Vacation

So, Brian and I decided that we deserved a vacation before #2 joined our family. We headed down to the Outer Banks (North Carolina) for a week to relax with some of our friends from college. Gwen got to experience the ocean and the sand for the first time. I think she really enjoyed it too! Although, she ended up getting sick at the beginning of the week and was teething at the end of the week - she was still a trooper (except for in the car on the way down!).

Before the trip, I had a prenatal appointment. My midwife said that all looked and sounded well! I passed my 3-hr glucose test with flying colors, my blood pressure looked good, the baby's growth was prefect to date, and it's heartbeat was about 150 bpm - so she gave me the go ahead to travel 10-12 hours each way in a car - ugh! So, unlike Gwen, I avoided the sun and the ocean as much as I could - but, come on, what do you expect from me?!?! Over all we had a good time and Gwen got to visit with a lot of people that she hasn't seen in a while - including her cousins in Maryland - which I really think she enjoyed spending time with :-)

I had my 32 week appointment today. The baby is still growing on par and the heartbeat was between 142-146 bpm. They also tried to determine if the baby was head up or head down, and just like Gwen, the butt and the head feel the same, so they weren't able to tell, but based on where I feel the baby's hiccups, I believe that the baby is head down. My next appointment is in a few weeks - so I'll update further then.

On a side note, the house still isn't ours, but... they are at least moving forward with the process again - so we hope to hear something here within a week or two. Also, I'm an auntie again and Gwen has another cousin :-) My sister just had her third baby on June 15, 2009. She had her third boy, Rylen Joshua, he came into the world at 5:51pm weighing 7 lbs 1 oz and is 19 inches long.

Happy Birthday Guinevere!

Our little princess just turned one! Can you believe it - I hardly can! She had a fun birthday, and we made sure that she didn't have any reason to cry at all that day! She got a lot of fun toys from all her family, and she loves playing with them all.... I just need to start rotating them about so she doesn't get bored with any. Unfortunately, the day after her birthday she had to go to the doctor's and get some shots :-( at least the doc was kind enough to give her a book on the way out :-) Gwen weighed in at 17 lbs 15 oz - so she's still a tiny, but man can she pound the food down! And she measured 29.25" - so she's still growing like a weed.... everything else checked out great :-D



I had my 24 week appt. today.... and everything is measuring and sounding great with #2. The heartbeat was a good 158 bpm, and the baby was wide awake, kicking the heck out of me to get that darn doppler off my belly.... I have to laugh because Gwen was the same way - she hated whenever they'd use any type of ultrasound on her - she'd always kick the crap out of me - so it's looking like #2 is going to be a lot like Gwen! I think I'd like that a lot :-) if not, I guess that'll be alright too ;-) My blood pressure was a beatuiful 112/68 - let's hope it decides to stay that way over the weeks to come! Anyways, this week ends my 2nd trimester - so we'll be on the last leg of the pregnancy from here on out! My next appt. is in two weeks and I have the dreaded glucose test - ugh! So I'll try to get on and update then.

In the meantime, I've been a painting fool - I'm trying to get the rest of the house painted before I'm too exhausted from this pregnancy to do anything! But, I'm down to two rooms and a hallway and a handful of trim work - so if you're bored and have some free time - feel free to stop by and help ;-) Brian is trying to stay a step ahead of me and finish the mudding and sanding in those two rooms and hallway! I'll try to have pictures of the finished rooms the next time - expecially of Gwen's big girl room :-)

Ultrasound

Well, I finally had the 'big' ultrasound for baby #2 (after being canceled on a couple of times - grrr...). Everything looks great! The doctor still has to look over the scan pictures, but from what the midwife could tell me from the print out sheet of the ultrasound, the the baby looks normal and healthy - yea! That's all we can ask for, right? Now, I know we said we weren't going to find out the gender - but, same as last time, we went in there with are minds undecided.... so, we figured - why not let #2 decide if they want to give their gender away - so when the ultrasound tech was scanning to check for gender she found...... that the baby's legs were crossed! So, like I mentioned in the last post - you will all have to wait til August til find out! Brian and I are both just as excited with not knowing - we both like the surprise! Other than that, my blood pressure is still in the good range (110/70) and the baby's heartbeat was a good 148 bpm.



Gwen is still the sweetheart that she always has been. She's starting to let me hold her hands and walk her around more - which she refused to do until about a week ago. But, she's mastering her balance at standing alone and I think she gained some confidence to start walking with us! Other than that, she's learning more about cause and effect with certain things, and she's figuring out where certain things belong - like my sunglasses - they belong on my head, and she demands that they go 'on my head' whenever she sees them lying around! She really enjoyed her visit with her cousins (the twins) a couple of weeks ago, and was happy just to sit by them or watch them run around - I can only imagine that she wishes she could be a big kid just like them already! Her other set of cousins will be visiting her next week, let's see how she responds to crazy Caden when he comes rolling in :-)



Brian is still plugging away at the thesis - making slow, steady progress.... all we can both hope is that his advisers will let him defend and graduate this summer, before #2 decides to grace us with his/her presence! We have no further word on the house - we're still waiting to hear back from the bank. In the meantime we're fixing up what we can, and I plan on painting the remainder of the rooms just as soon as the temps stay above 60 so I can open the windows and let the rooms vent! I'll be sure to post pictures when they're finished! Anyways, I'll post again after Gwen's next check-up and my next doctor's appointment!

