Happy Birthday Little Man! !

November 29,2008 @ 7:33 pm! ! ! 2 years ago this day! ! !

Happy Birthday Little Man! ! !

You are the sweetest, smartest, cutest, funniest, silliest and most handsome little boy! We could not have asked for a better son and are so, so blessed to be your mommy and daddy. Noone makes us laugh as hard or love as hard! ! ! We love you so much!

One year older, One year bigger! You've really grown alot! One year older, one year smarter! There's no tellin' where you'll stop!

Santa Claus

All aboard, Polar Express...

After Ryder's birthday party we headed up to Williams for the Polar Express. Our friends the Thompson's and the Rayburn's were also there to share in the fun, and what fun it was! ! ! What a way to kick off the holiday season. Ryder loves trains so he was in little boy heaven. We started off the evening at the Polar Express stop. We met with Mrs.Claus, Ryder didn't really care for her, so no good pics of that! ! ! There was a little model train set up and Ryder really loved looking at that. He even got to write a letter to Santa saying what a good boy he has been and what he is hoping for this Christmas.

We had a GREAT time and plan to go back every year! ! !





Writing a letter to Santa!








Cookies! ! ! !




Looking at Santa and the reindeer in the Polar Express book






Ryder and his friends looking out the window at the North Pole!




In complete shock watching Santa walk down the aisle! ! !




Here comes Santa Claus




Ryder's Polar Express bell from Santa! !

A Special Day for a Special Boy!

Ryder celebrated his 2nd birthday this Saturday. It was great fun! Ryder's family and all of his bff's were there to help him party! ! ! ! He got lots of fun new toys, clothes and movies. He loved opening his presents and blowing out the candles on his birthday cake.

















So, so tired after a busy and fun day

14 Days

14 Days until Ryder is 2 years old...

I wasn't going to make a blog tonight, but something blogworthy happened. I was sitting on the recliner with Ryder in my lap. We were getting ready for bedtime looking at one of his books when he did the sweetest thing. He turned to me, gave me a big hug, laid his head on my chest and said "Lub (love) you Mommy." That just melted my heart. So I got out my camera and took some pics of my little sweetie so I could post this blog. He has said love you before but only with coaching from J or myself, so this is the first time he's said it all on his own.

Enjoy these pics. I think they're super cute! !

15 Days, 15 Days, 15 Days! ! !

ONLY 15 DAYS...Until my guy is 2 years old! ! !

We have our Sunday routine down...It's gym for mommy and childcenter for Ryder. It took Ryder approximately 3 months to get used to going into the gym childcenter and thank god that he loves it now! He used to scream, cry, and cling onto Jason and I when we dropped him off. The first month we were lucky if he lasted 30 minutes before we heard them paging us to come and get him. These days if he's having tons of fun, he cries when we come to get him.

Oh, about our Sunday routine....We go to the gym....After the gym we stop at Mcdonald's for a happy meal. Ryder now recognizes the golden arches and asks for fries when he spots them! Is that bad?! We take lunch to the park and eat outside and when Ryder is all done, we play! ! ! !



Chicken Nuggets! ! !



Fries! ! !



Chocolate Milk! ! !





Ready, Set, Go, Slide! ! !

Countdown is on....22 Days! ! ! !

OMG! OMG!! OMG!!! I can't believe that in only 22 days my little guy will be 2 years old! I guess that old saying is true: Time FLIES when your having FUN! ! ! !

Today was a fun kinda day. We went to the gym in the morning and Ryder played in the childcenter while Daddy and I worked out. After the gym we met up with our friends Mark, Michelle & Christine at the park for a little play time and some nuggets and fries for the kids. We came home and Ryder zonked out and took a nice long nap. After nap time was over we met up with Mark, Michelle & Christine at the park again to feed the duckies. I love family weekends spent with my guys! ! !

One more thing that was great about this weekend: the weather. It was a little cooler this morning so Ryder got to wear one of his long sleeved shirts from his fall/winter wardrobe. He's got tons of cute/cool stuff that I can't wait for him to wear.




Feeding the duckies with his friend Christine :)


This was Ryder last year, 22 days til his big 1 birthday! ! He was still a crawler! !