Happy Birthday #1!

#1 aka J is turning 11 today. Here are a few pics from over the years...
Baby boy!

Three and a half years old

Awww...Six years old

Cub Scout...Eight years old

Last Summer, age 10



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Michelle Alley said…
Happy Birthday! Your boys have the sweetest faces! How is your pregnancy? Hope you are feeling well!
5:23 PM
Anonymous said…
Happy Birthday J - you probably don't know it, but I drove your parents to the hospital when you were coming into the world. Ahhhh...the memories!
6:11 PM
Amelia Antwiler said…
happy birthday!!

Those are some very sweet pictures and faces and smiles...and heck, that's one cute...I'm sorry. HANDSOME fella.
10:48 AM
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