Meet Petey, One of the Eight Pets at Grandma Kelly's!

Petey poses for a photo while playing outside with the boys. His favorite past time? Chewing up diapers, sidewalk chalk, shoes, puzzle pieces, the floor and anything else he can get his teeth around. Ham had her kittens about two weeks ago-five cute black fury balls. Jeremiah LOVES the wittle kitties-and he loves to squeeze them. Max just goes with the flow...

Jeremiah finally falls asleep in fire engine bed.

Driving bamma's "bwack car"

Say Cheese!

Jeepers is such a blast. He is talking like a pro and loves to make Isaiah laugh. He found a newborn diaper and said "Mommy, look, a Natawie diaper!"

Isaiah sitting outside in the van on a gorgeous spring day. Watch out, he'll get you!

Isaiah worked so hard at physical therapy today. Daddy even got to pop in for a visit before heading off to job number two. He is such a trooper-Matt and Isaiah!

Handsome Isaiah, looks just like his daddy.

Natalie weighed in for the ultrasound today at 7 pounds, 12 ounces. Unfortunately for Mommy, she seems very content to stay where she is. We watched her grab her toes and have lots of hiccups. Any time now Natalie-my bags are packed!

Pictures of Natalie

My weekly ultrasounds are going well. As of today, Natalie weighs 7 lbs and 1 oz! Time to come out now...The 3-D pictures of her face a the colored ones at the bottom. Who do you think she looks like?

Face Profile

Natalie sticking out her tongue!

She is holding on to her toes in this picture.

You can see the umbilical cord on the left and placenta sticking out on the right.

I can't wait to meet her. Have a great day!

The Basement is framed

I visited the house today and the basement is framed. Its looking good. They should have it sheetrocked and taped by the weekend. We are getting excited. approx 1 month until closing. This is getting real now. Matt

Tour Our New House!

Here is a quick video of the main floor of our new home. We found out yesterday that the basement is framed and will be getting electricity this coming week. Enjoy!

Laundry Night

The threat of going through the next couple of days naked finally got to me, so we declared FAMILY LAUNDRY NIGHT at Orono Coin Laundry. Of course, in LaBelle fashion, we had to have some fun too...

Yes, all of those are jammed with our clothes and blankets!

"My jacket, Mommy!"

Rides in the rolling laundry baskets-no child should go through life without at least one experience.

Brothers

Dinner time at the local Mac and Don's Supper Club

Gee, can you tell what kind of mood Jeepers was in?

Wisconsin Dells Trip

We spent the month of February looking forward to our first official family vacation to Wisconsin Dells. It was such a blast! Everyone had a great time at the water parks. I know we will be going back again and again. A new Kosik family tradition? I think so! Here's some fun pictures of the trip...

Nap time in the car on the way

The caravan arrives!

The Niklason Family is ready for fun. Emma is napping in the car, finally falling asleep just before arriving!

Sophie makes a call and Isaiah plays cars while we settle in.

Ready to hit the water parks!

Matt and Jeepers

Annie Jo does some serious swiming in the wave pool!

Isaiah goes down a big tube slide on a raft with Grandpa and Daddy. He loved it!

We finish off the trip in the dome. It looks just like a tropical beach-really warm too. It was a blast and I can't wait to go back.

Starting 2008 with Some Flare

I hope everyone is recovered from the holidays and doing well. Mid January already? I can hardly believe it! The boys had a great Christmas and we enjoyed spending time with family. Both of the little men got decked out for the Christmas Eve service and woke up the next day ready to open presents.

At the end of 2007 I got to sit down with Isaiah's new social worker and learned that the state of Minnesota had left over funds for families who could use them. We were blessed to receive almost $1,000.00 that is now covering Isaiah's Horse Therapy that would otherwise not be possible. This is something I had been hoping Isaiah could experience for over a year now, but it is not covered by insurance. It is a small miracle to see him up on a horse and having a good time.

Isaiah also underwent minor surgery on his airway to help stop his noisy breathing. He will go through a second surgery to completely relieve the noise at a later time. Here is a picture of Isaiah and Daddy in Wisconsin on a snowy day.

Jeremiah enjoyed a tractor ride with GaGa.
And then a drum lesson with his cousins.

We also spent a day at the Children's Museum with Daddy.

Busy, busy, busy! We are all excited to meet Natalie in the spring, but I am thankful that I only have two to get dressed for now. The pregnancy is going well and my belly is growing quickly. We are in the process of buying a house and are very anxious to move into a larger space-especially now that we acquired lots of new toys for Christmas!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!