Santa! I KNOW HIM!!!!!!

I've been in the gym 5 of 7 days this week...lost inches but no lbs....soooo frustrating.
Ryder has been doing an army crawl from one side of my parent's family room to another. It is so funny to watch him. If he sees a toy he wants, he will do anything to get to it-when he gets frustrated, he simply cries and his Grammy comes running to the rescue.
We went to the Millenia Mall here to see Santa. We got such a cute picture of the REAL Santa. I was so excited...it was just another stranger to Ryder haha.

Grammy and Ryder playing while we waited to see Santa

The REAL Santa

Christmas Time 2011

Well-We made it safe and sound to Orlando. Everyone was so excited to see Ryder and we was excited to see anyone else besides his mama who held him still on an airplane for 6 hours haha.We got in at 9pm and went straight to my parent's house. Ryder stil has NOT adjusted to the time change and I am running on very little sleep.
We have spent a lot of time with my grandparents and I am looking forward to my cousins and sister coming into town (as well as Kori's husband, my brother in law and MY HUSBAND). My brother came in early from school, too. He'll tell you it is so he could hunt but it's actually so he could spend more time with Ryder.

Yesterday, my grandmother took me and Ryder to get his christmas pictures taken. There were some cute ones...The above pics are some of my favorites

Orlando...

HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Ryder

I want you to know how much I love you. I hope you know how proud I am of you-how proud I am to call you my son. Know that my love for you is unconditional and it is forever. There is nothing you could ever do that could change the way that I feel for you, that would change how much I love you. My life started the day you were born. I loved you from the moment I knew I was going to have you but I never knew how much I could love someone until you were born and in my arms. You are my everything and I love you more and more every day. Your smile makes my day-EVERY DAY. When you reach out to me, my heart smiles. When I hear you say "mama", my heart melts. Watching you grow and learn is what I live for. Feeling your soft, sweet hand around my finger is the reason I get up.
Ryder Patrick Fry-I love you more than you will ever know. You are my life and my world and I will never give up on you and I will always protect you and keep you safe.

"No one will ever know the strength of my love for you. After all, you're the only one who knows what my heart sounds like on the inside."