A rich life!

Well, this has been a really busy week or two for us! We are excited to be home again and to find a slow weekend evening to" just hang out"...and blog again:)

We were able to go to Matt's parents' house for the Thanksgiving weekend. Miles enjoyed hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa Cooke, Aunt Laura and her boyfriend Stephen, and little Cocoa. He had a bit of a rough time sleeping, but overall handled the trip well. We took out a lot of the Christmas decorations throughout the weekend, including the Christmas tree(s). Here's Miles hanging his own ornament (the whole family has the same ornament with their name on it!).



After being home for just a little while, Miles and I headed off to Chicago to visit my parents. First road trip as just the two of us! We had a wolf run in front of our car on the way there, which was a little scary. The wolf was beautiful, though!

We stayed by my parents Tuesday through Thursday. It was a great trip; I think Miles was a little more used to being away from home. We stayed pretty busy, and Miles rolled with the punches better than expected. We visited a lot of people, had some people come visit us, went and got his 3 month pictures taken at a studio (a four and a half hour event including a mini-nap for Miles in the middle:-}), and did a few photo shoots of our own (my dad takes great pictures!). Here is Miles visiting his Great Grandparents:

Great Grandma and Grandpa Visser (my Dad's 'rents)




Great Grandma Stob (Mom's Mom)

So Miles has been itchin' to sit up on his own, which he cannot do yet. This seat was a present from the VanderLaans, and it is perfect! Miles sits right up in it, and the seat can go anywhere! We pulled this out after getting home from Chicago, and he's been enjoying it ever since!



On a different note, Matt and I got a babysitter last night and went to the Rosie Thomas concert. It was great! It was downtown at the Ladies Literary Club, which is a gorgeous venue. The music was great, the company was great, and the night away was SO great (it was a surprise from Matt)! Rosie's singing voice is so rich...and so different from her speaking voice (for those of you who also went to the concert:))

We look forward to a week that is as low-key and boring as possible. Matt is finishing up evaluations with his RA staff, and I am beginning to study for my LD endorsement test, but besides that we hope to chill quite a bit.

Thanks for checking in on our lives! We hope you are all doing well, and are enjoying the Holiday season. We thank God for his grace and love, for his son, and for his forgiveness.