Countdown is on!

So t-minus..... who knows!  Brooks is already showing that he's in charge and will come when he's good and ready.  So now we just wait.  His due date is 2 weeks away, but I won't be surprised if it comes and goes with no sign of baby!  I know God has a special birthdate planned just for him, and I have to be patient while waiting for that day to get here :)


Brooks should now be about 6.8 pounds and over 19.5 inches long.  What do you think?

                                            38 weeks!

I will find out his size on Tuesday during an ultrasound (at least the tech's estimate).  If they feel he is getting too big, then they will consider inducing me early.


Not too many new developments in this and the coming weeks, besides getting all the baby fat.  He now has a firm grasp and has been practicing on the umbilical cord.  His intestines are filling up with meconium (his first poopy diaper will prove this).  The circumference of his head is now equal to his abdomen and the long bones in his arms and legs have now hardened!

When Brooks finally arrives his crying will be tearless. A baby's tear ducts do not work for the first few weeks of life.  It will be a few weeks before we see the tears, but I have been assured by everyone that his cries will not go unnoticed!

The biggest piece of advice given in the last few weeks has been the importance of sleeping right now... apparently we won't sleep again until he's 18!

31.5 on 12/3/11