they could all manage the 1 mile pretty well. Here comes Jacob and daddy to the finish line with Drew cheering them on! Nice work!
Drew has officially turned 11 and Jman 5years old. Fun celebrating these two with our family! Lots of thoughtful gifts and great birthday singing!
Our big surprise this year for the boys were new bikes. Drew got a really nice Giant bike and Jake got his very own bike that no one has EVER rode before! As the youngest of 4 boys that is really a big deal! He kept saying, "I want my very own bike that's just mine!" Happy Birthday Boys!
We celebrated Drew with his closest buddies by going out to pizza and heading to a Mustang football game in Chippewa Falls. Mustangs killed em' and Drew had the best night. Kyle and I loved watching these boys run around the field and hang out together. They really like watching football and causing mischief on Friday nights at the game! 5th grade boys!
Jacob had been planning his 1st birthday party with his special friends for months. As the day came closer he zeroed in on having pizza for lunch, dilly bars for his birthday treat AND playing tag at Carson Park in Eau Claire! It was a total BLAST! These 5 year old boys crack us up!!! Great day celebrating Jake!
On Drew's birthday we headed out to River Falls to cheer for Drew in his final fall league baseball game. Nice of grandma and grandpa to join us too! We were a little obnoxious cheering super loud but I think he felt extra special. Got this "in action" shot of our now 11 year old!! Getting so old I can hardly stand it!!!
Big group shot! Fun to play with boys from other cities!!
We hyped this special day up because 5 is a pretty BIG number for our baby boy! We love calling him BBJ (for baby Jacob) or baby J when it's just us at home. And we always tell him he will always be our BABY J! He's not lovin' the name and occasionally asks me if I might consider having 1 more baby... sorry Jman. Always our baby!
Jacob always likes when I take pics of him on this rock, so we got a great one on his BIG 5 day!
Busy Fall for our family but thankful for all these special moments we get to share together, especially celebrating 2 super special boys!

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