The latest on the newest Kos

I couldn't say it any better, so I've just cut and pasted the latest email from Sonja:

The full official name is.......... Samantha Paige Kos   We are hoping to take our little girl home by Monday...she just has to get the hang of eating all of her food without needing to be topped up with the tube feeding and gain weight. She is keeping her oxygen levels where they need to be. She has had a slight weight loss and is now 6 lbs., 9 oz., and still has a bit of jaundice.  This should fade as she eats more. She hates to be bathed but loves to be wrapped up tightly.   Well, we're off to the hospital again to try feeding her again. Will keep you posted on any new events. Love, Mike & Sonja

SAMANTHA!

Here she is folks:  Baby Samantha Kos.  Still not out of the hospital but doing fine by all accounts.  I'm having trouble getting in touch with anyone in Toronto right now (Mom's probably at the hospital with the new parents, and cell phones are probably off) so haven't found out the middle name yet - I'll let you know when I find out.  

Congratulations Sonja and Mike!

She has arrived!  The beautiful young newest Kos was born at 9:26 pm on the 22nd, just a couple of days ago.  Both mom and baby are doing fine.  As she was three weeks premature and delivered by C section, the beautiful bundle is in the intensive care for a short while.  This means that mom and dad have not really gotten to hold her much and figure out her name.  I've been assured that a name will be coming very soon, and then I'll let you all know.  

Cute, though, isn't she?

And hey - check out the guy in the shower cap - what a dork! (just kidding Mike-I love you man)

I think she looks like me.  tee hee.

Also in the news...

Sadie seems to be quite the popular girl at the toy library these days.  I could throw in an inuendo about which one of them is going to be a doctor, but it doesn't seem right just now.  

Erin has gone to school with her face painted a couple of times in teh past week or so.  She really likes it.  I call this one 'waiting for spring'.

And skating lessons are coming to a close - below are photos of the girls with their medals.  The gala is on Saturday - Amy's performing to a medley of hits from the forties and Erin's skating to 'Bettie Davis Eyes' from the eighties - can't for the life of me remember who sang it.  

Here they are at the awards ceremony and pizza party with their new medals.  I'm so proud!

This is Erin with her instructor, one of the assistant coaches.  She completed level 1!

Amy got her level 2!

Not bad coming from West Africa if you ask me.

Well, I knew it wouldn't take long before Sadie'd want into Amy's action - so here's her, uh, tower that she and I built this week.  She spent most of the time assuring me that she wasn't going to hurt herself with the gluegun.  Yes, I let her use it and no, she didn't burn herself even once!  I burn myself at least three times each time I pick the thing up.  She really is careful.

This is a typical scene on any weekday afternoon.  The girls are having lunch with their friend, Talon, who lives down the street.  They often go to his place too.  

March

Hello everyone!  Sorry for taking so long - What can I say?  I've been busy and I'm not taking too many pictures lately.  Here are a couple of recent ones:

Sherrie getting ready to go to work.  Pretty busy that girl.

Amy's getting into architectural modeling.  She's really into it!

Erin's a bit sick this weekend.  She just wanted to lie on the sofa and not do much this weekend.  

Ok - I think I'm back to doing this weekly now.  I'll be more regular from now on.  

Talk to you soon

Steve

Ok I'm falling behind here.   Let's see, in the time between the last posting, my brother Mike got married (!), my neice had a birthday, and we did lots of cool things here.  I can't really remember them all, but here are a few photos:

This is at the big pond hockey tournament.  It's really much bigger than my pitiful photos let on.  There are about twenty rinks on a frozen lake and there are many teams all playing for an entire weekend.  It's really quite spectacular to see - unfortunately it was pretty cold and I didn't think to pack the girls' snowpants, so we didn't last there too long.  

Sadie and I had a lovely stroll around the rinks while Amy and Erin hung in the big tents having hot chocolate.  

I really wish I had better photos.  It was a remarkable thing to see.  Maybe next year.  

We went to the dentist too.  Sorry I didn't get a photo of Erin, but here are the three that I did take:

Sadie was happy that they supplied sunglasses.

This is a film taken by Sherrie on a typical day at work.  Wow!