Beach Photos

Next time I go to the beach I might just leave the camera behind because posting all of these is crazy! BUT I have had SOO many requests to get them up I sorted through and got some of the best ones. (Promise the birthday party ones are next!)

My Little Beach Bum

Ryder with his Grandpa

(he made this face quite a bit from the sun)
Getting a tan with Amanda and Courtney

This is one of a great sequence shot of him crashing the sand castle! He loved doing that!

Ryder with his girlfriend Sophia enjoying the Florida beaches

Just hanging out

Mommy and her Birthday Boy

Papi and Daddy finally made it down to the beach :)

The Winter's and The Reeve's

Ryder getting to show his Papi how much he loves the water

Ally and Erin

Papi we're so glad you came to enjoy the sun and some birthday fun!

See Ya Later Eastern Standard Time...

Last night Derrik and I made it to Gainesville before we stopped to get a hotel room. We have to get hotels rooms at night so we can let the cats out of their cages to go to the bathroom. They travel great and go right into their throw-away litter boxes. I think in our sleepy slumber we forgot to ask how much the actual room was and paid $97.00!! Yeah we were stupid and plan on preparing a little better tonight. We were hoping for a $30-$40 dollar room. We don't want too ghetto, but don't need expensive either. The worst part was that the bed wasn't even good! Go figure!!!

We are still in Florida. This damn pan handle is awful! We did just in the last hour or so realize we crossed into Central Standard Time. Derrik and I are having an argument over the time zones. We know we are in Central right now, but aren't sure what is next. Anyone want to help us out and leave us a comment? Is Mountain Standard Time next? And then Pacific Standard Time? Help us out... we're East Coast people and have never done this before!

I leave you with a picture from us taking one of the final loads of trash to the dumpster last night. We had a full case of Coors Light on the top of the car that Ronnie had left behind. It feel all over the parking lots and cans were exploding everywhere! We both laughed and realized how much Derrik's dad would have been freaking out if he saw his beer fizzing all over the apartment parking lot! So here is a picture for you to ponder on Ronnie :)

On The Road Again...

I come to you VIA our wireless internet card....

The Lutz Family is officially on the road again! We spent all day packing up our two cars, returned the cable box, had our grandparents pick up the borrowed furnitures from Fort Myers, returned the t.v. to Wal-Mart (yes we take advantage of Wal-Marts 90 day return policy so we don't have to travel with a t.v. all the time), picked up the car transport, loaded that up, got showers, packed up the two cats and the pup, and are officially headed to Arizona! We pulled out at 10 pm and our GPS says we should be there at 5:43 a.m..... the NEXT day! We are hoping the trip will take us only three days with our gas stops, sleeping, and trying not to go crazy in the car!

Ryder is doing great up in Cape Cod with his grandparents and aunties. We miss him SOOO SOOO much! He's definitely having a much better time then us though!

We'll keep you updated :)

Fun In The Sun... and an update on our crazy lifes!

My family flew down last Wednesday to Fort Myers to visit for a week and, of course, to celebrate Ryder's first birthday. Ryder and I spent Thursday til Sunday down on the beach with them, while Derrik was a trooper and did lots of driving back and forth to be with us while he still rehabbed. We got to see lots of friends and family, and have lots of pictures. Here are the pictures from Thursday. Derrik had the day off, so we actually got him down to the beach! This day in particular Ryder spent about an hour crawling on the beach, about three hours in the pool, chowed dinner, and went back down to the beach for sunset. He lovessss the beach!

Were on the beach!

Our camera was foggy from the change from the a.c. to the heat

Those waves look pretty cool!
"Hey Dada... This way to the water"

Let's splash around!

Here comes a wave!

Daddy trying to get Ryder back towards the water...

Our little dare-devil

Yes, the bull-dozer made the trip to the beach....

It got put to good use at the beach and pool all weekend!
My hubby throwing the football... with his left arm of course

Auntie Hailey and her best friend Emily hanging with Ryder

Ryder wondering what this thing is.... definitely not a baseball like he's use to

We were changing into a swimmer diaper and couldn't resist...

