bath time!

Wyatt LOVES bath time! as you can see he is all smiles with his bath friends!

Matt's Fishin' Trip

Matt went on a fishing trip with his Uncle Chris and cousin Mel. they had a great time and a good turn out! they said that it started out slow and then they caught all the fish at once!

great-great aunt lee

matt's parents are heading home after a super fun weekend. we followed them to kenly to visit some of matt's dad's family. here is a picture of wyatt sitting on his great-great aunt lee's lap!

anxiously awaiting...

wyatt must of known that his grandpa and grandma renfrow were coming today, cause he was up and ready to go this morning. here he is wrestling the stuffed black lab that lives in the guest bedroom!

"yay, grandpa and grandma are here!"

"these grandma type sure like to steal snuggles...the more the better!"

"oh my gracious, do you see what my grandpa and grandma got me!?"

"oh, this is so exciting!"

"more colorful boxes!!"

Christmas Day

it's christmas eve and we are in indiana! sooo fun! we've been eating yummy goodies that my grandma, aunt and cousins have made, catching up and playing games. speaking of the goodies, thanks sooo much for sharing them with us!

this evening we exchanged gifts. the kids had picked names and us adults did a "white elephant" exchange. both were very fun! we ended up with a starbucks gift card and the game of LIFE! fun! wyatt got a crazy telephone that makes crazy noises and a toy from his great grandparents that when you push/turn buttons cute little animals pop up!

here are just a few of the pictures of us all gathered in grandpa and grandma's living room!

the kids getting ready to open their gifts

pictured: haley and marissa are looking at the camera, but both looked concerned!
their mommy, annette is beside them, she is my cousin.
then gracie is off to the right side and her brother austin is in the foreground!
joe, gracie and austin's daddy, is in the background.

wow, what is this?!
pictured: wyatt checking out his new toy from great grandpa and grandma!

awe, sweet!! ha!

pictured: my cousin-in-law rod and my cousin michael

in the far corner! :)
pictured: my uncle curt, matt, my cousin-in-law sean (who is recording me as i snap this shot!) and my aunt marcia!

pucker up!!
pictured: my silly grandpa and my vati (who is showing someone the phone?)

unaware!
pictured: grandpa (in the background), grandma, mutti, andrea, jason, and the tip of austin's nose! :) he fell asleep on jason, so cute!

what a cute couple!
pictured: jason and andrea!

animal train

just some cute pictures of wyatt playing with the animal train that he received from santa! the train actually moves and wyatt gets so excited to see it coming toward or away from him. it also plays music and he will dance with it! so cute!

"Christmas Morning"

after "christmas day" at andrea and jason's, we went to vati and mutti's for "christmas morning", even though it was really the evening of today! ha! vati had a yummy stew cooking in the crock pot that was ready for us when we arrived. we ate dinner than all went and put our pjs on! because you always have your pjs on christmas morning! ;)

wyatt, being the youngest...obviously...got to open his gifts from santa first! that and he had to go to bed as soon as he was finished opening them! autie ree started it for him that gave it to him and lifted him as he held on! :)

it's a super cute animal train!!

a super cute picture of wyatt and his auntie ree!

one of the highlights of the evening was when mutti opened the one gift that was actually a surprise to her, AND also a gift that she had given to vati 5 years ago that he had never opened!! we were all laughing so hard! it is a really nice ice cream/yogurt maker...hopefully it will actually get used now!

"Christmas Eve"

after the christmas brunch with our friends, we headed to andrea and jason's house for "chrismas eve"! we are all going to indiana for chrismas this year, so we had to find a time we could all get together before we left to exchange gifts. and there were gifts galore! we had such a fun time!

here are vati and mutti! ;) mutti with one bum arm and wyatt in the other!

jason

andrea

jason, matt and alison, and don't miss doc in the lower right corner!

3rd Christmas Party!

What a fun day we had today! It started with church and then we had a Christmas Brunch with our friends from our birthing class. Wyatt is at the end of his first really bad cold / start of an ear infection, so we tried to keep our distance, accept during the group picture, we had to get close! So hopefully no one will get sick! I was also a bit sniffly, but not bad at all! If we were too bad, we wouldn’t have gone, no one wants to be sick!

Mommies holding babies: Lena and Nora, Carol and Blane, Shanna and Lucas, Alison and Wyatt, Wendy and Charles.

Once again the mommies are included in the picture now that most of the little one (all but wyatt!) are now on the move!

The babies did “Secret Santa” with each other! It was fun to watch them open up their gifts!

Rob and Blane

Lena and Nora

Alison and Wyatt

Wendy and Charles

7 MONTHS OLD!

Wow, we cannot believe that our little guy is 7 months old! He just brightens every day with that cute face and smile! It’s amazing to think of how much he has grown and learned in such a short period of time! He’s sitting up really well these days. We don’t have to put anything behind him, but at some point during sitting he always decides to lay down, and the pillow is just nicer to his little "punkin" head!! He can roll now, but he rarely does it. He just enjoys sitting in one place and playing with his toys. Unless, of course, he is in the Johnny Jumper in the doorway, then those feet keep him bouncin’! he also has about 5 teeth trying to join the two he has on the bottom. Four on the top and one more on the bottom. the one on the bottoms has broken through too. He barely seems to notice them, aside from the drooling and sudden love for the pacifier!

2nd Christmas party!

We had a Christmas party with my department from work…aka: 2nd family! It was a lot of fun. We did white elephant gifts: we ended up with 2 packs of glow sticks (necklaces, braclets – kind of a fun gift!) and an old timey disney alarm clock (not so fun gift!). Wyatt also received his first Christmas gift at this party! ☺ It was a fun cement truck and a book about trucks!




we all chipped in to give paul (our fearless leader ;) ) and his wife nancy this print that paul had beeb eyeing on our trip to the art museum couple months ago.

1st Christmas party!

Wyatt experienced his first Christmas party this evening! It was a fun time with great friends and lots of yummy food!

sitting: wyatt, eston, oliver; laying: adela

We of course had to at least try to get a picture of all the little ones together in front of the Christmas tree! Never could get them to all look at the same time, but at least they are all facing toward the cameras! That was a feat in itself!

play day

What a funny guy! He’s got these neat little “U” shaped toys that he likes to bite on, but this was a new way of biting on it!




later we broke out his baby einstein gym, which he hasn’t played with for a couple of weeks. Last time he played with it he couldn’t sit up on his own, so now he can be right at everything! Wow, this makes you realize how fast they grow!! He’s 6 ½ months old already!

1st paino lesson

Aunt Ash receiving her first piano lesson from Wyatt: how to randomly hit down on any of the keys right in front of you! Not so beautiful to the ear, but will certainly put a smile on anyone’s face!

contemplating his next “song”

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wyatt’s first thanksgiving! We spent it with the Virginia renfrows! :) as you can see we had a table full of great food: turkey, potato casserole, limas, greens, a cranberry dish, cranberry sauce, stuffing, gravy, candied sweet potatos, parkerhouse rolls, and not picture where the apple pie and sweet potato pie!! Yum! Also, ash had maid these awesome pumpkin cookies with cream cheese icing that I ate about 10 of!! Everything was so yummy!





wyatt especially enjoyed playing with the aluminum container that the rolls came it. It made lots of loud noises when he hit on it. (his friend oliver taught him how to do this!)





here is wyatt and his auntie ash! Of course he turned at the last second, but it’s still a great picture of ash!