The List

"Bye Bye...See you lator"

"HOT!!!"

"Nooooo"

"Ma Ma"

"Daddy!!!!!!!!"

"More C-up"

"Kitty Kat"

Ryker what does the puppy say? "ruff ruff"

"all done"

"Heyyyyyy"

"shoes"

Sweet Ryker's ever growning list of words spoken at 19 months

My Sweet Son

My eight year old son is most of the time your typical boy. He is full of wonder and loves to explore and climb up anything he passes whether it is a rock, lamp post, or tree. He often complains about schoolwork, chores and picks on his little brothers. But I love the moments when you get a look into his heart, and this afternoon was one of those moments.

We were in the middle of his history lesson and he pauses and says, “Mom, do you know why I can’t wait to be a grown up?” “No son, why”, I said. I was waiting for him to say, you can stay up as late as you want, eat whatever you want, or buy whatever toy he would like to have. But no Seb replies, “I can’t wait to be a Dad!” I asked him why he wants to be a Dad. He said that will be so awesome just to love his kids and play with them. He will make their food and feed them when their Mom is sick. His face was so full of joy talking about this. My heart melted. I love being a mother and I feel so blessed that the Lord has sent three boys to me, but life moves pretty fast and more often than not I am focused on clean faces, clean house and what is our next meal that I do not think about who they are. I am so proud of the person that Sebastian is becoming! He has a heart for the Lord at age eight and is very mindful of that. He loves people and is always concerned for making them happy (almost to a fault like his mother)
He is always concerned for helping the underdog and thinking up ways to make the world a better place.

I don’t want to rush him but I am excited to see the man that he becomes.

I love you Sebastian!

just photos

I will write more tomorrow. For now here are some recent pictures!