Christmas 2009

We had a great Christmas this year full of new traditions that we are hoping to keep. The night before Christmas Eve we went to our neighbors and Christmas caroled and took them some sweets. We sang songs that the kids had been singing the whole month so we wouldn't have to sing alone. We hope its something that we can continue for years to come. Sorry no pics.

The week of Christmas we got together with my sister and made sugar cookies and let the kids decorate them. It was funny how we had totally forgotten how sticky and messy it was. But it was a lot of fun. The kids loved it!

We had a great Christmas with the kids this year. Mark had Christmas Eve off so we were able to have him Christmas morning. The kids woke up and saw that Enzo had gotten a huge train table. Enzo almost had a heart attack from being so excited. He kept screaming "TRAINS"!. "TRAIN TRACKS"!!! "SOOO COOOL"!! Poor Kaelyn thought that Santa didnt bring her any presents because all you could see was Enzos train table. I showed her her presents and she was so happy and her response was "I was naughty and I still got presents" Yeah I had no idea what to say back.. hopefully she will forget and we can use it as bribery next year. Kaelyn got a pink leapster 2, a Hannah montana guitar and a few other things. Along with his train table Enzo got a buzz lightyear from santa. One of his favorite toys now also is his car hauler truck From Aunt Melanie and Uncle Joel. He loves it!



We had a great Christmas this year and are happy to start the new year with new resolutions and more memories.

Christmas Sunday

The kids looked so cute today for church so of course I had to take some pics of them!

Kaelyns Christmas Program

Kaelyn had her first Christmas program yesterday. They sang Jingle Bells and We wish you a Merry Christmas. I would of liked to take a picture of her singing, but for some reason she ended up in the very back and I couldnt see her at all. So afterwards I ran outside and this is what I got.

Whats been going on???

Well its been awhile since I posted. Its been really hard to get some time in to post when Lucas likes to be held all day :)I thought I would fill in what are family has been up to in the last month or so.
In November right before Thanksgiving Mark was asked by Kaelyns teacher to talk to all the kindergarten classes about his job, and being safe It was really neat to see 125 kids all excited to see him. It seemed like they all had their hands raised to say a comment or had a question to ask him. He had a blast and I hope he has the opportunity to do it again!





Well Lucas is a month old now and to me he doesn't really seem like a newborn anymore. Hes growing way to quick. At his 1 month appt he weighed 9lbs 10oz.(what Mark weighed when he was born)

Lucas has been an ok baby considering he has colic. It breaks my heart every time he cries in pain. Good thing the Dr is trying to get him better. Kaelyn and Enzo love him so much and give him hugs and kisses all day. Kaelyn yesterday said "I wish Lucas was my baby". Enzo is learning everyday how to be more gentle when he tries to help. He loves to shhh the baby while putting his lips to Lucas' face. When he gives the baby the binky and Lucas stops cryin hes proud of himself and yells "Yay I did it"

Last Saturday Marks work put on a Christmas party for all the kids of CHP officers and told us we could bring along any family members and their kids. It was really neat. They had all sorts of things like Fire trucks for the kids to play in, a school bus came, a CHP Motorcycle to sit on, and the CHP Helicopter came and landed right on the parking lot. After lunch they had Santa Claus arrive in the CHP Charger with the Sirens on.It was super cute!! Then he let each kid come and sit on his lap and gave them a gift (which we had given to the office before hand so it really looked like Santa had brought it.) Our kids had to wait awhile before their name was called but their face just lit up when they heard their name.









We have had a lot of fun so far this Christmas and we cant wait for more excitement!! I will try to keep up the posting!!

Kaelyn turned 5

Kaelyn is finally 5! We are so excited. She has been waiting for this for awhile. Its hard when you are one of the last ones turning 5 in your class. This year we let Kaelyn decide where she wanted to go for dinner and she picked her favorite place Arbys.We then took her to Costco so she could pick out her cake. It was really nice being together and listening to Christmas music as we drove.
Here are a few questions I asked Kaelyn
Favorite Show: Hannah Montana & Cops
Favorite Movie: The little Mermaid
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Place to go: The Mall
Favorite Book: The Hungry Caterpillar
What do you want to be when you grow up: A teacher
Favorite thing to do: Play with barbies, and play outside on the swingset



Kaelyn got some awesome gifts this year for her birthday. Her Grandma Cheryl and Grandpa Tim and Aunt and uncle got her a cute pink robe with adorable pink slippers. From us she got a barbie horse that walks and talks, a Hannah Montana wig, The very hungry Caterpillar book(One of her favorites from the library), and blue silky pjs. After her birthday and she was getting ready for bed I asked her if she liked her horse and she told me "mom its so cute, everything was so cute and I loved everything". Im glad that she had a great birthday.

