Counting Down the Days

Well mommy is feeeling all the aches and pains of preterm labor...so at this point we're just waiting for our little girl to be ready to come into this world.

Here's a photo of mommy and her belly now =)

Drs Appt. Update.

We went to the Dr. yesterday and looks like baby is heads down and low, mommy is 2 cm dilated and 50% effaced and mommy lost her mucous plug last night (if you don't know what that is, its a sign that labor is coming soon). As far as soon...not sure when that'll be...My mommy intuition thinks a couple weeks (I hope =) We'll see..

Baby's weight: 7-7.5 pounds
Mommy's weight gained: 36 pounds (yikes!)

Three weeks to go!

With three weeks (or less) to go we are anxiously waiting baby's arrival. Her room is 90% finished. I'm just waiting for my glider to come and a few things to hang up on the wall. The theme of her nursery is pink and zebra and it's pretty neat because the nursery will even have a painting up that my mom did of a group of zebras when she lived in Kenya. (It's getting framed right now).

Other than that, I've been having LOTS of trouble sleeping. (Right now its 5am and I haven't slept all night). Between leg cramps, backaches, braxton-hicks contractions, baby kicking me in the rib, baby sitting right on my bladder, anxiety about being a mommy, and my huge belly...sleep is really tough. Although, I know I shouldn't complain because once baby comes, I know sleep will also be difficult--but then at least then I'll feel like I'm up for a purpose.

Today we also went and had some pregnancy photos taken. I'll post them when I get them back. =)

1 month to go!!!

We visited the doctor today, and here are some stats:

Mommy's weight gained to date: 32 pounds!
Baby' weight: 6 pounds

Baby's measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule...we're hoping that she comes before 2009!

In 10 days I get measured to see if I am dilated or effaced or any of that exciting stuff....

4-D Ultrasound pics

The newet craze for to-be-parents is the 4-d ultrasound. Parents can see their childs facial features before the birth. In the case of Baby Giti, she really did not want to show us her face--she insists on hiding her face in mommy's placenta. She did show us her feet (they are 2 and half inches) and her hands and a little sneak peak of her face. Baby is about 6 pounds already!!!

Me and Caroline

We met the first day of college in 1997 and now our due dates are a week apart! This is my favorite photo from the baby shower so it needed a post of it's own. How cute are we? The future Baby Giti and Baby Kowalski!

Baby Shower

On Saturday, November 29th, we celebrated Baby Giti in her very own baby shower! So many of her friends and aunties attended and she is so lucky because she received so many beautiful gifts. We can't wait to dress her in all her beautiful clothes and have her use all her toys and baby gear. As you can see from the photos, mommy's belly has grown so much! It is growing exponentially! Here are some photos of the fabulous day.