Today Jake not only becomes a man (21 years old!), but also a bit of a Spiderman.

He requested rings and a climbing rope as his birthday gift--which is a great gift for Dad, too. What luck! Yeah, so anyway, now we're trying to learn how to do muscle-ups, where you go straight from a pull-up to a dip on the rings. I thought that since I could do pull-ups and I could do dips I could do a muscle-up. Logic failure! Jake is a bit closer than I am, and we're both committed to getting there, but it is going to be work.
In the meantime, happy birthday my first-born. You are a kind, sensitive soul. The world could use a few more like you. I love you so much!