The Lutz Family

Sunday, August 30, 2009

And he turned 1 on me...

Last Tuesday he did it... Ryder went and turned all "big boy" on me and turned 1! We tried to keep the big day simple since we had so much chaos going on throughout the weekend. I found a place called Monkey Playhouse which has a ball pit, rice pit, bounce house, play house, and lots of toys! Ryder loved it! We let him then take a nap, did cake, had dinner out at Carrabba's, and called it a day. It was a great low-key day. Ryder did great all day and now is a big boy!

Uncle Ryan showed up for lunch :)

Like my cake decorating skills? It tasted good... that is all that matters!

"Mom... this hat again?"

Is this for me?

Want some?!

Yummy!

That's it for the birthday folks... I hope you enjoyed the multiple post and all the pictures. It was a great vacation/birthday for us before our big move!

Birthday Presents and Some Family Photos

Thank you so much for all of Ryder's birthday presents! I would love to tell you all that he loves them, but after we opened them we traveled the next two days and then he went up to Cape Cod. His toys all fit into the car and are making their trek to Arizona as I type. I know he will love each and every one of them, and as for the clothes.... his Momma will love each and every one of them :)Also a huge thanks for all the gift cards! We have wanted to get Ryder a few bigger toys that we have been trying to hold out on until the move. We will definitely be making a trip to the toy store to purchase those for him! I was not picking favorites with the pictures of presents I put below... just simply the ones Ryder chose to look at the camera for!

THANK YOU!!!

Our big boy waiting to open his presents

Thank You Nicolosi Family for the Elmo balloon!

Ryder loved it, and I believe his dear friend Dakota is enjoying him now since we knew Elmo wouldn't survive the car ride with the heat and cats.

Ryder is going to love these blocks!

Ryder's girlfriend SoSo knows how to make her man look good!

Love the jean jacket SoSo!

The Lutz Family

Fort Myers Beach

August 2009

Ryder with his Mommy and Grammy

Papa, Mommy, Ryder, MiMi, and Daddy

Pictures with our family and Papi

Grandparents again.... what a lucky guy Ryder is to have sooo many grandparents!

Family Photo... My side of the family... just who happened to be there at the moment

At Last... a nice photo of the two of us! These are few and far between these days.

My husband is so handsome :)

Auntie Ally... Ryder Loves You!

Grandpa and Grammy

Papi and Ryder

Sisters.... Love you girls!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

878

Exit 878 that is... That is what we saw as we crossed over the Louisiana border into Texas. I was excited to get into Texas because I have never been here before, but I have a feeling by some point tomorrow I will be well over it! We have to make it to exit 1 before we cross into New Mexico tomorrow. Sound fun?!

Our trip so far has been pretty simple. I guess after our last two road trips with the little one along we realize just having adults and pets is fairly simple. We have stopped a few times for gas and meals, but other then that have been chugging along these southern highways. We have well surpassed what we needed to today to make this a three day road trip so we plan on driving until Derrik feels sleepy and then calling it a day.

We have taken a few pictures today, and my parents have been great about sending us pictures of Ryder so i'll put some pictures into our posts tomorrow...

Good Night Ya'll..... Texas is getting to me :)