Applesauce

We tried applesauce today....

These pictures were the first few bites. He didn't have too much of it because he was fussy to begin with, but I think he did actually like it :)

Wordless Wednesday

Almost wordless... We actually saw the end of a rainbow! No pot of gold though :(

First Day of Pre-School

After lots of debating back and forth about sending Ryder off to pre-school this year we finally made a decision. The school the girls go to is one of the only schools in the area that run a Mother's Day Out (MDO) program. There is no commitment, and you pay by the day. I signed Ryder up for Tuesday and Thursdays, and just have to call before 1 to send him any other day. Basically if he misses two Tuesday's or Thursday's in a row he's not on the list anymore, and we have to call to send him. Perfect for us considering we know we will be leaving around February for Spring Training and have no clue what will be thrown our way this off season. He starts school at 8:30 and goes until 1:30. They have play ground time, lesson time, snack time, potty breaks, and lunch while he is there. We can also leave him until 3:00 for an extra $10 (when the girls get out), and he would take a nap during this time. We will only use that when he have to.

We have been discussing school for quite a while now with Ryder. He was so excited about it, but really clammed up when we went to check it out last week. When I would ask him what he was going to do at school he would reply, "I'm going to play, and I'm going to cry." When I would ask him why he was going to cry he would tell me it was because he was going to miss me.

He woke up SOOO excited for school today! He was beyond excited to wear his book bag (which he has pretended to go to school with for well over a year now) and carry his new lunch box. He kept beating the dogs with his lunch box this morning. His lunch was probably smooshed before we left!! He was even cooperating for pictures he was so excited! Of course when we went outside the camera fogged up going from the A.C. to the hot humid outdoors. That is why the pictures are kind of foggy.

My big boy all ready for pre-school

Love that big cheese :)
From the back side

He even gave me a side angle... he was really workng it this morning

The money shot!

My mom said he will be made at me when these pictures are shown in high school, and he had a pink shirt on. I told her lots of guys wear pink... she told me that might not be too cool ten years down the road.

Mommy and Ryder

When did my baby get so big? :(

And someone was ready to have Mommy and Grammy all to himself for the day.

Six poopy diapers, multiple spit-ups from a non spit-up baby, and fussiness all day made it not so fun! My easy going baby was high maintenance today!!!

Ryder was done posing by the time his Aunties came out for pictures

Heading into school

And this is the moment where Ryder had a change of heart and decided this might not be so cool after all....

Walking my shy boy in

Ryder did cry when I left. I stayed in the room for maybe two minutes. I know how Ryder is, and me staying was only going to make things worse. The front desk lady checked on him before we left and said he was sitting on one of the teachers laps calming down. I called about an hour later to see if he was doing ok. The lady told me that he was dancing around during praise and worship. I mean does it get any cuter then that? I love that he is in a Christian school. I told my mom I hope he comes home singing the "Jesus Loves Me" song soon :)

Everyone asked if I cried. I don't really get emotional over stuff like that. I just wish I could watch him without him knowing to see how he acts without me around.

When we went to pick him up he came out crying. They said he was fine until they told him it was time to go. I don't think he was crying because he wanted to stay. I think he might have just been startled someone told him he was leaving, and he hadn't seen me yet. When we were walking to the car he kept taking deep breaths. I think he was just emotionally drained not knowing what to expect. He did tell us he had fun and is already talking about going back. I wish we could afford to send him five days a week because I know how good it is for him to be in an environment like that :)

His first school papers :)

I am 100% certain that someone helped him write those because he has a hard time doing circles on his own. Still cute though!

We hope everyone has a great start to the school year too!!!

A Post for Aunt Karen

Well clearly my Aunt Karen thinks my blog is boring thanks to her facebook comments :) Unless you want to hear about our final trip to the bowling alley for the summer with friends or our trip to Wal-Mart for some last minute school essentials I'm sad to say I don't have much to say. I did snap a few pictures at an attempt to make a blog post, but these guys weren't really doing anything excited....

and Hailey was upstairs singing Fergie's Big Girls Don't Cry at the top of her lungs...Luckily Landon is pretty much always up for smiling for the camera....

We are getting ready for school to start around here on Monday and 3 1/2 weeks until baseball is over for Derrik :)

Wordless Wednesday

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Just in case...

Just in case anyone needed something to brighten up their day...






Hope everyone has a great week. We will be enjoying our last week of summer vacation before Auntie Ally and Auntie Hailey go back to school next week!!

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First Shot at Solids

Last night it was finally time to crack down and give my big boy some solid foods.... if you want to call it solid :)I was kind of holding out until we saw Derrik, but it was pretty clear we would not be making it that long. I'm also kind of hoping he won't roll over until Derrik is around, but judging by the amount of scootin' this big guy is doing he might be missing out on that as well.

"What's this rice stuff you guys keep talking about?"

"What in the world is this?!"

(ignore the bad picture... trying to aim with the spoon through the lens of the camera)
"Yeah.... I'm still deciding what I think."

"I think I like it!"

"Ok I love it... More please!!!"

"Wow this stuff is delicious!!!"

"Mmmmmmmm"

"This stuff is great!"

:)

"Want a kiss?!"

"All done... I"ll just slober all over my baseballs now."

Hangin' in the Kitchen

My camera is in the kitchen so I grab it a lot to snap some photos of the boys (mainly Landon due to Ryder's lack of interest). I knew I was over due for a blog so I found some pictures of the boys one morning and one evening last week on the camera to put up.

Ryder very proudly wears Daddy's Phiten necklace

or as Ryder would call it "Daddy's baseball neckalce"

Humm... What have we been up to? We had an awesome time with a big group of friends at Sun Splash (the local water park) last week. No pictures though because too much was going on. We had a lot of fun though! We have been doing lots of summer stuff... hanging out, swimming, dollar summer movies, bowling... very entertaining :)

Derrik has done nothing but excel in Single A out in California. He has been there just over three weeks and we are getting A-N-T-S-Y!! Baseball is all about being antsy, waiting for the next move, hoping for the next thing. I know that and try not to let it get the best of me. BUT I'd really like him to get to AA out in North Carolina 1: because that is where he was when he got hurt. It would be amazing to end this season where he left off and go into next Spring Training feeling fully back into things. 2: We haven't seen Derrik in over six weeks. The season isn't over for another five weeks. We'd love if he'd get to North Carolina soon so we can drive and see him.

Until then.... we'll just stay strong, keep enjoying summer, keep cheering Derrik on, and hope minor league baseball season ends SOON!!!!