Real Texans Play Futbol

The most exciting part about Ryder turning three a couple months back… he is now old enough to play team sports!  I have been very patiently waiting to sign my boy up for soccer.  He is getting to play on a team with some of his friends, and so far he is loving it.  Lots and lots of potential there already.  

Can you spot him, number six… boy has no issues with needing to be aggressive to get to the ball.  Several kids may or may not have been shoved by Ryder's crazy shoulders and arms.  We had the opposite problem with Savannah… no aggression.  Funny how different kids are.

Check out the girl behind Ryder, she was just knocked in the face by his elbow.  

Boys Dress Up Too!

Ryder is following in his sister's footsteps… the boy loves to play make believe and dress up.  He and Savannah will spend countless hours dressing up and going on adventures together.  Pretty much every single day Ryder has some sort of super hero costume on and is running around fighting someone or saving his sissy from something.  The dressing up stage is absolutely one of my favorites.

Ryder Turns Flea

He's "flea", he's "flea"… I can not believe that my little baby boy just turned "flea".  We celebrated his third year with a CARS and Planes themed party with family and friends.  Everything was perfect and it seemed like everyone had a great time.  

Ryder's awesome cake… made by one of my sweet friends.  Totally dairy and egg free especially for our birthday boy.  

The piñata… pretty much the hit of the party.  You would think that a pool full of tire floats would be the main attraction… nope, the little dinky Planes piñata was.

This is pretty much what a good time looks like!  Pool party success!

I have to share my favorite decoration… I am all about the little extra details… these eyes for our cars that we cut out turned out awesome!  The look on Ryder's face when he came out and saw that my van and Eric's truck had CARS eyes was absolutely priceless.  He thought these eyes were the coolest things.

OMG… Disney Videos Are The Best!!

I'm still sorting through the hundreds of pictures that I took while we were at Disneyland… it will probably be a few days before I get any posted here on the blog.  In the meantime, how about some videos!  Those are way more fun than pictures anyhow.  

Our group selfie before our ride on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad began.  I got to sit with the two little girls… they were hilarious!!  I am so glad that I took video of them riding the ride.  Let me warn you, there is a lot of high pitched squealing… so maybe lower your volume.

The Radiator Racers ride in CARS Land was by far Ryder's favorite ride.  He almost did not get to ride it… technically he was not quite tall enough, but the worker did not really check well (lucky us).  Ryder had the biggest smile on his face the whole time he was on the ride.  Then when we got off the ride he kept telling us how awesome that ride was.

#Minivanselfies

If you follow my instagram account, you know that Ryder and I take a lot of selfies.  Typically while we are waiting on sister to get out of school.  On a normal day we show up 20 minutes early so that we can get a decent parking spot.  Occupying a two year old boy in a car can sometimes be a little tricky.  He loves when I pull the phone out for pictures though… it's my secret weapon.  Last year at the end of the school year I posted all the #minivanselfies Ryder and I took throughout the school year.  Soooo, I thought that in honor of another school year coming to a close I would do the same.  These really are some of my favorite pictures.  They are a very accurate depiction of how silly my little mister is.

Incase you are wanting to reminisce, here is the link to the post from last year:

http://savannahelizabethhaynes.blogspot.com/2013/06/my-little-mister.html

Trifecta

Last week Ryder started to develop a nasty cough and a slight wheeze.  The weather has been crazy here lately, so I wasn't totally surprised that his breathing was starting to worsen.  I was a little more concerned than normal, because Eric and I had started to notice that his breathing was being affected by more than the weather changes.  When Ryder runs, or wrestles with Savannah, or jumps a lot… basically anything that requires some physical activity, his breathing gets wheezy and he coughs uncontrollably.  That is never a good sign.  So I was not totally shocked when I took Ryder to the doctor and after a quick exam I was told that they were officially diagnosing him as asthmatic.  Up until now they attributed most of his breathing issues with seasonal junk (that is all Savannah ever had to deal with), however, his breathing issues have become much more serious and not as easy to fix.  With the seasonal junk they do breathing treatments and that typically clears everything up.  We are at the point where breathing treatments help, but don't completely clear up the issue.  Soooo, we now have a preventative inhaler that we will use twice daily for the foreseeable future.  This will hopefully help his airways open up and stay open for the little guy.  We will also be given a rescue inhaler to use in emergency asthma attack situations.  I am trying to be as optimistic as possible about these results.  Ryder hates the inhaler and it is a struggle to get him to use it.  Once he is used to it, I am sure it will get easier.   Poor little guy, a member of the "trifecta club" his doctor called it… food allergies, eczema, and now asthma.  Boo.

Ryder's inhaler, spacer, and mask.  He is still too little to take an inhaler the normal way.  So we have this tube thing (a spacer) and a mask that he uses to make it easier and insure that he gets the medicine.

On a happier note… we had a pretty fun weekend despite having to deal with Ryder's new daily treatment schedule.  Savannah had friends over… lot's of swimming happened… and of course, dinner was grilled every night!

Eric got me this squirrel feeder for Mother's Day.  It is seriously the most entertaining thing.  The kids and I love watching the squirrels come eat.  I am hoping that now that they have their own food they will stay out of my bird feeders.

Ryder Rides A Big Tractor

One day back before Ryder's birthday Savannah asked him what he wanted to do for his birthday and he said "ride big tractor".  Seriously, that is what he said.  kid is obsessed with big tractors, and big trucks, and big cars, and big trains... if it is on wheels, he is all about it.  So of course we had to get Ryder down to the farm so Papaw could take him on a big tractor.  

It's pretty awesome when birthday wishes come true.  He was one happy little boy.

By the end of the big tractor ride this is what he looked like... completely passed out.

Little man is also a huge fan of the 4 wheeler.  He likes to hold the handles and turn them like he is actually the one steering.  He would ride around on this all day long if we had let him.

Three generations of Haynes boys doing farm work.  

**Incase you were wondering, Savannah isn't in any pictures because while we were out playing on the farm she was at the museum with grandma enjoying some quality girl time.  That was much more appealing to her than a big tractor ride**