The fish tank at the doctor

Miriam and Mama looking at the fish tank

A cloudy sunset

I thought I would take a picture of the beautiful "sunset"

A PTG license plate!

I've been meaning to take a picture of a new WI license plate with PTG on it. I found one with one and a fish! Praise to God!

Out and about today...

It was my [partial] day off today. We ran to Wal-Mart earlier in the afternoon and then we ran over to Red Robin for supper. Here are some pictures from those places:

Here Miriam is once again enjoying her sundae (or Friday, as she calls it)!

Boy was she excited to see it!

This is what the Friday looked like before we devoured it!

Miriam's being a big girl and drinking her milk from a straw.

Miriam and her Mac 'n Cheese and apple slices.

This was Miriam playing with the firetruck by the cash registers at Wal-Mart.

She just loves playing with these!

She's finally paying attention to the road. She knows not to text while driving!

Miriam is talking to Mickey while they're waiting at a really long stoplight.

Sunday morning and Sunday night

I (Matt) played on a worship team at the Steele County Free Fair on Sunday morning. Sunday night we went to a Jared Anderson concert in Hudson. Here are some of those pictures:

Miriam reading her ABC book.

Miriam finally looking at the camera!

Miriam eating an apple

She almost ate the whole thing. She even ate the core!

Becky & Miriam sitting together

Miriam eating her apple again

View of the worshippers from the stage

About 1000+ joined us for a great worship service in Owatonna.

View of the worship stage at the Steele County Free Fair

Soon we will be...

...a family of four! We are excited to announce we are expecting our second baby on March 17th! We've already gotten a few pictures of our little one and heard a strong heartbeat. We are so excited for this new addition and for Miriam to be a big sister!

Miriam sings the ABC's

Miriam sang the ABC's tonight while she was taking a bath... it was the first time I've heard her make it all the way through without getting distracted with something else! :) Thanks to Auntie Samantha for recording it!

An afternoon in Owatonna

On Monday I (Matt) visited with Becky and Miriam before I had to go back up to Eau Claire to work. We went down to Mineral Springs Park to visit some of Miriam's favorite things.

Miriam likes to go see the statue of Princess Owatonna.

I think Miriam was looking at Becky in this picture. It still looks pretty great!

Miriam loves playing with this natural fountain.

She's trying to get a drink here.

Miriam's swinging, of course!

Swinging in the other swing.

Here's a closeup of her foot!

Random Pictures from our iPhone

Well, this is my (Matt) first official post on the blog. I thought I would upload some pictures from my iPhone from the past month.

This is at a huge Avon garage sale in Owatonna this past Friday. Miriam and I were hanging out while Becky and her mom shopped around (and actually found two brand new iPod shuffles for an incredible deal--I know, nerd talk). Anyway, they had this rabbit in there yard baking in the sun, so Miriam and I gave it some company.

Miriam and I were still in the back of Becky's mom's car on the way to a few garage sales.

This is Miriam at a doctor's appointment earlier last week.

Last Monday we had our friends, Joel, Jamie, and Caleb come to our house and stay during one of the warmest weeks of the summer (and our central air didn't work :-s). This is Miriam and Caleb hanging out in our living room.

Joel and Jamie took us out to Red Robin for dinner. (Yummy!) I think this is after she finished eating.

This is Caleb after he finished eating a huge pizza kids meal! Good job!

I'm not sure when this was, but this applies to every time she takes a bath.

This is Miriam during one of our breakfasts.

I think this is inside one of the kid stores at the outlet mall in Medford.

Miriam is doing her favorite thing when she shops...she's eating fruit snacks!

What's that?

Miriam has now taken a new step into her talking abilities... she's asking questions. And I love it! Here favorite one as of late is, "what's that?" She also is often asking, "where did Papa go?" or "what happened?" It's so precious! I feel like this inquisitive side of her makes her seem so grown up! Now I wait until I hear, "but why, Mama?"

A few house pictures

Now that we've been living in our new house for two months now, it's about time I get some pictures up! Unfortunately, I still don't have any of the outside or a few of the rooms... but here is the kitchen and living room transformation:

More to come!