The Party Continued...

After a much needed afternoon nap, Rachie & Unca and Pa & JaJa came over for dinner. We had a fabulous time and ate some more birthday cake.

Jill (JaJa), Rachel (Rachie) and Lily Kate

Lily Kate got two more babies whom she named Ruby and Max (too much Nick Jr. in our house) especially since "Max" is a little girl baby. I decided that Max is short for Maxine. The boys worked to put together a stroller for the baby dolls.

One family tradition is birthday pancakes in the shape of the number of years that you turn. So of course Sunday morning on Lily Kate's actual birthday we had to have a 2 pancake!

After church, my parents arrived and Lily Kate was spoiled even more with more presents and lots of attention. They drove out from Iowa to spend a few days with us and they were even able to convince Grandma Mary to come.

Grandma Debbie and Lily Kate

On Monday, we went to the Airport Overlook for a picnic. It was a little noisy for LIly Kate, but we enjoyed a picnic lunch as we watched the planes take off.

Feliz Cumpleaños!

Well, it is official, I'm one of those moms. We had Lily Kate's birthday party on Saturday morning. She had such a blast. Her favorite show right now is "Do do Dora'" so that was the theme.

The Party girl

Her JaJa (grandmother) made the cake...it was so cool I didn't want to cut it.

She was so excited about eating cake, before we could sing she started to sing "Happy Birthday" to herself.

Opening gifts...we need to add on to our house in order to store all of her new treasures ;) Thanks so much, everyone!

She had tons of her play group friends here and the neighbor girls were able to come too!

Of course she loved the extra attention from her great grandparents who drove all the way from Fayetteville to attend!

The weekend of spoiling continued when Unca & Rachie drove up from Columbia and then Sunday my parents got here...but as Lily Kate would say that will be "another one" post.

Hooked on Phonics

Tonight I asked Lily Kate to go play while I cleaned up the kitchen, this is what she came up with:

She read 10 books to Reese and Elmo; I guess they were good listeners.

My Best Friend's Wedding

We went to Garner this weekend for one of my best friends from college's wedding. They got married in a beautiful garden, thankfully the weather was equally beautiful.

The new Mr. & Mrs. Stone! They met in grad school at Campbell. We saw so many camels...many of whom we hadn't seen in almost 6 years!

Lily Kate stayed with her grandparents...it was such a treat to get away for the weekend.

First Haircut

So maybe it was a tad overdue...the hairdresser said she "kinda has a mullet" maybe I, like Alex Lambert (on American Idol), think that mullets are making a comeback. The reality is it was just hard to bring myself to cutting off those baby curls :)

Today, I bit the bullet and took her to Doolittle's to get her haircut. She did great! Although she wouldn't let them dry or style her hair. Maybe next time.
This is the set-up a television with Madagascar, a fire truck to sit on, and a lollipop when it is all over!

It still has some curl even after they took off an inch!

All done!

The Best Part of Waking Up...

I awoke this morning to my wonderful husband bringing breakfast into the room. It doesn't get much better than Chick-fil-A biscuits in bed! (Stephen is working the night shift for a few weeks so he stopped on his way home). What a treat!

Extreme Makeover Renfrow Edition

We did a little redecorating this weekend (really just decorating since we hadn't really done much with our bedroom since we moved in). It is still a work in progress, but I'm amazed at what some curtains and a new bedspread can do for a room!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

The Hazards of a Lollipop

Never a dull moment in the Renfrow household, I took Lily Kate to the doctor today since she hasn't been feeling great for the past two weeks. She has an ear infection :( It is great to finally know what is going on. We stopped by the pharmacy on our way home to pick up her prescription and I let her eat the lollipop we got from the doctors office while we waited. She bit the lollipop and it split just right that it cut her gums. She was drooling/bleeding/crying as I tried to figure out what happened and get her cleaned up. Needless to say I think the pharmacy filled our prescription faster than usual and Lily Kate was ready to change her shirt as soon as possible. I took a picture of her battle scars...the shirt was pristine and white when we arrived...I'm not sure it will ever be the same.

She's standing on the steps after she shut the baby gate (I didn't lock her up...I promise!)

We're having another girl!

On February 3rd, I had my 18 week ultrasound and we found out we are having another little girl. Here are a few of the pictures of our precious little one:

Face Profile

She had her hand right next to her mouth.

All of her organs looked healthy and she seems to be developing right on track!

"For You formed my inward parts;

You wove me in my mother's womb.

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made..."

Psalm 139:13-14a

Simple Things

Happy Valentine's Day! We had a wonderful and lazy day. We have been rather crafty this week. Here are some of our projects:

The Valentines we made for Lily Kate to exchange this year (idea from Family Fun Magazine)

Lily Kate made this heart bouquet for Daddy...who says men shouldn't get flowers?

The funniest part of my Valentine gift from Stephen...I loved the infomercial. Can't wait to use them! - Note: only put them on an open can, they may get stuck on an unopened one. I learned this the hard way.

Our silly little girl in her new pjs. Thanks, JaJa & Pa!

I'm loving the winter Olympics and Amazing Race was pretty stinking hilarious tonight! A perfect ending to a wonderful day!