Me with my beatiful children.


Brian with his sassy princess.


My two main men.


Miles and Gwen having a conversation.


Gwenna getting ready to dance.


My bright-eyed Miles.


Gwenna giving the camera some personality.


Miles scrunched up in Dada's arms.

The leaves are falling...

So another month has gone by. Miles is two months old already, and Guinevere is 17 months. Miles had his two month check-up yesterday. He weighed in at 15 lbs 5.6 oz and he is 25.25" long! The nurse remeasured him twice, she didn't believe the over 25" measurement. I'm guessing she doesn't see two month olds that big very often! But he's staying on his curve, which is what the doctors like to see, and besides, he's perfect in every other way :-) Unfortunately, both Miles and Gwen have had colds this week. Gwen got her cold first, and then it eventually passed on to the little guy. Neither of them have been worse for wear though - which I'm very thankful for. It is still hard to watch though.

On the house front.... well... as most of you might have heard, the previous owners for our current house were denied the short-sale, so that means they can't sale it to us and the bank will more than likely foreclose on the property. But we're done with this place. We've learned in the 13 months that we've lived here that it is just a money pit and we're lucky to get out while we still have a chance. That being said, we did look at many other houses and found one that is in GREAT shape; that we can move in to and relax whenever the kids are napping and be constantly thinking of the next project we have to do to improve the house! Our closing date, as of right now, is set for November 20th. Although, the current owners have not found a place to live yet, so we've agreed to let them live there for up to 60 days past closing. We'll be lucky if we get in there by Christmas - so that definitely means we won't be traveling for Christmas or the New Year. I think the only thing we're going to miss is the current neighborhood that we live in and our neighbors. I can only hope that our new neighbors are just as nice and maybe on the younger side with kids.

Once again, I'm unable to post pictures. I need to find the cord for the camera to upload the most recent ones. Once I find that, which might take a while since we've been packing like crazy, then I'll post a few of the kiddos and of the house.

Pictures

Off the Charts

I know it's been a while, but I wanted to have a little more of an update other than Miles and Gwen are doing great. I took Miles to the doctor's yesterday for his one month check-up. He's healthy in every way possible. He does have a blocked tear duct, but hopefully that will clear up soon, and that was the worst of our complaints :-) He weighed in at a hefty 12 lbs 9.6 oz and is 24 inches long!!!!! The nurse went to chart where he was on the growth charts and came back laughing, saying that he was off the charts for both weight and height! The doctor said that he must have taken it away from Gwen! If he keeps growing at this rate he'll be taller than his dad some day :-)

Gwen, I think, really likes her little brother. She's always questioning where he's at and giving him her sippy cup or food. She also likes to sit by him and likes to be touching him. Other than that, she's still our little sweetheart. The tantrums have started and there's a lot of drama - but that's to be expected from a toddler. Gwen is a real talker too - the last time I posted about the words she can say, she has probably doubled the length of that list. Her new favorite expression is "did you poop?"... She'll walk around just saying that phrase over and over again ::sigh:: She also loves to tell us to "stop" :-) At least she knows how to make us smile!

It's not letting me post pictures right now, but I'll try again later :-)

Baby Miles is doing great!

Little Miles is growing like a bad weed. On Tuesday, less than 2 weeks old, Miles is up to 9 lbs and 6oz. That will get verified tomorrow at his first check-up. Miles is looking around, waving his arms, and can even scoot on the play mat if we give him something to kick against. We keep catching glimpses of smiles from him, but they are likely involuntary. He is doing fairly well with sleeping. Laura can catch 4-6 hour stretches of sleep. The lack of sleep has been fairly rough on both of us, but it appears to be getting better slowly.

Guinevere appears to be getting attached to her little brother now. She has been able to say "mise" for miles, for about two days now. When she wakes up in the morning she asks where Momma and Dada are, but now she also asks where "mise" is. Today it appeared as if Gwenny might have wanted to hold her little brother. Unfortunately, she is a bit too young for that. Hopefully she will love her brother this much when he starts playing with her toys.

Mr. Miles

Well, as most of you have heard our little bundle of joy has arrived. Last Wednesday morning, at 6:13 a.m. Miles Darwin Borawski was born. He was screaming before he was even completely out! He's a very healthy boy and the doctor's think he is perfect - I don't know why people insist on telling me something I already know! Anyways, he was 8 lbs 10 oz and 21" long, has a full head of hair and all fingers and toes! Once again, I had a marathon labor of 36 hours, but in my mind I always figure it could be worse. I'm glad that I was able to go all natural again and that he arrived safe and happy :-) Big sister Gwen is getting along with well with Miles, but she is a little jealous of her lack of time with either Mama or Dada. But she has offered Miles her sippy cup and various snacks! We'll see how things continue to go, hopefully for the better :-)

Dad's prospective

Gwen: this girl has developed quite a personality over the last few weeks. Between teething and her cold, she has not been in the best of moods. She is getting fairly demanding and is not afraid to tell us 'no' or 'stop', especially when her diaper is getting changes. She has also gotten fairly good at the remote control. She knows that it works the TV. Sometimes she will hand it to us and ask for "Blue Clue" or "Daba Daba". Othertimes she takes matters into her own hands and knows then up and down button. She also knows that if she presses "OK" several times it often brings on "Moose", her favorite character on Noggin. Hopefully she doesn't turn into a couch potato.
All in all, were trying our best to keep Gwen happy as she has had tooth after tooth coming in continuously and we want her to feel loved when the next baby arrives too. We both think that she has been a bit out of sorts and possibly knows that 'something' is coming. Maybe she's been listening to mommy belly too much.
About one week to go and the pressure is on. Laura has had this amazing list of "things I'd like to have done before the baby arrives". Now, every husband has a 'honey do' list, but this one has a due date and is always getting longer. The real trouble was that I had my own list and none of them were on hers. This has left me exhausted. Not to mention, I'm just about to send out my dissertation to my advisers!
I have had plenty of time to get ready for the baby, in terms of getting the house, cars, etc. ready, but very little time to get myself ready for #2. Well, when Gwen came I told myself that I'm as ready as I'll ever be. I guess that the same is true this time. I also don't have the same problem as Laura, as I'll actually get more of Gwen's attention now that mom is busy with the new baby.
All I can ask for is that this baby will be as wonderful as Gwen. If I can't have that, I'd still be happy with a health baby.