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!!

Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame!

We have had a great couple of weekends cheering on the Fighting Irish! Last weekend Mary Pat and Mommy wore their ND attire while we watched the Irish almost beat USC. This past weekend, Mary Pat wore her cheerleading outfit to watch the ND vs. BC game.

We watched the game with our friends Katie & Will Rich and their daughter Madeline at their apartment in NYC. Will went to BC, so him and Madeline were dressed in their best BC attire while Mommy and Mary Pat represented the Irish. The cheerleading outfit was a big hit with everyone and Mary Pat had a great time watching the game, eating pretzels, and playing with Madeline! Here are some more ND themed pictures!
Clapping along with the fight song.
Showing off my new top teeth!

Madeline and Mary Pat modeling their rivalry attire.

Mary Pat and Mommy ready to watch the USC game.

Go Irish!

Another Baby Kolenik on the Way!

You read that right, we are happy to announce that we are expecting Baby #2 this spring! Mary Pat will have a new brother or sister around April 13th. I am about 14 weeks along and starting to get some energy back finally. Well, as much energy as I can maintain with a one year old trying to run around!

We are very excited and will be posting many more details as everything progresses!