...the perfect Saturday!

Today was the perfect day!  Just me & my lil man...& we didn't even leave the house!  We snuggled in bed until about 9:30--he is seriously the best snuggler every!  He had been awake for about an hour & would just lay there with me & kiss my back & put his arm around me & say "Good Mornin' Mama" & "I love you Mama".  Things that will just melt your heart!  The second I said, "Do you wanna get up & go for a walk..?"  he was up & out the door!

We went for a good morning walk, that ended with him walking (more like trotting) all the way home...he just loves to run & be out doors!  

We went outside on the front porch & waited to see Mr. Nick ride by on his bicycle for his first 50 mile ride!  HOW IMPRESSIVE!  What an accomplishment!  It was fun to see him & cheer him on!  

This afternoon we played outside some more & went & got Brett to let him play outside too!  I did a little bit of homework & it was just so nice & enjoyable out there!  Ms. Amy came by to see us & also brought us Sonic drinks!  =)  She's the BEST!

If this doesn't scream ALL BOY I don't know what does!

I'm thankful for a chill, relaxing, no schedule or routine kind of day at home with my baby boy!  =)   Back at the grind of things tomorrow...

Lion King 3D

Yesterday after we came home from his appointment, he took a nap & then we got up & got ready to go see Lion King 3D!  This was also the first movie I went to see in the theaters as a kid, so I thought that was kind of night!  I asked Kelly & Grant to go with us & was so happy that they could join us!  

Mr. Grant got Ryder his first ICEE!  Oh boy!  The kid slurped it down before the previews were even over!  & he wouldn't even think about wearing his special 3D glasses!  He would YELL out the name of all the animals on the screen, but he got to be pretty ansy & wild, so we sat out in the hall way for about half the movie!

I enjoyed watching it though, because I caught a lot of things I didn't catch as a kid!  It's funny that I also knew a lot of the words & knew ALL the words to the songs!  Ha!  I actually HATED the movie as a kid because of when Simba's dad died.  :(  I always made my mom fast forward that part.  Hehe!

We came home & KeeKee brought Brett over to play for a little bit...

Look how PRESH they are!  Ryder has a brand new buddy!  Mom & Dad got Brett last week....not even a week after Trixi passed.  Mom just couldn't take it any more!  They normally don't do boy dogs, but he won mom's heart over!  He is so calm & chill, but also knows when to have fun!

 Ryder always wants to pick him up & poor lil Brett acts like he doesn't care!  Ha!  Sometimes Ryder has to chase him around a bit to be able to catch him....it's pretty funny!

Mom named him Brett because she wanted to name me Brette Lauren, but dad wouldn't let that happen.  So she finally got her "Brett" after all!  =)

2 year old appointment

On Friday, we had Ryder's 2 year old appointment.  It's hard to believe once again that he's two years old!  

From what the Dr. saw Ryder looks like a healthy little two year old boy!  He is in the 90th %tile for height & 40th %tile for weight.  She didn't seem to be too worried about his weight being sorda low because he is so active!  She didn't even have to ask if his vocabulary included 50 words because so talkative when she walked in the room!  He seriously wouldn't be quiet!  She then said he has the vocabulary of a 3 year old!  

I was so happy to hear I had a healthy lil boy!  He got the flu mist, tested for anemia & his last round of a certain shot.  He didn't cry the whole time they were squeezing blood out of his finger, but he cried when they put the band aid on!  Ha!  & he cried for half a second when he got his shot, but I told him we were going to Chick-i-tah & he was fine!  =)

I make it a point every day to say thank you for my son's health.  There are so many little kids out there dealing with things that adults, much less kids shouldn't ever have to deal with.  We have been so blessed by Ryder's help & I don't want to take it for granted for even half a second.

Green Cart Deli!

We have this hot dog cart in town called the Green Cart Deli--it is ran by solar power & has been quickly growing in popularity!  It is out at the Village on Tuesday & Thursday nights & I finally got to go! 

 Ryder placing his order!

 & I haven't mentioned the new addition to mom & dad's house yet...but his is a little preview of precious lil golden-doodle Brett!

 I didn't get any specialty hot dog on the menu because everything had like one or two things I didn't like...so I made my own! This may look gross, but think about it as a hamburger!  You would put all this on their...so why not a hot dog?!  It was YUMMY!  The hot dog man gave me a hard time about not picking something off his menu!  :P

Mom's "New Yorker"...

If you get the chance to go eat at the GCD I would HIGHLY recommend it!  You can follow them on twitter as well to see where they are going to be during lunch & dinner at @eatgcd

ENJOY!  =)

Ryder is BLESSED!

Last birthday post...all Ryder's wonderful presents that we are already enjoying SO much!  I try not to buy Ryder too many toys throughout the year because he gets more than enough for his birthday & Christmas each year!  All I can say is we are so blessed & so thankful for all the wonderful people that love my little boy so much!  

Naynee got him a little box full of craft stuff!  Perfect to keep up with all of his stuff in one spot!  There was also some cool play dough that doesn't dry out that I had never heard of before!  But we love it!

 Also...a cute little baseball picky bank that I think I'm going to use as inspiration for his new big boy room (that I kinda already had in my head!)  =)

 What FUN--a jack-n-the-box!

 Mary Beth got him a Thomas pillow pet & to say Ryder likes it is an under statement!  This was a perfect gift for my lil man!

 & of course an Atlanta Braves T-shirt from Tonya!  =)

 Ms. Allison got Ryder some new Sperry's...because he definitely needed them & she wanted to get us something he needed!  What a blessing!  Thank you so much Allison! When Ryder opened them he said "SPEERRRRRRY'S!"

 & his daddy got him a lil four wheeler!  He wasn't too sure what to think about it at first...

 Cousin Hannah tried to help him out a little bit...

He finally got a hang of the gas pedal & was ON THE LOOSE!  We couldn't get him off that thing!  We are going to have to work on his stirring a little bit though!

Again...thank you to all our wonderful friends & family for such wonderful & fun things for my lil man! We are so grateful!