Water Park Fun

We have season passes to Aquatica, which is a water park owned by Sea World. Ryder absolutely loves going there. We have a great time!

Ryder Turned 2 (in March)

Ryder's 2nd Birthday was amazing! He had such an awesome Mickey Mouse party with tons of presents and Guests. Not to mention a delicious brithday cake. The cake was his favorite part, aside from the "Car Car" Powerwheel that he got from Grandad, Mimi, Uncle Josh, Papa Albert, Mom, and Dad. Enjoy his pictures!

Just Ryder

This is Ryder being cute and knowing it. He is getting to be too much!!!!

This is his "why are making me do this" face. We get this a lot lately!

Ryder being silly

Ryder loves this baseball hat. He was being cute and showing off. He actually let me take his picture. He will say "CHEESE" now!!! He is getting so big!

Christmas Day 2008

Christmas was very good to Ryder and all of us this year! Ryder got so many presents! More than we have space to store, but he loves each and everyone of them. All of the presents pictured are mostly from Mommy, Daddy, and Santa. He loves his drums. We are hoping that he has been blessed with the Patterson musical gene. We would love for him to have a love for music! He can sure make noise with the drums!!!! He also received a keyboard and a guitar! They are fun for him to learn what they are.

This is hsi BIKE! He was so excited with this! He loves it and is doing really good with it. It is a little big for him still, but he is growing up really fast and will fit on it in no time.

He really thought that the train was cool, but he was not into it too much. I think he was a little overwhelmed with all of the gifts!

This is a video learning game for Ryder to hook up to the TV. We think that he is going to love it!

He did really good with opening all of his presents. He got a little tired at times and needed a break!

He loved his new shoes from Papa Albert and Grandma Doris!

The stocking he loved, but daddy had to help him!

SANTA and MICKEY MOUSE

Ryder loves his Daddy! He is all about his daddy these days. They were having quite a good time together looking at all the beautiful Christmas Lights at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Ryder thought that this was the coolest thing he had ever seen. Lightening and Mater were alive. They were talking and reving up their engines. He was so excited!!!!

Ryder LOVES His Mickey Mouse Ears! He thinks that they are really special. He does not really like the sting attached to the hat though!

Ryder and Santa became great friends this year! Ryder walked right up and said with no fear, HI SANTA!" He told Santa he wanted a "Buttball"! Santa said a what, mommy whispered in Santa's ear that he meant to say FOOTBALL. Santa got it then! Ryder misses the "F" on the word everytime!

He was so excited to see Mickey Mouse! He loved every minute of it and was not afraid at all. We are still waiting to find something that he is afraid of!

Universal Studios with Aunt Mary and Aunt Jessie

Ryder, Aunt Jessie, and Auntie Mary went to Universal Studios on December 13, 2008 to enjoy their holiday events. Aunt Jessie buttoned up Ryder's coat in the picture above and clearly did it wrong! :) Ryder had a great time with them as always!