We figured Ryder was done when he feet shrivelled up like this!

In Moving News:

My family headed home today to Cape Cod and took Ryder with them while Derrik and I pack, move, and get settled. Saying good-bye to Ryder is the most awful feeling in the entire world. I fought back and forth with myself about letting him go because I miss him so much, but I know he's going to have a great time with my family and would be miserable moving and driving across the country with us. Breaks my heart to leave the little man, but we are already counting donw the days until we get to see him again!!!

Derrik and I have begun the packing process. My grandparents are coming tomorrow to pick up the couch and bed we borrowed, lots of packing Thursday, Derriks last day of rehab on Friday, and then off to Arizona either Friday afternoon or Saturday morning!

Let the fun begin!

The Birthday Boy!

Happy Birthday To You

Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday dear Ryder

Happy Birthday To You!

We Love You Ryder!

Happy 1st Birthday!

Happy Birthday Ryder

Oh my gosh.... My baby turned 1! How in the world did this happen? I feel like I was just sitting in the comfort of our hospital room having nurses check on us every few hours, staring at my baby in his little hospital bed in awe that he was all mine to love, and having visitors come to see our precious little boy!This past year has been the best year of my life! All I have ever wanted in life was to be a wife and a mommy, and this year I got to have it all. It gives me goose bump when I think about how much I love our little man. He has turned into this little boy who knows just how to work his Daddy and I. Every day I think I couldn't possibly love him any more, and some how I fall even more in love with him every day.

We spent an amazing weekend celebrating the birth of our little boy with friends and family. We have hundreds of pictures... literally. I will try to get a few posts on throughout the week to share our celebration with the blogger world.

Ryder-

Mommy and Daddy love you more then you will ever know. This past year you have completely changed our lives forever, and we couldn't be more greatful!

Happy 1st Birthday Ryder!

We Love You!

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

On Friday at about 4:15 Derrik and I realized we had no obligations to anybody or anything until Sunday morning when Derrik had to show up for rehab. We weren't quite sure what to do with ourselves, but knew we needed to do something. By 4:30 we were in the car rushing to the Vet in the Publix plaza down the road to board Chloe for the week. We ran back to the apartment, packed, and were on the road to Disney World by 5:15!!! We stopped on the way there and had some amazing Cracker Barrel. We got to Disney around 8ish, checked into our amazing hotel (Derrik booked it while I packed), and walked to Downtown Disney (right across the street from our hotel) for some fun! Nothing is better then having a go-with-the-flow baby when we decide to do stuff like this. Even though we didn't even get to Orlando until after his bedtime he was still so happy hanging out with mommy and daddy!

Ryder on Daddy's shoulder trying to watch the show going on.

I believe it was a yo-yo champion

Ryder loved the T-Rex restaurant/gift shop.

He was in awe of all the dinosaurs!

The next morning we were up at about 7:15. We took showers, packed up our stuff, and drove the car across the street to Downtown Disney to park it there for the day. We got breakfast at Micky D's there and got to play with a couple things that we couldn't the night before due to the crazy crowds.

Ryder with the Lego pups

Ryder and Buzz Lightyear... he just loves this kind of stuff!
Ryder and Da-Da waiting to catch the bus to the Magic Kingdom
I have some cute boys huh?

We made it!!! Ryder and his daddy in front of the castle!

Mommy and Ryder in front of the castle

Our first ride was the tea-cups. Just watching them in line made me sick, and Derrik was thinking the same thing. I told him as long as we didn't turn the wheel inside the tea cup we'd be just fine. We'll once on Derrik realized when he turned the wheel that Ryder absolutely loved it!!! So he kept spinning! Luckily we got over our nauciousness pretty quick and didn't have any lingering affects.

