More new tricks!

Ryder is now sitting on his own!! I woke up the other morning and came out to see him hanging out with Andy on the couch. The image was just too funny (little man, big couch!)~ had to share it with you all...

Michigan- Post 3

Ryder was happy to be hanging with some of his most special peeps on this trip. Here are some pics: 1. Great-Grandma Shirls 2. Aunt Mags, 3. Aunt Kate, 4. Mims, 5. Uncle Andrew, 6. Cousin Loey

Michigan- Post 2

For some reason I just love the pics of Ryder with food all over his face, maybe that is because it is one of the few times he is sitting somewhat still! Here are some good food pics from the Michigan trip: 1. Breakfast with Dad, 2. Want to try Dad's corn, 3. Gonna need some more teeth in here!!, 4. yummm... not so much the chips, but love the bag, 5. Gummin' a tortilla chip, 6. the sultan of avocado

Michigan- Post 1

We just returned from a long week in Michigan with Lisa's family. It was a wonderful week full of fun times! The days mainly consist of a lot of coffee, maybe a cherry doughnut, some exercise, time at the beach, naps, reading, shower, dinner and hang time. Not too exciting on the 'thrill meter' but amazingly restful and full of fun times together. The week was full of fun for Ryder- lot's of other faces and new things! here are some pics of some of the 'news' for Ryder:

1. First beach sunset with mom and dad

2. Sitting unsupported for extended periods of time

3. Dad took him swimming in the lake

4. Mims introduced him to Graham crackers and he LOVES them

5. A little cat-nap on the beach

Mango-rific!

More pics of Ryder eating! He really loves fruit in his rice cereal~ this week's new fruit? Mango! Yummm!

Footage for the Nashville and KC branches of the Ryder Fan Club

This is a little longer (about 2 minutes) but thought it was a good sample of what is going on with Ryder right now. He is getting so big (long!) and strong~ he can stand on his own, you just have to balance him. We have raised 'The Office' up a notch and he loves loves being in there. He sees it and starts reaching down, wanting you to put him in it! This morning he was really 'working hard' when we were in the kitchen. I thought you all would enjoy this:

Matchy matchy...

The other day I realized that somehow I had dressed Ryder in almost the exact same outfit that Andy was wearing for the day... On the positive side, at least they weren't in matching Christmas sweaters!! (you can rest assured you won't be subjected to any of THOSE kind of photos!!)Anyway~ here are a couple of pics of Ryder and Andy hanging out~ both looking pretty cute!

Young dog, new tricks...

Here is one Ryder has been working on lately... holding onto his own bottle to feed himself. He doesn't have it mastered yet, but he is getting better!

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Ryder isn't crawling or scooting yet, but he is able to roll! No more leaving him unsupervised on any elevated surfaces... we were hanging out outside the other day and here are some pics of him starting to rock and ROLL

Wheels up!

Ryder is just getting big enough to go for bike rides with me and just this last week we have been able to get out for the first time. We did a great ride up to the Maroon Bells with our friend Shea~ the weather was perfect, the raod was steep and Ryder took a great nap... hard to ask for much else!

The latest from Aaaaaahspen

Ryder has started eating 'solid' foods ~ basically mushed up bananas, sweet potato, avocado and (the lates and greatest) PEACHES. The first time I gave him peaches he made a squished up face, then opened up for another spoonful, THEN grabbed the bowl and stuck his face in it trying to eat more.... here is a pic of the newest trend in Aspen Spa treatments, the 'Peach Facial'

America the Beautiful

Happy 4th of July! Hope everyone is doing great~ we had a busy holiday. Lisa and Ryder went over to Breckenridge early in the morning so Lisa could do the Firecracker 50 mountain bike race. Maggie and Andrew were in town with some friends for the holiday and were so fantastic to watch Ryder (after they ran a 10k in the morning!) while Lisa raced.

After the ride, zipped back to Aspen and had some great friends over for a lobster and tenderloin dinner! What an awesome way to celebrate the USA, friends and family!