Where have the past SIX years gone?!?

On March 9th...Ryder D. turned SIX!! SHEESH!! When...How and WHY has the time flown by so fast!?! It was a BUSY BUSY Saturday we had...well "I" had. We had his party on Saturday March 13th. I was up at 4:30 a.m. that morning and in Phoenix, AZ. My flight left at 7am and arrived in Billings at 8:50 a.m. and by 9:30 I was at home with my first batch of cupcakes in the oven! We decorated, picked up balloons and prepped food. People were here by 4:30p.m. and the last to leave...left at 10:30 p.m. EXHAUSTED!!! Man...it makes me tired just typing about it!!

Ryder D. Wald

(1 hour old)

Born March 9, 2004

Ten days old! Finally going home from the NICU in Bismarck, ND.
(Daddy & 5lb 9oz Ryder D.)





Messy Baby!!

(Ryder @ 7 months old)

Ryder @ FOUR years old!

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Party Balloons!!

Ryder decided that he wanted a "Teenage MutantNinja Turtle" party. That wasn't an easy feat as TMNT are vintage and HARD to find...unless you want to spend a FORTUNE on EBay!!

More decor for the party.








Goody Bags for the kiddos!
(Complete with Turtle "Ooze" for everyone)








Some of the GREEN Turtle Cupcakes.
Everyone got a "Turtle" Cupcake Ring





Ryder's Friends: (Front) Grace, Ryder, Sophia, Aleena (Middle) Brooke, Anthony W., Michael, Addie, Jasmine, Gabby (Back) Anthony O. Missing: Baby Gavin, Brandon & Evan (we couldn't tear them away from the Toy Room!)

Present Time:

Ryder LOVED his RC Turtle 4-Wheeler from Nicki & JJ!!

A TMNT Cowabunga Pizza Van...complete with a Pizza Cannon!

Neighbors Michael & Grace gave Ryder an awesome 4-in-1 Transformer Robot!

Birthday Cupcake Tower!

Six Year Old Birthday Boy Ryder!

Blow out the candle!!

Kannin had FOUR pieces of pizza...which led me to think that this poor little guy "FASTED" in protest while Mama was in AZ! He was STARVING!!!



We ordered the UFC Boxing match on Pay-Per-View at the end of the night. Neighbor Chad and kids stayed as did Nicki & JJ for the fight.

(Above: Little Exhausted Grace passed out in Daddy Chad's arms. She partied too hard!)

Kannin cuddling up with Nicki...just trying to stay awake for the fight.

What a great Party we had!! Fun was had by all!!