26 Weeks and a Baby Name

Okay so the baby ticker on the side of my blog is finally bellow the 100 day mark! Yippee! I can't believe that I am going to have this baby in less then 100 days!!!! During the last little while my pregnancy has been going pretty good. Last week for about a week I was having lots of contractions, and very painful cramping. So much that I went into the doctors to check for pre-term labor. The results came up negative (hallelujah!!), but my doctor had no answers as to what was causing my pain and contractions. Finally on Sunday I received a blessing, and almost instantly my contractions and pain went away! So far the past three days have gone very well, with almost no contractions and cramping, so I am crossing my fingers and saying my prayers that this good health will last!

This little boy loves citrus fruit! I have been having such a craving for grapefruits, oranges and citrus juice. I seriously can't get enough of them. The other day I was at my Mom's eating a grapefruit and my Mom put a few ginger snap cookies on my plate. Well one of the gingersnaps soaked up some of the grapefruit juice and it was SOOOOO yummy!! So then I began to eat the gingersnaps with pieces of grapefruit on them. Oh my it was like heaven in my mouth, the perfect combinations of sweet and spicy! As I was eating my snack I thought that this had to be my craziest pregnancy craving yet!

Here is my 26 week belly. Last time I was in to the doctors my belly was measuring a little small but I am not worried at all. It seems like this little guy has growth spurts where he grows really slow for a few weeks. Then I get really hungry for about a week, and my stomach is growling just a few hours after I have eaten. I wake up hungry in the middle of the night and have to eat a bowl of cereal. After about a week of this constant hunger my belly seems to grow a lot, and I know it is this little boy going through a growth spurt.

We think that we have finally decided on a name for our little boy. Surprisingly Sydney was the one that named him. About a month ago Sydney had just woke up from her nap and was calling my name. I went into her room and she shouted "Mommy!". I picked her up and said, "Yes, I am your Mommy and who is this!" and then pointed to my belly. She poked my belly too, and said "baby Brock!"

Brock isn't a name that we had even talked about, but I went and told Seth about what Sydney had just said. Seth instantly liked the name and I did too! It was the first name that really connected with us besides the name Max. Also I am wondering if Sydney has some hidden knowledge about what her brothers name should be. Maybe she remembers him from heaven and who am I to argue with something like that.

So we are pretty sure that this little guy will be named Brock Max Baker. My sister keeps asking how baby Brock-oli is doing, but I keep telling her that his nickname is going to be the Brock-ness Monster or Brockstar, not Brock-oli!