Apartment after the Tornado

After the tornado was over Ryder said, "My house is broken". The morning after he played with his cars as usual, only this time he turned them all upside down. Here's some pictures of what he saw.

This was Ryder's room.

This is the closet where we weathered the storm. When the tornado passed, this was the only room in the apartment that still had a ceiling. It collapsed shortly thereafter from the rain.

Surprisingly, a lot of the books in the master bedroom were still in good shape.

The mirror in our kitchen fell but did not break.

The living room is completely covered with debris.

My little builder

So, I was cleaning the tub and shower the other day and Ryder was getting into everything he could, as usual, when I turn around and see that Ryder has built the coolest little tower with our shampoo, body wash, and bubble bath bottles. I was soooo proud, and I was freaking out, so that Ryder wasn't sure if I was mad or not. So I said to him that was cool and told him to follow me. We went and got the camera and I took a picture while telling him not to touch it. Then I told him to go stand by it and caught THE cutest picture of him saying "Cheese!" He was pretty proud too. My boy is awesome!

UT & CA trips...

"You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person." -Alec Waugh

Thanks Alec, those are my sentiments of California... :) Of course, I've been here many times, but I fall in love every time.

The second week of February my whole family (Mom, Dad, siblings and their families) headed to DISNEYLAND! I can't express how much I love that place, and just even more so since I had Ryder. It was lots of fun! Ryder was getting over being sick for most of that week, but still enjoyed much of the trip. We played in Disneyland, Universal, San Diego Zoo, and a tiny bit at the beach. (It was chilly and super windy when we got a chance to hit the beach.) It was awesome! Except, it went by way too fast.

The weekend before our trip to CA, we headed to Utah for my brother-in-law Spencer's wedding. We were excited to be there for that. It sucked big time though because Ryder was the sickest he's been in his life while there. He wouldn't really move much and was hurting so much. That's just not him. He usually acts fine even when he's just normally sick. But it was too much...turns out he had a bacterial and viral (possibly multiple viruses) infections. He received an antibiotics shot and that helped a lot. But alas, he had NO fun in UT! So, here's hoping next time Ryder's like 110% better...

So, it was a crazy month in February, and super stressful, tiring, etc. Now we're looking forward to a less sick rest of the year! (Knock on wood.)