McKinley Jean Kosach

Welcome to the world Miss McKinley. She was born on Tuesday 11/20/2012 at 1:36 pm. She weighed in at 8 lbs 14.9 oz and was 19.5 inches long. Momma had quite a long labor. It started around 7 pm on Monday night after going to an acupuncture appointment to induce the labor. By 2am it was time to go to the hospital. 

Our midwife, Lynn Anderson, did a fantastic job and Nik was the most amazing coach ever. He was there every step of the way. After 18 hours of labor 3.5 hours of pushing, we welcomed into the world our little Miss McKinley. 

We couldn't be happier, she is the most beautiful and precious thing we have ever laid eyes on and we are completely and utterly in love. This Thanksgiving we have so many wonderful things to be thankful for, but most importantly we are the proud parents of a healthy baby girl. It was also Nik's birthday on Thanksgiving this year, so we had a lot of celebrating to do this past weekend. Happy Birthday poppa!!

Nik opening his birthday presents with his favorite gift on his shoulder.

McKinley taking in her new world.

Due date has come and gone

Yes, I am now 40 weeks and 4 days pregnant. Friday morning I started feeling contractions spaced anywhere from 10-20 minutes apart. Nik and I were prepared to go to the hospital, we were just waiting for the contractions to get down to about 5 minutes apart and for them to come on stronger. Unfortunately, the other happened. After about 12 hours of contractions they died off. To our disappointment it was not time to go to the hospital, it was a false alarm, or what many doctors refer to as prelabor. So, no baby yet. She is still happy as can be curled up inside my belly. I am trying to keep a positive attitude, knowing that she will come when ready, but it is hard to not be impatient. We will let everyone know as soon we know more. Until then, more walks, spicy food, sleeping and quality time together.

Giants win the World Series

The last time the Giants won the World Series, Nik and I had just moved in together and he had recently proposed to me. That was a fantastic year and I feel the same way about this year. Of course, the Giants winning is a huge excitement to both of us, but we both agree that having a baby girl any day now is a little bit more of an excitement. We can only hope that any year we are having a fantastic year the Giants will win the World Series. How's that for superstitious? Here's to many more fantastic years and many more Giants wins as Champions of the World.