Loving the tea-cups

After the tea-cups we headed over to toon-town and walked through Mickey's house. Ryder didn't think too much of this since he doesn't really know who Mickey is yet. We realized after walking through Mickey's house that you can do a meet-and-greet with Mickey. We walked into a room and were told it was a twenty minute wait. Only twenty minutes? We got this! We were unprepared for twenty minutes in a line with no stroller with our crazy 11 1/2 month old. I was about ready to call it quits when it went through my head that Ryder didn't even care because he doesn't even know who Mickey is. We stuck it out anyhow and I am sooo glad because when Ryder saw Mickey his eyes lit up! He lovedddd him... and Minnie!

Trying to convice Ryder he can NOT crawl on the nasty floor in line!

Ryder's 1st time meeting Mickey and Minnie

Could have stayed and played ALL day!

Not too long after his meet-n-greet with Mickey Mouse Ryder pooped out on us! It was a little after his regular nap time at this point so we went and fast-passed the Winnie the Pooh ride and got a freebie fast pass for Mickey's Philhar-Magic. While we waited for our fast-pass times to approach, we let the little man get a power nap while his mommy and daddy went and found a quiet air-conditioned place to grab some lunch and escape the August Florida heat.

We ended up waking Ryder up about forty-five minutes into his nap to go watch the Mickey's Philhar-Magic. This is a 3-D show where you sit in seats and watch the show. I had taken Ryder into it when we went back in January, and he didn't have a problem. Looks like he might have developed a little more sense to his surroundings because he did not like when the water sprayed on him and had two quick melt downs. Nothing too traumatic, but was definitely his least favorite of the day.

Ryder opted to chew his glasses instead of wear them... ugh the germs!

We then used our next fast-pass to get on the Winnie-the-Pooh ride which you just sit in a cart and they take you through the story. He did great on this ride and liked looking around at everything going on. We then headed over to, Mommy's favorite, It's a Small World! I wasn't sure what he would think, but really seemed to love it as much as I do.

Ryder's face when he first sees the entrance to It's a Small World

We then had to find a good spot so we could watch the parade. I was pretty sure Ryder would like the parade because he loves seeing all the characters. We had about thirty minutes to blow before the parade started so I went and got Ryder a hotdog for lunch since he missed out when we ate. After I bought the most ridiculously priced hotdog in the world ($5.95!), Ryder decided that he didn't want that for lunch today! I literally should have given him a five dollar bill to throw on the ground. Oh Well.... he loved his Mickey ice cream daddy went and bought him!

His cute Mickey ice cream

Ryder also realized in this picture one of his puff snacks was still stuck to his hand from earlier.

During the parade Ryder decided to blow out his diaper. I'm sure the crowd around him thoroughly enjoyed the aroma, but I refused to leave to change it after we had waited for so long. Luckily the baby care center was close by so we got to strip Ryder down and cool him off during his diaper change. Once we thought we had helped him re-group for a fun second half of the day... he pooped out on us!!!

Out Cold

This pictures makes my day! It has been months since I have had Ryder fall asleep and let me hold him. This goes to show how exhausted he was. We took him out of the stroller, onto the Peter Pan ride, and put him back in his stroller and he never woke up! We tried so hard to wake him up for the ride, but he refused! He is obviously not a Peter Pan fan. We then walked over to the Buzz-Lightyear ride and Ryder loved it. He sat on my lap as I absolutely crushed his daddy! You have two controls to shoot at targets, and I couldn't have been more proud to have beat Derrik! We went on this ride years back when we first started dating and I beat him then too. I dont beat Derrik at ANYTHING! It wasn't mentioned, but I know he planned on gaining the title of Buzz Lighyear champ! I am still rubbing it in that he didn't beat me once again :)

Picture of the picture taken while we were on the ride.

You can see Ryder's little head on my lap if you look real close.

Playing in the gift shop after the ride

Why am I in jail guys?!

My sweet boys :)

After Buzz Lighyear we headed to another part of the park and went on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and did the Jungle Safari. Ryder once again loved both rides.

Meeting Captain Hook

We had such a great day together! It was such an amazing time seeing out little man have some much fun! I hope you enjoyed the pictures and wish you all could have been there to see his eyes light up when he got to meet Mickey Mouse!

My one last request to Derrik at the end of the day.... a family picture! Didn't come out the best... but we had to get one :)

The Lutz Family