Giants Baseball

Having two kids is completely different than having one. What I mean by this is it is much harder but Nik and I have come to the conclusion it is not going to slow us down. We decided to take our first family trip to the Bay for a night to see the Giants play. It definitely proved to be challenging, but totally worth the effort and work. We had great seats in the outfield over the big wall, but we only sat there about 1 inning to actually watch the game. The rest of the time was spent chasing Kins around. She went down the slide in the big Coke bottle, and she got to play in the mini baseball field (hitting the ball, running the bases, diving into home and trying to catch the balls in outfield the other kids hit.) It was truly the best time ever watching her have so much fun! I wish I had better pictures of her playing baseball, but I was too busy laughing and cheering her on.

She loves to cheer!

This was Oly the entire time. She slept through it all. 

Wheeeee!

Daddy helping Kins chase after the balls in outfield

Welcome Olympia Winn Kosach

Wow, it has been a year since I last updated my blog. Life has suddenly become very busy and I have found it very difficult to keep this up to date. Since last May a lot has happened, so much so that I can't even remember what except that we got pregnant again and recently had our 2nd baby girl.

Olympia Winn Kosach was born on March 31, 2015 at 8:24 PM. She was 9.9 lbs and a whopping 22.5 inches long. Yes, she was a very BIG girl. Luckily, I was able to do an all natural childbirth again without any complications or medication. And, even though she was almost a pound bigger than McKinley, she was much easier to labor through. I had a 7.5 hr labor instead of the 20 hr labor I had with McKinley. I really contribute it to having been there before and being able to put my mind in the zone (if you know what I mean).

McKinley didn't get to go to the hospital to meet her little sis, because she had pick eye and needed to stay away for a couple days. Thank you Gigi, Grampy, Baba and Djedo for taking care of our oldest. The above photos were the first time she met Olympia.

For me!

The Easter Egg hunt crew

Our family of 4

Look at me Mommy!

Grandma Winn and the girls

This girl can hunt!

Oly!!

Daddy and Oly sleeping

McKinley ready to go skiing

That weekend was Easter, and the Latham's were in town so we did all the expected Easter stuff. Hunts, eating and hanging out in the great weather.

When Oly (her nickname) was only 2 weeks old, she came down with a temperature. We were pretty sure she got it from her older sister but since she was so young we needed to take her into emergency. She ended up staying in the hospital for 4 nights, because they had to monitor her and make sure she didn't get any worse. It felt like forever and was pretty scary. The highest temp she got was 102.3 in the hospital but they were able to administer Tylenol to help keep the temps down. Since they weren't sure if she had a bacterial infection they did all the precautionary tests and lab work. She had a spinal tap, blood work, urine sample, and every other liquid they could culture from her body. Luckily, none of the cultures turned out positive so they concluded she really did just get what McKinley had.

McKinley is definitely going through transition with her younger sis. She is not too sure about her yet and is in the terrible twos so we have been keeping her busy in gymnastics and now swim lessons.

Olympia is already 1 month old and growing like a weed. She does look a lot like her big sis, but we can already tell her personality is much different. She is calm and quiet and does not fuss about too much at all. She didn't even cry when she was born, she just laid on my belly looking up at me.

Welcome to our crazy and fun family Oly, we are in love with you and so happy you got to join us in this wonderful life.

April & May

We have very busy lives nowadays. Nik has started his new career as a loan officer, I am working full time and we give all of our attention to Kins when we are home. So far this Spring, we have camped in Sierra Buttes, I visited Nana in Salt Lake City, we went to the Bay Area to visit family and friends (and of course see a Giants game) and we have been busy working on house projects. Some of the projects are making a headboard for our bed, refinishing an old record player and building a side gate in our backyard. I also have attempted my first garden this year.
McKinley is flourishing of course. She is a year and a half now and spends her time in the backyard blowup pool, running up an down our street (while the dogs chase the ball), learning to ride her bike, dancing to her favorite songs or watching Winnie the Pooh.

Aces baseball game (Kins meeting Archie for the 1st time)

My little helper 

Full rainbow in the backyard

Kins a blur as she runs by (typical picture)

Easter Sunday

Family a family photo

I must say it is not easy having a young family, trying to raise your kids right and get ahead in todays world. But, we make sure to have fun, be creative and laugh a lot.

Daddy being silly with Kins

Kins, "Boo!"

All smiles with this kid

visit with Nana, Sarah, Brad, Ally, Courtney and Greg

Trying to capture a still moment

Hiking the Deer Lake Trail

Deer Lake lunch 

Daddy carrying Wanda out of the mountains

Mommy carrying sleepy Kins 

Camping at Sierra Buttes

Check out this pool

She can't get enough of it

Lake Tahoe fun day

Only kid in the water. She loved it!

Our new headboard - reclaimed wood

refinished record player