Little Stinker!

Brooks is already acting up!  I visited the doctor last week (for the pain in my upper abdomen) and while I did not get any answers about my pain, I did find out he is breech!  They performed an ultrasound to check on my gall bladder and discovered his breech position.  He is sitting with his legs folded up in front of him- which makes for lots of kicking!  This might also explain why is seems that I'm carrying so low!

He is probably about 3 1/2 pounds and will continue to gain half a pound EVERY week from here on out!  He's around 16 to 17 inches long and his brain is continuing to develop.  His asleep/awake cycles are very obvious to me now!  He has times when he is wide awake and extremely active, and then times when he is asleep.  While hanging out in there, his eyes are often open and becoming prepared for the 20/400 vision he will have at birth.


It's becoming reality that Brooks will be here before we know it.  All of the sudden, I feel like my pregnancy has flown by.  I really want to treasure these last 6-10 weeks of having him with me all the time.  Besides, for the rest of my life I will never have the priviledge of having him with me 24/7.  Right now, I know he is safe with me!  Here are few pictures of Brooks safe in my belly :)

30 weeks pregnant!

With my pregnancy well into the third trimester, I have lots of fun stuff to come! My sisters are throwing us a family shower this weekend!  Also this month we are spending a weekend at a cabin in Helen for a wedding, and taking a trip to Kentucky for a shower with Tim's family!! We are so blessed to have so many people that care about us- thank you!!


Last weekend we bought the "details" for Brooks' room and I am very excited for our plan to come together.  We will be adding lots of cute, rustic stars (to match the stars in his bedding).  They are brown, wrought iron and give the room a good masculine feeling for my little man!  Also, his letters for his name finally came in the mail today.  I still have to stain them, but here they are:

This is what the stars look like!

A cute coat hanger for his room!

These will be on the wall eventually!

Brooks has a full name now: Brooks Daniel Hourigan!

I will be seeing the Doc every 2 weeks now, and I should have atleast 1 more ultrasound to check if he has turned (hopefully we'll get some good pics, he was shy during this last ultrasound).  My next appointment is next week, so I'll keep you updated!

21.5 on 10/7/11