Little Lucas

Well Lucas is now a week old and seems like things are finally starting to calm down a bit. Life with 3 kids has definitely been an adjustment. Im grateful that I have great kids and a awesome husband that help me so much.
Here's a little info on Lucas and how the delivery went.
Lucas had a little of a struggle in the beginning starting from being Transverse during delivery. He was pretty much sideways and in my rips. It was a surprise because the day before during the ultrasound with the Dr he was head down. He also had the cord wrapped around his neck twice which didn't make it any easier for the Dr's to take him out.


I had really awesome nurses this time around and that made everything a lot easier. I talked to one of the nurses about scrapbooking and so she took our camera and got some awesome pictures that I didn't have with Kaelyn and Enzo. She also got Mark to cut the cord, which was a first for him, and Mark did it because he knew I wanted him to!


After surgery I waited for Lucas in recovery. Then the nurse came in with Mark and told me that Lucas had a lot of fluid in his lungs which was causing irregular breathing so they were going to take him to the nursery for a bit to watch him. At this point the most I had seen him was 10 Min's. Well a while later after I was settled in my room the pediatrician came in and told me that Lucas was going to need to be on a IV because they were worried about his left Lung that was full of Liquid and they were worried about it being infected. It was pretty scary when they told me but having Mark there with me made it easier. It was a weird feeling being in the hospital and in pain and not having a baby with you to take care of. That night Mark went and talked to the nurses in the nursery to see if maybe I could come to the Nursery to see him since I really hadn't and so I could try to nurse him and maybe hold him. They let me in around 2:30 that night and I was so happy to finally be able to look at my new baby. They also let me hold him which was pretty awesome. We were able to be with him around an hour and then put him back and headed back to our room. It was strange being able to actually sleep but of course I couldn't sleep very well worried about Lucas.
Lucas was doing very well the next day and the awesome nurse that I loved let Lucas come to our room for an hour so that Kaelyn could hold him and some family members. They were mostly worried about his IV and that something might happen to it. As you can see from the pictures Mark posted Kaelyn just lights up when she holds her baby brother. She almost gets giddy in a way just adoring him.

Enzo is still getting used to the fact that he has a baby brother. Today he asked Lucas if he wanted to play with his cars which made me want to cry. That's pretty special for him to ask! I cant wait to dress the boys alike and to watch both of them watch their dad out the window as he drives off in his camaro.
Well Lucas was getting better everyday and Sunday they took out his IV but told us we were going to have to stay an extra night to make sure everything was ok. Which was fine. At least he was able to stay in our room now.
The next morning Lucas was doing great. Lucas has Jaundice but because the sun was out the Dr amazingly let us go home. Which yesterday he told us we were very lucky that he let us leave because he had a baby that morning that had a lower jaundice level and he made the baby stay in the hospital.
So now we are enjoying being at home and all we have to do is find the sun and put Lucas in it. He is doing so good and I feel so blessed that he is ok. I think of moms that have their babies go through worse and I cant imagine going through it.

Mark and I had our 8 year wedding anniversary on Monday. Even though we didn't get to do much I feel so blessed to be married to such a great guy. He honors his priesthood and is such a great dad and is my best friend. I love you Mark thank you for being you and being wonderful.

Ok yeah an awful picture but I love pictures of families with their new babies in the hospital. Hopefully we can get a new family picture soon to replace this one!

Lucas Anthony Cosentino

On 11-06-2009 at 10:10 am our family was blessed with our sweet little boy. Lucas was born 7 lbs 14 oz and was 20-3/4" long.

More Halloween fun

On Friday Kaelyn had her Halloween parade so I went to school with her so I could watch. She was so cute in her Alice in Wonderland costume.



Saturday I took the kids to my mom and dads ward for some more Halloween fun. Ashley and Santiago also came and brought their kids. It was nice to be able to take them somewhere safe while Mark had to work. Here are some more pics of the kids in their cute costumes.








Kaelyn trying to catch the monkey





Stay tuned for our next post of the new baby... only a few more days left till he comes!

Our week of Halloween fun

We had a lot of fun this Halloween. It started with Enzo going trick or treating with his playgroup on Tuesday. Our friends live in a neighborhood with quite a few members from our ward so they handed out candy to the kids. It was so cute seeing the little kids so excited!


Another special thing that happened on Tuesday was well we got a new drywell! Well it wasnt very exciting for us, but Enzo got a kick out of it. We had huge trucks and a huge tractor at our house! I had to really convince him to leave for the playgroup because how the picture shows him was pretty much how he was till they left. He kept repeating.. "Mom look at the tractor" "Look at the big truck"






Stay posted for more halloween pics.....

keeping busy

I recently have been trying to keep myself busy in my new craft room. I wanted to make Kaelyn something special because she has been such a great help around the house. So I looked online and figured out how to make these cute tutus. Now I just need to find something to make Enzo.

