B-A-N-A-N-A-S !

So far Ryder has tried sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, and pears :) He loves his sweet potatoes and pears, he's not very fond of the carrots, and the squash just makes him gag.

Tonight he tried bananas for the first time and he gobbled up the whole bowl ! !

All Done ! ! !

Full Belly, Happy Baby :)

A Brand New TRICK

Yep, Ryder has a new trick, Thanks to SOMEONE (grandma) teaching him how to do this. He literally just started doing this today after grandma showed him how ! ! !

love that mischievous little grin...


sucking on his TOES ! ! ! ! !

Ryder met a GIRLFRIEND !

I took Ryder out for a fun time on Saturday. We went to a birthday party for Telsea (Jason's cousin's daughter ), she was turning 3 years old.

Thanks for inviting us, We had a SUPER FUN time :) Ryder was pooped out by the end of the day ! !

We met a cute 9 month old little girl named Emma ! ! Her and Ryder were quite interested in one another..She was crawling over to check him out !

Ryder's FIRST KISS ! ! :)

Is he a RED HEAD ! ! ? ? ...

OK, so my Mom has red hair and said that she always hoped for one of us ( me, brother, sister) to have red hair as well. None of us got the red hair. She would also tease me and say Ryder's hair looked red, but I never thought much of it until recently. Whenever people see him in person or photo, they say he looks like a red head. I have to admit that his eyebrows look kinda red, but the hair on his head looks brown. I don't know. What do you think. RED HEAD or NOt ? ?

Giggles ! ! !

I wanted to post some footage of Ryder and his little giggles. I love it when he smiles, giggles, and laughs. It's the cutest ever. We have been trying to get him on camera laughing, but seems that as soon as we take the camera out he is done.

Ryder Giggles ! ! ! !

The Greatest Show On Earth ...

A few weeks ago I registered Ryder @ Ringling Bros and yesterday we got this in the mail. It is a voucher for a Free Ticket to The Greastest Show On Earth. If your baby is younger than one year old you can register them to get a free ticket. The ticket does not expire. It's even personalized with his name. How cute, I will have to save this voucher for his circus visit scrapbook ! !

Grandma, Mommy, Mommy-To-Be ...

Ryder and I spent the day with Grandma, and Aunt Michelle (and of course Grandpa and Michelle's hubby Tony). How great to celebrate Mother's Day with my mom being a grandma, me being a Mommy, and my sister with a little one on the way. I can't believe there will be 2 little boys in just a few weeks (or sooner) ! !

Ryder made Grandma a coffee mug with his little handprints and a picture. Grandma LOVED it ! !

My parents made me this gift, the top picture has alway been one of my favorites. It's of me, my brother, and dad when I was just a baby. We are all wearing bandanas on our heads. They recreated that picture with Ryder ! ! He looks like a little TOUGHIE ! ! I LOVE IT ! ! Thank You So Much ! !

Ryder and his Pappy ! !

Happy Mother's Day To Me ! !

Ryder was up bright and early this morning, excited for my First Mother's Day ! ! He was so, so happy to give me my gift ! ! ! !

Look Mommy ! ! !

It's a new camera (a teeny-tiny pink one, just like you wanted, and a new carrying case) ! !

A SwEEt card from my little man ! ! !

THANK YOU to my WONDERFUL, HANDSOME husband ! ! !

Happy Mother's Day ! !

Happy Mother's Day to Nana. Thank You for all that you do ! We LOVE you so, so much ! ! !

Happy Mother's Day to Grandma. THANK YOU so much for all you do ! ! We are so Thankful that you help us so much ( changing your schedule, rearranging your hours, asking for certain days off ) all to make sure you are there for Ryder ! ! We LOVE YOU very, very much ! ! !

Happy Mother's Day to my lil sis the "Mommy-To-Be" You can't even imagine what you are in for :) I know that you will enjoy and love every moment of it ! !

Making a decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.

Happy Mother's Day ! !

this is the Mother's Day card we made

Mother's Day (Saturday)

We celebrated Mother's Day with Jason's parents,grandparents, and aunt Kelly on Saturday. We opened gifts then had dinner at Cucina Taglianis ! !

Ryder made his Nana a picture frame with his very own handprints (Jason painted that frame all by himself, I was so surprised, he actually had fun doing it!) Ryder also made his Nana a frame with some of his favorite pictures ! ! ;)

Ryder with his Great Grandma & Grandpa ! ! He's so CUTE ! !

Ryder & his Nana ! ! ! Look at his cute, sweet little face ! !

Ryder and his Daddy ! !

Ryder and Mommy, with my Mother's Day gift from Kathy ! !

Thank You So Much for the purse, I LOVE IT ! ! ! !