8 Things I Love About Ry.

1. He is very lovey. He still gives me a kiss and a hug every week when I go into volunteer in his class.
2. He is a good friend. Ryan loves to be with his friends. And pretty much everyone is his friend. He is very social and loves to include everyone.
3. His soft spot for his sisters. Okay most of the time. He doesn't like to see them cry or hurt it makes him feel bad.
4. His smile. This is one all his own. It reminds me of his baby days when he would snuggle with his #1 (nickname for his blanket) suck his thumb and go to his happy place.
5. He wants to be like his dad. Ryan is turning a new corner. He is wanting to hang with dad more and more. To celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. day one of the projects he did was write down his dream for himself. He put go to a great college and have a great time, that I will be a father and have a wife and have kids. I know the last part of that is because of his great example he has at home.
6. He keeps trying. Ryan hit a few small speed bumps this year in school. But he kept trying and doing what he needed to do to catch up.
7. His laugh. I love that bottom of the belly laugh that comes out when he thinks something is funny. Usually what he finds so funny comes from some bodily function and then he of course has to tell Abbey all about it and they can't stop laughing together.
8. That he is ours. I couldn't think of a better son to have then my Ry. He is the glue for his two sisters and a reminder of answered prayers for Jeff and I.