Catching Up

I am so far behind on posts! If only I could post them as I write them in my head, I'd be set. I'll start with the latest.

1. Happy First Father's Day, Randy & Wyatt!

Doesn't that just melt your heart!?! So does this next one. Wyatt got to spend a little one-on-one time with his Great Grandpa Regehr at the Regehr Father's Day celebration Sunday night.


2. Wyatt learned a new trick last week at 7 1/2 weeks. It's kind of hard to tell in the picture, but he's pushing himself off the floor during tummy time now. That's my big strong boy! (How big? We'll find out at his 2 month appointment on Monday. Two weeks ago he was about 11 lbs!)


3. Last weekend we went up to Kansas City to help Brian and Jennifer finish their deck. Well, the boys helped finish the deck. Randy built some really comfy benches, and the girls went garage saling and sewed throw pillows for the benches.

Wyatt even got to help!


Grammie and Wyatt scouted some sweet deals for us. We found a bike trailer - the number one hunt for the summer - and a play gym for Wyatt that he's been enjoying. It makes fun nature sounds and has some mesmerizing lights on it. We also found a bunch of 3-6 month clothes, which is good because Wyatt would have been practically naked in a couple months if we hadn't.


4. MMMMmmm...cake! It's been awhile since I've showcased one of Randy's yummy creations, but this one was too pretty and yummy to pass up! The chocolate cake had a marshmallow creme filling and chocolate drizzled over the top. It was like one big mud pie cookie! SO good!


5. Diapers, diapers...I don't know if I've mentioned this before but we're cloth diapering. Not because it's "green" but because it's MUCH easier on our budget! And we're not doing the pre-folds and covers, we're going as close to disposables as possible with BumGenius one size fits all dipes. I've found there's a whole language and culture out there for cloth diapering; I'm not that hard core. But it is working really well. We have 26 dipes, and right now I do laundry every other day. It's really not that bad, but I'm ordering at least 4 more soon. I'm dealing with a little dipe stink right now, but I think that's a detergent issue, so I'm getting ready to experiment.

Back to the Real World

Two bags packed and loaded in the car at night. Outfits laid out. Lists made.

Nope this was not for a weekend out of town. It was for my first day back to work today, and Wyatt's first day with Grandma. Welcome back to real life.

Thank the Lord that it's only for two days. It takes a lot of energy to get this all figured out! Tomorrow is my last day as director of economic development. After that I'll get to do research and eco devo project support from home...mostly. I'm excited to start and to get into our real routine (however close we can get to a routine at this point).

And SO thankful I don't have to leave Wyatt everyday!!!

A Better View

We like our neighborhood. It's fairly quiet, and some younger families are starting to move in. It's not the place we plan to be forever, but it's been a great place to start out. Sadly enough, our next door neighbor doesn't care to enjoy his backyard as much as enjoy ours. For the past four years we've looked at an old broken down car he's meant to restore for the past 10 or so years and completely overgrown trees and falling down fence.


The first year we planted honeysuckle on the chain link fence hoping desperately that it would grow quickly and hide the mess. I think it really only added to the picture of chaos. We have talked about putting up a privacy fence on that side of the yard, but we never wanted to spend the money, thinking we had more important projects for that money. But this spring Randy priced the project and it was a lot cheaper than we thought. So right after Wyatt was born, Randy got to work.
Once he got the post holes dug, the fence went up super fast!

It's a great view now! Neat and clean with rose of sharon bushes breaking up the long wood fence, we think it makes our yard look larger. And no longer do we sit on the patio and mourn the old car. Good work, honey!!

The Funny Faces of Wyatt

The Newborns

Remember this post? Here are the results!

Culley Jo was born five days after Wyatt and was a full two pounds lighter! She still looks so tiny next to him, but she's actually a little longer. His adorable chubby cheeks and double chin make him look a lot bigger!

Roadtrips & Reunions

Wyatt went on his first roadtrip over Memorial Day weekend. It's a trip our family has been looking forward to for quite awhile. Saturday morning we packed up the truck and headed north to the little town of Comstock, Nebraska, population 110. When you map Comstock on Google, you have to zoom in really close to see that any roads go to it. But it's a place dear to Randy's family's hearts because Grandpa and Grandma Lenstrom live there and have made such an impact for God's kingdom on that community. And this weekend the entire family gathered for the first time in 19 years to celebrate Grandma and Grandpa's 60th wedding anniversary.

Wyatt met his great grandparents for the first time and posed for this picture with them on Sunday morning. My jaw about dropped when Grandma told me she was wearing her wedding dress to church! You'd never know that dress had been packed in a cedar chest for 60 years. I wish I had a copy of their wedding picture...she was wearing the same heart-shaped locket and everything.

After family pictures we all went down to the Baptist church for the morning service. Grandpa and Grandma got up and introduced all 34 of us. Then Grandpa told with a thick voice of how God has blessed the family and preserved each of us. All weekend long he gave the glory to God over and over for their marriage and for the family - all of whom are believers and who get along so very well. We are blessed with an amazing legacy!

Saturday afternoon we loaded up trucks and gators and went out to explore the old family farms. One farm once belonged to Grandpa's uncles and Grandma taught school at the little one room school house just down the road. The barn is at the sheep farm where Grandpa worked.


Wyatt also got to meet his cousin Justin and Uncle Ryan and Aunt Nanci this weekend. They live in Phoenix and surprised Grandma and Grandpa for the celebration. Justin is a wonderful cousin for Wyatt. He shared his cars and can't wait to play with him. We promised that when they come at Christmas, he'll be able to make Wyatt smile and laugh and that Wyatt will be much more active then.

Sunday afternoon we went to Kansas City to spend Monday with Ryan and Nanci and Justin at Jennifer and Brian's house. The boys helped Brian build their deck and the girls hung out inside out of the rain. We treasure those times when all of us can be together since it only happens once or twice a year.

Wyatt did a great job with all the traveling - we logged close to 17 hours in the car from Saturday to Tuesday. He did have his first diaper blowout (or as my brother says "butt-losion") on our second stop Saturday. Up his back, down his leg. He only got a little on his carseat, amazingly enough. I think that day he went through 4 outfits...good thing I practically brought his entire wardrobe!!!

Four Happy Years

Today marks four years since our first date. El Potrillo Mexican restaurant and bowling. Three of the longest, most fun games of bowling...although I don't think either one of us cared about the game. I'm pretty sure Randy won. All I know is that he was a great first date! The week before on a Thursday night we left our twentysomethings Bible study at the same time. It was pouring rain outside, and we paused on the covered porch outside our associate pastor's house before making a run for it. And right before I went for it, he went for it and asked me out. Ahhh, the question I'd been waiting for. :-) We meet for our young marrieds small group at that pastor's house now, and everytime it rains when we leave that memory runs through my mind.

He picked me up at my little house on 18th Street, gift in hand. The gift? A box of the yummiest chocolate chip cookies, still warm I think. "Anyone can bring flowers," he said, "I brought cookies." Those are now referred to as "first date cookies." Thankfully, he still makes them often.

So that's how we started! And four years later we have the sweetest little baby ever!

Our good friend Tressa is a photographer and gave us the gift of a free photo session four days after Wyatt was born. Check out her site for the results - tressaweberphoto.com. Go to the featured section and click Regehr.