IN proof!

the kids and i just got back from indiana, and i am so bad about taking pictures that this is the only proof i have that we actually were there!!! we went up for my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary gathering and to visit family. it was a great trip that FLEW by! i can hardly believe that we are already home! it was so good to see everyone and let them meet claire. wyatt and claire also did really well on the road trip. it's usually between 11-12 hour drive and i think that it took us about 14 with the extra stops, not bad. i'd do it again! :)

proof that we were in IN:
claire sleeping in my cousin angie's arms,
in my grandma's kitchen! :)

2 peas in a pod

matt and wyatt intently watching and listing to a video of a tractor someone is trying to sell.

and a cute pic of claire!

after nap

after wyatt's nap (if claire is already up from her's or they decided to nap at different times!) she and i go in his room to get him out of the bed. i always lay claire on his bed so i can get him out and change his diaper. he wasn't quite ready to get out of the bed this afternoon, so he and claire were attacked by the "mommarazzi"!! i am only posting one of the many flashes they were exposed to!

claire's 1st food

claire had her first taste of food – baby rice cereal! she was so cute trying to eat it, kept pushing it out with her tongue! it was so runny, the way the box tells you to prepare it. definitley won't make it so runny tomorrow.

excitement about eating food

going for it!

that's all??

big "cheeser"

the classic "wyatt cheese"

sweet napper

claire was just too sweet snuggling with her "burpie" for me not to take a picture!

morning walks

i've finally decided we need to get into more of a routine again. so, for starters, we are trying to walk in the mornings! matt retrieved the roomie double stroller (so generously given to us) from the attic and today was our first day! i think the kids really enjoyed it, and so did i! it was right around claire's nap time, so she napped. wyatt brings a toy, juice and snack – all that and a nice ride outside, who wouldn't be happy with that! i don't think i heard two words out of him! we'll do it again tomorrow...and hopefully the day after that, and the day after that, and so on!

later today...

just thought i'd share some cute pictures of the kids playing!

wyatt with his puttet friend we've named "gilbert" the goat

claire was playing quietly, but wyatt can't take not being part of the action!

sweet baby claire!

sittin' pretty

she's not eating food yet, but she finally joined us at the table for dinner! :)

"coyen"

after church we had lunch with our dear friends paul and nancy, then headed home to put the kids down for a nap. once they were up, it was such a pretty day that we had to be out in it. this is a picture of matt and wyatt in our little "coyen" field. (wyatt's way of saying corn!)

wyatt running into the back yard to see "dada".

the "small" garden. (the "coyen" is the "big" garden, not pictured.)

wyatt's favorite place, the truck's driver seat AND with daddy!

the girls! (claire and mommie)

cute outfit by grandma renfrow :)

she's out!

a cute claire taking her afternoon nap!

happy 2nd birthday wyatt!! – part 2

wyatt's 2nd birthday was a far cry from his 1st birthday celebration! sorry buddy. i just didn't have the time or energy to do any more! i think that he had a fun day though. (aside from the fact that his mommie made his 2 yr doc appt for today...oops!! at least he only had a finger prick, which he watched the whole thing and didn't wimper a bit. he actually seemed really interested in what the nurse was doing and didn't act like he felt anything! amazing.) his grandma eakright came and spent the day with us, later that day uncle jay and "auntie ree" came for dinner, and then his neighbor friend rachel came over after super! i also made him strawberry short cake. he loves fruit and cake icing doesn't seem to agree with him for some reason, so it seemed like the perfect birthday cake for him. :)

wyatt's 2nd birthday – part 1

we had a fun weekend in virginia with lots to celebrate: matt's mom's birthday (fri), bridal shower for ash (matt's sis) on sat, mother's day (today), wyatt's birthday (tomorrow)!

wyatt's thoughtful grandma "nana" had a yummy cookie cake for him and his aunt "asheesh" gave him this super fun tent!

jumpin

claire's tryin' out the doorway jumper. she's definitely not jumping at this point, but she seemed to enjoy being in a somewhat standing position! i think she was in it for a little over a hour!

bug bites

poor wyatt is so sensitive to "bug" bites....mosquito or spider, we don't know? this is the second time that he has been bitten around the eye. he woke up this way this morning. it actually looks better in this picture than it did earler, it was almost all the way shut this morning.

like father...like son

wyatt looking through a tractor magazine, need i say more?

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?