just a quick sec

can i just take a quick second to say how much i love Ryker. I mean I love all my kids, but it has really come out in the last few weeks how much of a good big brother and a great helper he is. He always loves to help when i am out of hands. He helps me grab things and he is quick to remind me that rex needs help when he hears him crying. He is so good to rylie even when she is being naughty. he is really into locking doors. we try so hard to tell him that he is not allowed to lock his bedroom door, but we still haven't found the right incentive to make him listen. but if we calmly knock and ask him to come unlock it he will. he says "okay im coming" and he will come unlock the door. its cute even though he shouldnt have locked it in the first place.

due to all the craziness of having ryker and rylie share a room, we bought a video baby monitor. one morning i walked in to find rylies pants and diaper off, poop all over the floor, the bed, and her. i quickly got her in the bath and the bedding into the wash. then picked up the chunks from the floor. i was able to scrub it clean later, but my priority at the time was the toddlers running through it.

anyways, we have been having an issue of finding rylie with her pants off for about a week. whenever we ask ryker he says he is the one taking them off. obviously thats not okay and we were doing all we could to make it stop. but without being in the room we couldnt be sure who was really doing what. the poop day was the last straw and we got the monitor. over the next few nights we could see what was really happening in that room.

turns out he has been taking the fall for rylie. she is taking off her own pants (and diaper) and running around. i know her speech isnt the same as rykers, but still! not only that but ryker just lets her literally walk all over him while they are in their room winding down before they sleep.

i love rylie so much. she is my sweet little girl. she is beautiful and smart and i wouldnt trade her for anything. but she is naughty! she is always the first one out of bed wanting to play after we put them down. she deliberately tries to stand on rykers head to look out the window, and she is the first to lay down with her pillow to kick the closet doors. she will learn. ryker tries to tell her to stay in bed, lay down, and not to bang on the walls. but she does whatever she likes. she is a sweetheart, but she tests my patience sometimes.

but all this is back to ryker and how good he is to his siblings. he loves to help rex with his pacifier. he loves to play with rylie and includes her and always tells her to come join him. he just laughs as she tries to stand on him to look out the window. and most nights he is willing to play with her till we come in and say it really is night time. im so grateful for my happy boy. i am so happy that he is growing up to be polite and smart. im so glad he says please and thank you. im glad he wants to include his siblings.

I am so happy to be his momma and all the cuddles and kisses he gives me. i truely am blessed to have him in my family!