As of Michael's 4th birthday, he is 40.5 inches tall and 40 pounds.  He has started K4 preschool, and developed quite a fondness for Thomas the Train.  Enjoy the pictures below of his celebrations and party!
 

	Annual picture with Rusty the Bear
Opening presents	Opening presents	Opening presents
At "the shark tank restaurant"	Birthday boy!	Birthday daddy!
Happy Birthday to you!	Yumm!	Yumm!
Playing with a new toy	Michael loves his shirt!	School celebration

We had Michael's big birthday part at Monkey Joe's.  We asked his friends to please bring no gifts, and instead to bring school supplies to be donated to the Greenville County Foster Parent Association.  Thank you to everyone for their donations, and for Michael's selfless act on his birthday!
 
 

The daddy monkey!	Daddy & Matthew	Mackenzie (w/ Michael behind her)
Mackenzie & Michael	I want to go THERE!	Mae & Dean
Tripp and Cal	Cal and Tripp	Little tots fun!
Big kid fun!	Evie and Yudi	Camille, Dean and Dalton
Big kid fun!	Anna, Miller and Everett	Jump!
Michael's cake	Giddy-up!	Cal
Dalton	Matthew and Michael	Joseph and Matthew
Wes and Anna Michal	Time to eat!	Time to eat!
Time to eat!	Lots of friends!	Michael and Joseph
Jack and Shannon	Dalton and Mae	Mae, Mackenzie and Dean
Sebastian, Nicholas, and Dalton	Miller and Everett	Isabel and Camille
Daddy's passport photo!	Tripp and Cal	Jack, Shannon and Anna Michal
Can you see the popcorn in the party hat?	Having party fun!	There's no stopping Matthew!
Evie, Michael and Joseph	Michael and Mackenzie	Cake time!
Mackenzie	Michael likes icing!	Ready, set, UP!
Tot fun!	Mackenzie	Coming down the slide
Lavette and Tru	All Michael's party friends!	Dropping off donations to GCFPA