A Derby. A Birthday. A Baby Overnight.

After working all night and getting home at 5:30am, Ben, being the wonderful daddy he is decided to sleep just a couple hours so that he could still take Ryker to the fishing derby. They went last year when Ryker was 4 but didn't realize he was too young to "register" and they had to wait til everyone was done before he actually got to fish but this year being 5 meant he could actually be in the derby. So at 8:30am they left for the City Park to go fish! Ryker was SO excited! Although he was not the first one to catch a fish and win the new fishing pole prize he still caught the 2 fish that they are allowed to catch.

Later that day we went to Rob and Lesha's to celebrate Amara's 4th birthday. I still can NOT believe she is 4. I remember the day Lesha called to tell me she had a baby girl like it was yesterday. She was SO excited and I was SO excited for her. Like any kid, Ryker loves going to birthday parties. I don't know what he likes more...playing with the other kids or eating cake!

While at Amara's party, my friend Kara dropped off her 2 month old baby, Kaysen, who was going to be spending the night with Ryker and I (Ben had to work). She and her hubby were off to his high school reunion and I was more than willing to have baby Kaysen stay over. It has been SO long since I had a baby to care for let alone one to keep overnight and I didn't care if he was awake every hour...I was just happy to have a baby at my house. I secretly didn't want to give him back and either did Ryker...who I must admit is going to be the BEST big brother some day. He LOVES Kaysen...in fact he asked me if Kaysen could be his brother. I had to remind him that he is not our baby to keep and Ryker said "but I just love him" It breaks my heart because I know he wants a baby brother or sister so bad. He keeps saying to me, "when is Jesus going to take a baby from the sky and put it in your tummy?" I just tell him what I tell myself, hopefully someday soon. Anyway, Kaysen slept almost the entire night, only waking at 5am for a bottle. When he woke up again at 8am I scooped him into bed with Ryker and I and all 3 of us just laid there for a bit. Kaysen would smile at Ryker and Ryker would give a big smile back to him and tell me that Kaysen was happy to see him. Soon we came downstairs where Ryker had to feed him his morning bottle and then he wanted to sit by him and watch cartoons. It was SO cute to see him "play" the big brother role and although it made me long for a baby of our own even more, we had such a good time with this little guy in our house and would have him overnight anytime!