Professional Photos: 6 Months

And so it begins... Baseball

We have finally arrived in Sarasota for the month. We made the hour and a half trek up here today. We are staying in a really cute Florida style home that has more of a cottage feel to it. It's a really cute little place and we're glad to finally be here. The Wood's were already here when we arrived, and the Heisey's should arrive late tomorrow. They got stuck in the nasty weather on the east coast today in South Carolina. We are pretty much unpacked for the month we'll be here, and Derrik is heading to the field for the first time tomorrow. His arm feels great so far! I'll be sure to update on how he is doing for everyone. Enjoy some pictures from our last few days in Fort Myers.

Ryder and Daddy hanging out by the pool

Ryder swimming for the 1st time!

He LOVED splashing himself

Ryder is such a ladies-man

Happy 6 Months To Our Little Man!

Can you believe six months has past by?! It is so crazy to me to think six months ago Ryder wasn't around. Today i'm not quite sure what Derrik and I would do without him. We absolutely love waking up to him every morning and laying in bed with him at night watching him make us laugh before we make him have his bottle to go to sleep. He is really our entertainment around the house. All of you baseball wives just get ready... he'll be our new source of entertainment at the baseball games. He absolutely loves to roll around like crazy now. Changing his diaper has become quite a challenge! He loves to stand up on just about anything, and now loves to grab you by the ears and try to eat your face. It is pretty hysterical. He eats anything you put in his mouth. Today we even let him suck on a pickle for a second and it didn't even phase him. Not even a single funny look on his face. Ryder also drools like crazy!! It makes me crazy because I like a nice clean baby, but there is really nothing I can do about it. His new favorite toy is his wipes bag. He steals it from me while i'm trying to change his diaper, and it is pretty hard to get enough wipes to get him clean without a screaming match. God forbid you take a toy away from him that he is not done with.... he will let you know he wants it back.. NOW! Gosh what else... I could ramble on forever! He is eating solids twice a day now. We attempted three, but I still don't think he is ready for it. We'll move up to that later. Ryder loves to talk to himself in the car. He is still a pretty content baby. Lay him on the ground with a toy and he'll roll around with it for quite a while. He still can put himself to sleep. We will put him down totally wound up some nights and he just crashes on his own. Sleeping through the night is still a rough spot for us. With all the moving around though I can't complain. He very rarely gets out of his crib, but he likes to know we're still around and goes back to sleep. His actual size hasn't changed much this month... Thank God! I can't keep up with buying him new clothes. He looks so cute is all his short sleeve and short outfits. We're still working on his tan though. He looks like a ghost! We are beyond excited to spend his seventh month up at spring training. We head up to Sarasota in a just a few days... hopefully it's a great season coming up!

Ryder's 1st Play Date

Today we had Ryder's first play date with some of his friends over at our house. I had over three friends and their babies: Mady (almost 9 months), Dakota (7 months), Sophia (6 1/2 months), and Ryder (6 months next week). It was a great time to get together and let them play. There were lots of cute little smiles and some tears. Were got some great pictures of their day. Enjoy!

Nicole and Dakota

Danielle and Mady

Amanda and Sophia

Trying to get a pictures of the babies.... You pick your favorite!

Sophia giving her man a smile

Mady trying to get in on the action

Mady getting a little frisky with Dakota.... Dakota makin' his Daddy proud!
Best Buds
Ryder's Pretty Girlfriends

Sophia
Mady

Hangin' with Kaitlyn and Baby Emily's 3rd Birthday Party

Today Kaitlyn came and picked Ryder and I for the day. First we went to baby Emily's 3rd birthday party. It was a Lakes Park which was gorgeous for the type of day it was. We got to see some friends and hang out for a little bit. Afterwards Ryder got stuck going to the mall with Kaitlyn and I. He slept most of the time which was nice! I was so happy to be back at my own mall :)Derrik spent the day at the dog track with some of the coaches from the baseball team. Enjoy the pictures...

Ryder and Kaitlyn :)

Jen with Ryder
Gotta love that hair!... Baby Jack

Ryder with Big Emily

Jen and Meredith.... Jealous Mom?! Sorry :(

First Baseball Game of the Season

Our first baseball game of the season the past two years has been to support the Estero High School baseball team since they help Derrik out so much getting ready for spring training. Last night we headed out to the game and you would have thought we were back up north. It wasn't nearly as cold as it is up there, but we still had to bundle up. Ryder was great at the game. He seemed really interested the whole time, but I think it was the lights more then the actual game. He loves being outside and looking around. Most importantly he ate his dinner at the game, stayed up the whole time, went to sleep late, and slept in later.... ahh looks like we might be able to get a "baseball scheduled" baby!

Daddy and Ryder watching the game

Mom I love this... can we go to more?!?!

And they finally meet...

Ryder finally got to meet his beautiful girlfriend Sophia today! An old friend and I found out last year that we were both expecting and due about a month apart. Ryder and Sophia we born two and a half weeks apart, and we've been dying to get them together ever since. They are both so adorable together!

The Lutz's in Fort Myers

Well we all made it safe and sound down to Fort Myers. We are pretty much settled at this point and enjoying it so much! Derrik has already golfed twice, and i've already gotten to see quite a few friends. I've found a gym to go to already with my friend Amanda. She has a little girl two weeks older then Ryder, and it's been so nice to catch up in the morning! Derrik has already been throwing with the baseball team he's thrown with the past two years down at Estero High School. Ryder is loving be out and about non stop, but can't stand the heat (and the people here still think it's cold). The little man gets the reddest checks and can't stop sweating. I'm not sure how he's going to survive baseball season!

Ryder got to meet everyone at our office down here. I was so glad they could all finally meet him... especially Dakota! Dakota is the son of Nicole and Kevin Smith who both work for the company. He is six weeks older then Ryder, but Ryder seems to be larger then him in pretty much every aspect. I knew i'd have a big boy before I even had him. Ryder also got to meet one of my best friends, Ashley, yesterday. We went over to her new house and spent a few hours catching up.

It has been so nice getting to see everyone. We still haven't gotten to many of our favorite places we miss, but we plan on that this weekend. We have a date tonight at Chili's... can't wait :)

Well Ryder is up from his nap and we are going to try to have some fruits for the first time this morning. We think he's ready to start eating solid foods more then once a day.

Ryder enjoying as few layers as possible

Ryder and Dakota finally meet
Checking each other out