FOUR!

In the blink of an eye, our Stinka' Man has turned into a four-year-old on December 6.  Cohen is a little man now.  The past four years have been amazing, and it feels like just yesterday we had a newborn baby at home, getting ready for his first Christmas.  Cohen was so excited about his birthday this year, and he counted the days down starting about a month ago.  Instead of counting days, he counts down by how many "dark naps" he has left.  This birthday was big, and we celebrated in a big way!  Nona and Granddad stopped by for dinner and to give Cohen his gifts on the 4th.  On the 5th, GG and Papa surprised Cohen at school and took him to Toys R Us to pick out his birthday gifts.  On the 6th, we surprised Cohen with his big boy scooter in the morning and celebrated with dinner at Mellow Mushroom.  Nana and Pop came by in the evening with cupcakes and Cohen's new workbench.  On Saturday, we held Cohen's Angry Birds themed birthday party at Bull Park with a ton of friends.  We all had such a fun time!  We are so blessed to be able to celebrate our amazing boy with so many family and friends.

Cohen does not like to smile on command, and he often gets embarrassed when the camera comes out...especially when the attention is centered on him.

The party on Saturday was blast!  So many friends showed up to celebrate - Ace, Sam, Caroline, Carson, Nathan, Asher, Salem, Colton, Kai, Gage, Beckam, Dawson, Elle, Millie, Charlotte, Kailyn and Keegan.

Uncle Hank & "Cousin Meg"

Nathan & Cohen

 Henry & Sam

The bounce house deflated for about 15 minutes.  This was the reaction we got...Nathan, Cohen, Carson & Ace

 Shy Cohen

Cohen & Asher - Right after I snapped this picture, Cohen got mad because the icing was all over his new shirt, and he launched the cupcake.  Nice.

Henry hung right in there with the big kids.  

 Carson, Sam & Caroline

 Colton

 Gage

 Nathan, Ace, Cohen & Dawson

 Jessica & Keegan

 Elle

All the boys loved rough-housing with Papa!

 After a lot of jumping, we headed to the playground.

 Amanda & Kai

Sweet Caroline

We were all tired after a morning full of fun.  Saturday night, we were upstairs playing, and we noticed that Henry had disappeared.  We found him downstairs in the kitchen.  He opened the refrigerator and pulled out two leftover containers of cupcakes.  Icing was everywhere!  And you have to love his outfit - "Big Brother Cohen" shirt and the Jake & the Neverland Pirates bandana (part of one of Cohen's new gifts).

Happy birthday, Cohen!!