Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful!

Nana gave Mary Pat an adorable "winter wear" set that included a hat, scarf, and mittens. Last week it was chilly one day so Mary Pat needed her scarf on the way to school. She LOVED wearing it and looked adorable!

Thanksgiving Fun!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year! Mary Pat kicked off the holiday by having a wonderful time celebrating at school on Wednesday with a lunchtime Thanksgiving feast. On Thanksgiving day we woke up to watch some of the Macy's parade before heading to NJ for Thanksgiving dinner at Aunt Charlene's house. It was great to see Daddy's family and Mary Pat had a wonderful time playing with her cousins Emily and Patrice. However, her favorite part of the day was dinner where she gobbled up turkey, corn, sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes. She ate like a big girl!

After dinner we headed down to Washington DC to see Aunt Shay baby, Uncle Knox, Nana and Victoria who were all celebrating Thanksgiving at Aunt Shay baby's apartment. We had a great weekend in DC and loved getting to see Mommy's family. Nana and Victoria drove back to NY with us on Saturday night to kick off a fun week long visit. Both girls were a great help on Sunday when we decorated the house for Christmas. Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving with more to come soon from Nana and Victoria's visit!

Showing off my pretty Turkey dress.
Confused by all of the commotion at Aunt Charlene's house.
Mary Pat's annual pictures with Aunt Charlene's pilgrims.

Enjoying a handful of mashed potatoes during Thanksgiving dinner.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our wonderful family and friends. We have so much to be thankful for this year and are happy to have so many wonderful people to share our lives with. We hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving today and eats lots of turkey! We know Mary Pat will.

It's a Boy!

On Monday, we had our Level II sonogram and are happy to announce that we have a Baby BOY on the way!!!! We are all beyond excited to meet the newest addition to the family and are preparing Mary Pat for a little brother. Everything looks great and Baby Boy Kolenik is still scheduled to arrive around April 13, 2010.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow. We certainly have much to be thankful for this year! The baby was "showing off" according to the technician and there was no doubt that we have a boy on the way.

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3-D photo of his face. The placenta was in the way, so it wasn't very clear.

More Halloween Pictures

Mary Pat had a great time at her Halloween party at school the Friday before Halloween. In the morning her class went trick or treating to the other classrooms where they got lots of stickers, cereal bars, and pretzels. Then, in the afternoon, there was a big party in her class complete with cookies, donut holes and fruit salad. It was a great day and Mary Pat had fun celebrating Halloween with her friends!

Here's a link to many more Halloween pictures!

(Sorry it has taken a while to get these posted but Mary Pat and Mommy have been under the weather and we had a pink eye scare last weekend!)

Mary Pat's class enjoying the party!
She couldn't decide between the cookie or the donut hole.
The cookie won!

Trying to steal Emily's cookie.

Being silly after the party.

Happy Halloween!!!!

We had a wonderful Halloween! Mary Pat had a very busy week full of fun Halloween activities at school, concluding with trick-or-treating around the classrooms and a party on Friday afternoon. On Saturday, we dressed out little Piglet up and went out to trick-or-treat. Mary Pat was not so sure about the process at first, but was loving picking out candy after a few houses!

Her candy of choice was snickers, which seemed strange, but was the one item she would pick out from various candy bowls. She also loved getting pretzels since this was one of the few things we would let her eat right away. She didn't quite understand putting the candy in her bag and would hold on (tight) to whatever she picked out until we got to the next house. We ended the day with a visit to Floral Park to see Aunt Amy and some of Daddy's aunts and cousins. It was a great weekend! Below are a few pictures from Saturday. More to come once they are uploaded!
Piglet has her bag and is ready to go! Giving a big smile before we leave to go trick-or-treating!
Mary Pat's first stop was our neighbor's house! This is fun! (Note the snickers in MP's tight grip)

Wiped out! However, see the snickers still tightly in her hand while she is sleeping.

With some cousins at the Raleigh house! Emma & Molly (standing in back), (sitting L-R) Emily, a neighbor, Daniel, Brenden, Kristie, Patrice, Kelly, Mary Pat, Richie, Samantha, (sitting in front) Mia & Jay.

A Week of Halloween Outfits

Thanks to Mommy, Nana, and Aunt Charlene, Mary Pat had a different outfit to wear each day last week leading up to Halloween. Of course, Mommy had to document this with pictures each morning before school. Needless to say, some of these pictures turned out great (like the one above with her new smile when someone says "cheese") and some of them turned out not so great (like the one below with her paci). Mommy knows that she is nuts having this many Halloween outfits, she just can't help herself! Enjoy the pictures.Monday's outfit (thanks for the shirt Aunt Charlene!) Tuesday's outfit
Wednesday's outfit (we were not happy this morning, can you tell?)

Thursday's outfit (the silliest of the bunch)

Friday's outfit (thanks Nana!!). This one was Mommy's favorite!!