Jake goes to 11!

Hey kids,
Daddy here. 11 years ago, the good Lord blessed our family with Jake. B-Boy, Jakie, Steve, Stanley Steamer, Steven Tyler, you get the picture. Jake was the first one born who was by scheduled C-Section. So when it was getting close, the Dr just told us to be at the hospital and we'd have a baby about 8:30 a.m. When we got there, the anesthesiologist was running late, so Mom was all, "Oh, that's ok, I'll wait!" He showed up and everything went very smooth. When Tutu and Grandpa showed up and looked for him in the nursery, I pointed him out and said, "There he is. Jacob Albert Mansfield." and Grandpa got the biggest smile on his face. He loved you so much, Jake, right from the beginning. Someday, I hope you'll know the joy of being able to pass along the family name to your son.

Enough looking back, it's Jake's birthday, let's party! This year, Jake's birthday was on a Wednesday, so we had to save the party for the weekend. On the actual day though, we hit Red Robin and when the hostess asked how many kids menus, I said, "Just one."

Yondu, Yooondu

I figured you would not be able to eat all the burger you ordered and we'd have to take some home, but no! You ate it all, good job SteveO! When the ice cream came, we all got bites and went home and slept really good with our bellies all full.
When the weekend came, we decided to have Jack, Pat, & Sage come over for the festivities. We first headed to the park for some catch with Jake's new football gloves.

Sage and I in the apocalyptic future

After, it was off to bowling, where the competition was fierce.

Then, it was home for cake and ice cream and to play Disney Infinity for a few hours.  I hope you had a great day Jake. You are a great son & brother. We all love celebrating with you so much. I love you guys,

Daddy