Renee (Higginbotham) Dwyer is Bella's mother and Charlie's ex-wife. She and Charlie got married out of high school and had Bella soon after. Renee grew to hate Forks because of the weather and divorced Charlie and moved somewhere warmer, first California and then Arizona.Renee is somewhat scatterbrained and impulsive, she once went skydiving, temporarily forgetting that she's terrified of heights. It is often shown that Bella was the more responsible of the two, she took care of her mother.Sometime in Bella's mid-teens met minor league baseball player Phil Dwyer and eventually married him. At the start of Twilight Phil is moving around the country searching for a team to sign with. This led to Bella's decision to move back to Forks.Renee and Phil eventually move to Jacksonville, Florida. Renee automatically assumes that Bella will want to come back and live with her, but soon finds out that her daughter would rather stay with Edward and Charlie in Forks.In Eclipse, Bella and Edward visit Renee and in Florida. Edward subsequently discovers that Renee, though child-like, is incredibly insightful. She figures out the dynamics of their relationship almost immediately, but it doesn't make any sense to her.In Breaking Dawn, Renee comes to Forks to help Alice and Esme organize Bella's wedding, and becomes instant friends with them and the rest of the Cullen family.When Bella gives birth to Renesmee and is transformed into a vampire, she and Charlie make a mutual decision not to tell Renee, because she wouldn't be able to handle it. Show less «