Ryker's Birthday

It is still fine if I do a post in the month of his birthday, right? Ike turned 1. It is really a weird feeling to have my baby grow so fast. Each kid grows faster than the one before them did. His birthday was May 9th and we made him a cake. He recieved a new outfit and one new toy. He is the third boy so we have plenty of toys. He speaks really well for a boy. His very first word was mama but he has since expanded his vocabulary to include: bath, bye-bye, dada now daddy, go, he will even say go bye-bye. So maybe that is his first sentence. He is walking pretty well now. He took his first steps shortly after turning 11 months. He has the cheese face down and can yell his displeasure well. He loves to watch Mac and go outside to play with the big kids. Anikka and Ben love him so much and help him and me with anything. Mac also loves him and wants to tackle him regularly. I really like that his birthday is two days before mine. I also had a good birthday and Mother's day. For Mother's day Ryan bought me flowers and nice european chocolate. and for my birthday Ryan and I went out to dinner at the Blue Boar Inn in Midway. It was really fun and thanks to my sweet sister-in-law it was kid-less and quiet. We are really grateful to have such a sweet little boy to be the baby in the family.

Mac's Birthday

My little ball of fire turned 4 on April 30th. He is so busy and into everything. Over the last year he has earned the nickname of Mac the Destroyer for obvious reasons. The kid just enjoys being destructive. We made up a little story for him in an effort to teach him to be nice. It goes like this.
Once upon a time there was a little boy named Mac the Destroyer. He was a special little boy. He good bounce off the walls. He could talk his Mom's ear off. He could knock down buildings with the sweep of his arm. One day Mac the Destroyer slowed down long enough to notice something. He noticed that everyone around him was sad. When he asked why they were sad they told him it was because he broke their things. Mac the Destroyer did not want others to be sad so he promised to stop destroying things and use his powers only for good. He learned to help others and be kind to their things and soon they changed his name to The Amazing Mac.
He likes his story and I can only hope that he catches on to the moral of the story soon. We had a good family birthday party for him. He requested a lava cake so Ryan and I put forth some of our best efforts and tried to make a volcano cake with red lava icing spurting from it. Not the best looking cake ever but it really did taste good and that is really what counts. Mac is so stinking cute and really funny. He is also very polite and is quickly learning the power of words. Like if you say something nice it sure gets you far. We are so grateful to have our sweet white-haired little boy in our family.