10 Months Old!!!!

We can't believe that our precious Michael is already 10 months old! It's really hard to think that he will be a year old in two short months. As you can see from these pictures he finally has his two bottom teeth! He is currently working on a few more teeth so he won't be able to have the nickname "Mr. Gums" much longer. He is definitely a boy and is in to EVERYTHING. He loves to follow his sister around and they both like to fight over toys. He is still Army crawling but has now added pulling up, pushing his walker in the basement and climbing into Mary Pat's chair to his bag of tricks! He will eat anything you put in front of him including the usual baby food and many new table foods such as peas, green beans, corn, bagels, turkey and cheese. He is our happy little man!
Pulling up on Mary Pat's kitchen to play.

Trying to climb into Mary Pat's chair.

Modelling his Scooby Doo track suit after swim lessons. Look at all that hair!!

Mary Pat playing with her baby, one of the few things Michael doesn't try to steal from her!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!!!

We had a very nice and relaxing Valentine's Day this year. Mary Pat, Michael and Mommy spent most of the day playing and giving lots of hugs and kisses. After work, Daddy brought a special surprise home for Mary Pat (and Mommy too!). He brought us special Valentine's Day mini cupcakes from Crumbs! Delicious! Mary Pat had a blast picking out which one to eat and LOVED it. Then the kids gave us the best gift of all, going to sleep early and without any fuss! Mommy and Daddy actually had a peaceful dinner. A great day! More silly picture can be found here.
Mary Pat giving her little brother hugs and kisses.

Michael wants out of the death grip hug.

But Mary Pat just squeezes tighter!

One of Mommy's precious valentines!

Striking a pose.

Mommy's "love bandit"

So many cupcakes to choose from!

Yummy chocolate!

How much of this can I fit into my mouth at once?

DONE!!!!

Cousin Walk!

In between snow storms while we were in Spartanburg, it warmed up enough to take the kids out for a walk. With three crazy kiddos, Mommy and Nana just did the quick trip down Dupre Drive to the high school parking lot and back. It was lots of fun and great to get the kids out in some fresh air! Michael got to try out the stroller car for the first time and LOVED it! We can't wait for spring to finally get here so he can drive the stroller car we have at our house. Mary Pat got to ride/be pushed on Victoria's learning tricycle and also loved it. She kept saying how she was a big girl like "Toria"! Speaking of Victoria, she really was a big girl riding her big girl Rapunzel bike (with training wheels) that she got for her birthday. What a great time! Here's a link to a few more pictures.
Honking the horn to get his sister and cousin ready for the walk.

I'm ready to drive people!

His hands were at "10 and 2" just like any good driver!

The Kolenik kids were ready to go!

Silly cousin Victoria wanted to push her cousins in the parking lot.

Michael in the stroller car, Mary Pat on the learning trike and Victoria on her big girl bike!

Do you like my pigtails?

The big (and silly) girl!

Nana helping both the big girls up the hill to her house.

Tupperware Time!

Michael was very happy when Nana showed him her Tupperware cabinet during our visit! He kept himself busy for hours playing with the containers and lids. Thanks Nana!
So many lids, so little time!

This looks like something fun to chew on!

Can We Build It? Yes We Can!

Nick gave Victoria some building sets for Christmas and she had a great time putting together her bird house on Christmas day. Well, a week later it was time to build the pirate ship and boy was she excited! Mary Pat was also excited since she got to help build too. The girls had a great time and the pirate ship turned out very nicely. Mommy and Nana were very thankful that Nick has the patience to help the girls with these things! A few more pictures can be found here.
Concentrating very hard on her hammering.

It was a funny thing.......Mary Pat could only hammer with her mouth open!

She watches "Bob the Builder", can you tell?

Victoria watching her Daddy finish up Mary Pat's hammering job.

Happy New Year (only a month late!)

MIchael would like to wish everyone a very happy New Year! We look forward to a wonderful 2011!!!!
More pictures from our photo session can be found here.

Go Irish!!!

On New Year's Eve, Notre Dame played the University of Miami in the Sun Bowl. Nana, Aunt Shay Baby, Mommy, Victoria, Mary Pat and Michael all got decked out in their best ND apparel to watch the game. Aunt Shay Baby also made a delicious buffalo chicken dip and we just got to relax, hang out and watch the game. Getting to celebrate a Notre Dame win made it a fantastic way to end 2010! Unfortunately, the girls were not very cooperative with getting a picture of everyone in their Irish apparel so I only got some pictures of the little man!
Very excited about a Notre Dame win!

Mommy and her precious boy in their Notre Dame gear.