Happy 2nd Birthday, Ryder!

The meaning of the name Ryder is Knight, Mounted Warrior

The origin of the name Ryder is English

The meaning of the name Brennen is Brave

The origin of the name Brennen is Gaelic, American, Celtic, and Irish 

Ryder at two-

• wears 18 months-2t clothes
• shoe size 6
• loves his sister
• holds a pen/pencil correctly
• eats with utensils
• has 18 teeth 
• likes Elmo
• likes trains
• like cars/trucks
• likes tools
• loves Brityn's dolls, especially bathtub baby
• says lots of words and repeats words well
• says three word sentences
• is starting to use the potty
• loves music and loves to dance
• loves shoes
• sleeps pretty well
• is still in his crib  

Ryder is such a sweet boy, he's very loving, especially to his sister. A lot of the time undeservedly. She can be pretty rotten to him and he still has a hug and kiss for his "seester". He's still a pretty calm and quite kid. He has his moments when he gets hyped up and likes to run around and go wild but he will sit still and play quietly or lay on the couch or floor with us and just watch TV, so unlike Brityn. 

His vocabulary is growing daily and we can understand most of what he says. I have been calling him Rainman because he repeats himself, constantly. Not three or four times, more like twenty. Until you acknowledge him and whatever he is saying he will just keep saying it, over. and. over. 

He likes being silly and has what we think is a good sense of humor. Hard to tell at almost two but he laughs in the right places at shows and when funny things happen. 

He's usually pretty friendly and says"hi" to most people, even strangers. I think he is starting to differentiate between men and women, he points out "ladies" frequently. I think he likes the ladies ;)

I can't believe my little guy is two years old. We are so blessed to have him and can't imagine life without him.  

An early birthday present from Chris and Dianna (my bosses) he's a long way away from being able to ride it, but very nice of them! It is an old four wheeler of one of their kids.

feeding bathtub baby a bottle