One month closer....

So, it's been a pretty uneventful month in the Borawski household. We're all just waiting for Spring to stick around so we can get up and get out of this house and enjoy some nice weather! Everyone is doing well after being sick for a good part of the month. Poor Gwen had her first ear infection - which I don't think bothered her that much, but she did require some antibiotics to get rid of it. I had her into the doctor's again today for her weight check - she's gained almost a pound in 5 weeks! So the doc was happy with that and we don't have to go back again until she's a year old - yippee! Other than that, she's up cruising around the furniture. She's starting to push things now, and walk behind them - she was unsure of this at first, but now she finds it to be a challenge that she has to overcome! I try to walk her a little each day, but she thinks that it's bouncy time when I hold her hands like that - needless to say, we don't get very far, so I'm glad she's starting to push and walk with some of her toys - otherwise I don't think she'll figure this walking thing out for a long time!

I had my 16 week check-up last week for #2. Everything seems to be going well with the tiny one. The doctor had a hard time finding the heartbeat again - but he said it was because the baby was flipping around a lot. He spent a good 5 minutes trying to get a stable heartbeat - he caught it for at least 2 seconds before the baby moved again - so he never got an accurate heartbeat count.... Anyways, my blood pressure was good and I'm still measuring right on track with how far along I am. We have the ultrasound appointment scheduled for the 31st of this month, along with my next check-up. And to answer everyone's question about finding out the gender..... well, I guess everyone is just going to have to wait til August to find out :-) Sorry! I think Brian enjoyed the surprise too much the last time - especially after the marathon labor and delivery - it was a good way to end it! And we're keeping the names a secret as well, unless you're someone that is also having a baby and we don't want to compete for names with you!

Anyways, I'll be back on at the end of the month or beginning of next with an ultrasound update! And, of course, a Guinevere update!

9 months old!

Our little Gwen turned 9 months old on Wednesday - I can't believe it! She's growing up so fast! She's had a busy week this week - we had a friend visit from Penn State, and then we went to the library for lap time - where she got to see a lot of crazy toddlers running around, on Thursday we went to see the midwives for a mommy and new baby check-up, and then today we went for Gwen's 9 month well-baby check-up!

#2 - this is what Brian has taken to calling the next baby - is doing well and growing on par. They had a hard time hearing the heartbeat with the doppler, so they had me do a quick ultrasound to make sure the baby was ok. The little thing was just flipping around so much that they couldn't get an accurate reading! My blood pressure was great too - everything else went well. The pregnancy so far has been a breeze, it's following the same pattern as it did with Gwen - so could this mean another girl? I guess we'll have to wait to find out - I personally don't have any intuition telling me boy or girl yet, but then again - I didn't have those feelings until I was 2/3 of the way through cooking Gwen! This time around it's Brian's decision if we're going to find out the gender - since I got my way last time with not finding out the sex - but only by default since Gwen had no intention of presenting herself at the ultrasound! Brian is being indecisive about that decision.


As for Gwen's appointment she weighed in at 16lbs 4.4oz and is 28 in. tall. They are a little concerned about her weight because she fell off her normal curve. They want me to supplement her with formula to see if we can bring it up a little, or at least keep it stable... she's not losing weight, she's just not gaining as much as she was. So we go back in a month so see if it has improved. Other than that though, she able to due all the crazy things that a 9 month old is suppose to do and then some! Gwen's starting to really enjoy standing. She was very cautious in the beginning and would only stand up next to a few things - but now she'll pull herself up on anything. She's still being cautious about furniture walking - the legs just aren't working the way she expects them to, so she'll move a little if the object she's holding moves a little, or she'll pivot and move to something that's really close and that only requires one footfall for each foot. She's getting bored with things a lot more quickly, so I'm having to move her to different areas of the house with different toys throughout the day so she won't get grumpy with me! Sleep is slowly becoming better - she's going to bed at 8pm and while she might wake a few times to fuss, I'm not going back in the room til 6am - if she wakes sooner, Brian has been really good about going in there and soothing her back to sleep - if I go in she gets mad that I won't nurse her and then she won't go back to sleep at all. I'll be back to update on the next prenatal appointment - which will be in 4 weeks, and give a report of our Gwen, but until then, here's some pictures....

Happy New Year!

Well, we've crossed into the new year, and Gwen is still a happy baby. She had a fun Christmas, with traveling and gift receiving and visiting family. New Year's she spent sound asleep! Maybe next year we'll let her stay up! She's crawling now and pulling herself up on a few things! I've even taught her to wave bye-bye (or hi-hi) - it's so cute to watch! She's got to grow fast now so she can be a "big" sister this summer! That's right - #2 is on the way - due sometime mid-August. So anyone who wants to help paint Gwen's big girl room - feel free to come and help! So maybe next post we'll put up another poll to see what everyone thinks we'll have this time, that and I'll start posting on updates from the prenatal appointments! Until next time - here's a picture of Gwen being happy!

Christmas is Comming

We're back home in Ohio. The snow has fallen and it is the time for giving. Gwen is getting ready for her first Christmas. Well, we're getting ready for her first Christmas. To everyone out there, she loves paper. White paper, so if you haven't wrapped her gift, send it in light colored wrapping paper. You will be her favorite.