tired girl

too tired to stop playing before falling asleep!

who needs toys...

...when you've got a big box! i taped up different parts of the flaps on this box so that one end had the doors and the other end had a window. 30 minutes of in-and-out, door-opening-and-closing fun!

claire watched wyatt's box fun while having her first experience in the bumbo! she kept leaning to the right...she needs a little more practice, but i think she enjoyed it for the most part.

daddy's little helper

wyatt LOVES being outside, and especially if his daddy is out there! he's even wearing one of his daddy's hats here!

matt's gearing up for the spring and summer. so far he has white potatoes, tomatoes, peas and corn planted (there are probably a couple others, but this is all i can remember right now!). lucy is staying cool in the shade, watching matt and wyatt work in the "smaller" of the two gardens in our back yard!

nice hat!

my sweet friend gwen came to spend the day with us today! we decided to go for a walk this evening so we put our jackets on because it had gotten breezy. this was the first time claire had ever worn this jacket (or a jacket in general!) and so it was also the first time we saw what the hood on it looked like. ...it seemed normal off...not so normal on....it looks like a certain type of hat to me, i just can think of what kind of hat that is?? chef hat? cone head hat? strawberry shortcake hat? here is a picture of claire strapped on gwen in the bjourn....what do you think?

1st guitar lesson

we can't believe this is the first time matt brought out his guitar for wyatt, but it is. he looks so tiny compared to it! he enjoyed strumming and dropped the pick inside ...matt eventually shook it out! little claire watching...

big boy bed!!!

it took us about a month to get around to finally making the guest bedroom into wyatt's room, but we did it! it's definitely still a work in progress, but it will do for now. wyatt seems to really like it and he's doing great!! he's excited to get in bed at night. hopefully that will always be the case!

gatorland

this one is for uncle j and auntie ree! they gave claire this onesie before she was born. i even captured her participating in their favorite pastime – the nap! :)

"fort"

we built our first fort today!

it was by far the easiest fort ever built, and looked more like a tent! wyatt thought is was fun and insisted that "care" come in with him. she just lay there looking around while he could barely be still long enough for me to take these pictures! thankfully claire made it out with no injuries!

how time flies!

a lot has happened in the little over a year since we last posted! wow! now claire is closer to the age wyatt was in the last post than wyatt is! here is the most recent pictures of them that we have access to. they were taken on feb. 27, so almost a month ago. wyatt was 21 months (now he's 22 months) and claire was 2 months (she turns 3 months today!!). wyatt likes to hold her on his lap. it's very cute. he'll even try to put his arms under her when she is sitting in her chair to pick her up, but she weighs too much for us to have to worry about him being able to do that for a while! he weighs around 28 lbs and she weighs around 16 lbs!

hopefully we'll be able to post something at least once a week now! that is our goal any way! i'm also going to try to go in and go backwards as well, to fill in some of what went on with us last year! we'll see how that goes! :)

shoes....

...if he can get his hands on them, he will have his feet in them! it's not only one of his favorite words to say ("oosh"), they are also one of his favorite things - wyatt loves shoes...of all kinds! here you can see he found his daddy's boots! they make a wonderful addition to his already wonderfully matching outfit!

cat nappers

daddies and their babies, i love catching them napping together! it's just really sweet!

big brother

today was the first time we actually took a picture of wyatt and claire together, and also the first time wyatt got to hold claire! so cute and kind of nerve racking cause he kept trying to poke her in the eye or press his face on her!

Claire Marie is here!

Sweet baby Renfrow #2 arrived today, and we were surprised with a little girl!! Claire Marie was born at 6:45am, 8 lbs 12 oz. we are so excited and so blessed to have a healthy little daughter and little sister for wyatt! i was scheduled for an 11am c-section, but the Lord heard my prayers and desire to go into labor on my own and let it happen! so i woke up around 4am to my water breaking, then we were heading to the hospital within 30 minutes! i still had a c-section, for several reasons, and my doc was so gracious to come in a few hours early to still do the surgery instead of a doc i had never met before.

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!