Passing the time

Nothing much new going on in the lives of the Kocmit's. Just staying busy in these winter months. Madelyn has found some new hobbies....

Sleeping on the couch...

Trying to catch the dog...

Taking up piano lessons...

She likes to play chop sticks...

And finally... laughing at nothing. I took a bite of pizza and she cracked up with each bite I took. It's amusing how she laughs at things that aren't funny to us big people!

Keep warm everyone (well everyone in the northern states!). Hopefully some fun updates this February.

Fun with the dog

Madelyn was acting silly today so I got some of it on video. Her and Gavin are best of friends. She loves to watch the dogs. Smokey never gets in the pictures..... he likes to look from far away.

We are trying to get her to roll over again. But she just wants to act like she is flying, swimming or attempting to crawl.... Gavin got real bored.

She began a silly fit, so I tried to tickle her and get her to laugh. Then she just wanted to pet the dog.

She is 5 months as of Friday! Getting bigger by the day and has such the personality!

Miss you Grandma and Grandpa Holewinski... see you in about a month!

1st Zoo Trip

This past weekend Madelyn had her first trip to the zoo. Mike bought us a Zoo/Rainforest pass for the year so we thought we'd get out of the house and see some sights! She looked at some of the stuff in the Rainforest, then took a nap, then we bundled her up and ventured into the zoo where she had some fun. We all got some fresh air and had a nice time.

She finally got to sit forward facing and look at all the animals and people. And her new obsession is licking everything.... as you can see.

The lions were snuggling together, he was tired.

The wolves were out and running around so we didn't get good pictures. She thought they were Smokey!

She didn't know what to make of the viewing area for the wolves.

The tigers were out and looking for the warm weather.

Mr. Polar Bear was all alone in his area. He looked like he needed a bath!

Ken, Mary and Ana joined in the fun and Ana enjoyed looking at the Sea Lions.
Madelyn and Dad saw some cool animals at the zoo (the ones that were out in the cold).
Our first family outing was a success! More Zoo and Rainforest trips to come. Get out of the house and see the fun things the zoo puts up this year, and also get some exercise!!

Madelyn's Photo Shoot

At 3 months I had Madelyn's pictures taken (yes I know, she is almost 5 months now). I forgot to post them, as well as give some out to people (sorry! I'll give them out soon I promise). But I wanted to share some of the funny ones that we got!






My little Madelyn was such a ham for most of the shoot. (Sorry Jamie....maybe Ava will cooperate next year and we can get them both!)

Another photoshoot in February!

Group Photos

I had forgotten to post pictures for the post-Christmas get together with the girls, Ava & Ana (Tony, Jamie, Ken and Mary too).
I attempted to take a group photo of the girls..... well....... here's what I got.





We'll try again next year!
(We'll have one more little one, with Ana's little brother or sister!!)

Miss Giggles

I finally caught Miss Madelyn laughing on video. She was being silly all day long and when ever I grabbed the camera she stopped. So I caught the tail end of a laughing fit.

Happy New Year!

Now that all the holiday hub-bub is over we are getting back to our normal groove. Madelyn received lots of presents from Santa as well as friends and family. We managed to see most people over the holidays. And with that came a cold this weekend. She is getting better but still congested.

Here is a funny video of her being silly while her and I hung our on New Year's Eve while Mike was at work.

There is also a lot of snow happening in Cleveland! The dogs are loving it, us...not so much. As the snow blower has broke twice already. It has only begun!

Michael gave her yet another sucker......

Miss Madelyn when she was a little under the weather. She is almost back to 100%!

She is now on to veggies! She was attempting sweet peas this time.

She was pretty excited, and messy of course.

She is in love with SpongeBob so Santa brought her a huge SpongeBob pillow bigger than her.

Well we hope everyone's new year is starting off ok! More fun memories to share this year.