Madera High School Pumpkin Patch

Today Kaelyn had her first field trip to the Madera High School South campus Pumkin Patch, and I was lucky enough to be able to go with her. They had different stations for the kids to do activities while they waited their turn to pick their pumkins. It ended up being a really hot humid day but the kids had a lot of fun. Here are a few pics of Kaelyn with her friends.... If you can tell Kaelyn stands out with her bright blonde hair!

November 6th

Well I saw the dr on Tuesday and everything is going well. I would like just like to say how much I love my Dr and Im so glad that he has delievered all of my kids. Well while I was there he scheduled my c-section for the 6th of November! Can you believe its that soon? It has seriously gone by so fast. Now that I have a date it is begining to feel more real. We are so excited. Im also very happy that Mark will have almost a month off to help me. Now I just have to think how in the heck IM gonna get to the midnight showing of New Moon when I have a new born and ummm I can barely walk!!! ;)

My Best Friends wedding

This last Saturday my good friend Heather got married in the Fresno Temple. It was extra fun because Kaelyn and Enzo were also part of the wedding. Heather and I have been friends since my Junior year of High school and since she has become one of my bestest friends. Kaelyn loves her like an Aunt and still tells me to this day that Heather is one of my sisters. IM so happy for her that she has found her eternal companion.
Here are some pictures Mark and I took of the day

Whats been going on

Well I had a few extra mins so I thought I would update everyone on whats been going on. I am currently 31 weeks now and I wish it would go faster. Baby has been breech so its been killing my body. I have all of a sudden been really tired and have no energy to do anything. Good thing Mark has been such a great help. Other then that the pregnancy has been going ok and everyday the kids get more excited.

A few weeks ago around 10:30 someone was knocking on our door. I was asleep but woke up when I heard Mark getting up to go see who was at our door. I panicked thinking the worse that someone was here that Mark arrested etc.... And while he was headed to the front door someone started pounding on our bedroom window. Scary huh? So he rushes to see whats up and as we both walk to the living room we see bright red out our side house windows. There was a huge fire next door to our house. Mark ran outside and hurried and moved our car that was only a few feet away from it and ran to see what he could do to put out the fire while the fireman were getting there. It was a really scaring feeling for me, what should I do? Wake up the kids? Pack some clothes??? If you would of saw the size of the fire anyone would think that for sure their house was going to be next. Luckily Vince, Marks brother was outside spraying with our house as much as he could, and 2 big fire engines came and they were able to extinguish the fire. So now when I walk out to the car this is what I see. The only thing is I wish that the fire would of burnt down the house that was on the property but because its brick it didnt change much :( Oh well. Im happy our house was saved and that Mark was home when it happened. It would of been a scary feeling to go through it alone.









Kaelyn has been doing so well in school. IM so proud of her and everything she has been learning. Since she has started she has been writing sentences, reading some more words, learning a ton of new songs, making some new friends, and growing up so much. This week Kaelyn is the VIP and she has had so much fun being in charge. Her teacher tells me everyday things that impress her about Kaelyn and it makes me so happy to hear what a good girl she is being. She loves her teacher so much.

Can I really have a child in school?

Kaelyn started her first day today and it was so exciting. She has been looking forward to this for awhile and couldnt wait to put a face to the name of her teacher. She was really shy at first and wouldnt talk to anyone, but it seemed like before I left she was starting to break out of her shell a little.







Enzo sure misses teasing his big sister while shes gone. He kept telling me he wanted to go to school too. Poor guy... Im hoping we can do some fun things before his baby brother will be here.






Here is Kaelyn with some of her new friends. They seemed to welcome her as soon as she sat down to play. I have to say it is really hard for me to have my first child gone. Its hard to not know where she is exactly, if someone is being nice to her, or if she needs me and is scared. Im sure it will get easier with each day.

Saying goodbye

Devan headed out Tuesday for the MTC and it was nice to be there to say goodbye. Since I have been out of the house for so long it hasnt really affected me that hes gone, but Im sure around holidays when we are all together we will miss his presence.

A fun weekend

This weekend my family all got together for Devans missionary farewell. It's been awhile since we have all been together. The kids had a blast being together and kept each other entertained. Currently their are 7 grandkids and 3 more on the way.

Mark had to work and Melanie wasnt feeling well so the two of them plus baby Austin were not able to be in the pictures.

I think it has been 7 years since we have taken family pictures. The family has doubled since.

With my brother who reports in a couple weeks. Kaelyn is so excited that she will know a missionary personally. Im sure she will be sending him a ton of letters of pictures she will be drawing!!