Welcome!!

Dear Bracken,

You are finally here and well worth the wait!! I can't stop staring at you! You are the cutest thing I have ever seen! You decided to join us on March 15th 2009, weighing 7 lbs 13 ounces and was 18 inches long. You are healthy and seemingly happy. You love to be cuddled up with mom and dad and scream when we put you down. You are having a rough time sleeping since we can't put you down and therefore, we are having a rough time sleeping. But you are worth every second of lost sleep!

It is so amazing what the human body can do and how you grew inside me and are now here in our world! You are so adorable and amazing! I love you and would do anything in my power for you. It breaks my heart to hear you cry and I am amazed at how I could fall so deeply in love with someone so quickly. My life changed over night in such a spectacular way! Thank you for joining our family. I already can't imaging life without you.

I love you so much!!

Love,
Mom

39 plus Weeks

Dear Baby,

I am still waiting for you. I think I am somewhat patient, but others may think different. I do want you to stay in there as long as you need to in order to be born happy and healthy, but I am also very uncomfortable and would love for you to come now so we can start our little family. I am getting very anxious to see you and am getting more and more nervous everyday about the labor part of you coming. I will be so relieved when you are here and healthy.

Based on the doctors office, you are due in two days. Based on the hospital date, you are due in six. Either way, it is about time for you to come! I have a doctor appointment today and I am anxious to see what he says about you and if my body is getting ready...or not...which is what he has been telling me.

Well, I love you and have been thinking about you and talking to you a lot lately! Can't wait to meet you!

Love,
Mom

37 Weeks

Hi Baby,

Today I am 37 weeks! I am so excited that the time is getting close to see you! You are moving around like crazy and love to push on my bladder and kick in my ribs! I love feeling you, but it gets very uncomfortable. 37 weeks is considered full term and safe to have your baby, so therefore, feel free to come anytime! I am ready for you and so excited! Dad is very excited too. He talks to you through my belly and tells you he loves you. It is very cute. We can't wait for your arrival. I only have two days left of conferences, then I will really be anxious for you to be here! I don't want you to come before you are ready, but I am ready when you are!

Love you,

Mom

Name Letters

Hi Baby,

So I finally bought letters that spell your name, painted them, and hung them on the wall. Well, dad hung them on the wall for me, but they are cute. I hope you like them. Maybe they will help you learn to spell your name faster since it is a long name! I can't wait until you are here! 5 1/2 weeks until your due date, but I may see you earlier if you decide to join us sooner!





Love you,

Mom

Like your name?

Hi Baby,

You are growing so much. You move around a ton in my belly and my entire stomach moves. You are getting big and much stronger. You seem to like to kick up in my ribs and that kind of hurts and is very uncomfortable. I also don't think you like it when I am sitting. You prefer standing or laying, I believe, because you probably have more room that way. I can't wait to see you and have you here with us! I am getting really big and everyone thinks you will be here much earlier than expected, but we will see. I want you to stay in there as long as you need to, to make sure you are fully developed.

So, for the exciting news, I think we have a name for you. It's the first name we started with and after numerous times changing it, I think we are back with it. It is Bracken Shane Wootton. Dad had a best friend named Shane that passed away about 6 years ago, therefore your middle name. One of the students in 5th grade at my school is named Bracken and I liked that name a lot when I heard it, which is where we got your first name. This is not for sure yet, but it is something dad and I both agree on. Our other two choices for first names were Jaxon, but it is so common now and after we started thinking that we noticed tonz of little boys with that name so we ruled that one out. The other was Trexton, which I really like, but Trex is a type of decking material and dad thinks it would be weird to call you that (well and a lot of other people mentioned that too, but I really liked it). I hope you like your name and I hope it fits you!

Love You,

Mom

PiCtUrEs

Hi Baby,

We got some pictures of you today! We did a 3D ultrasound. You are such a cutie! The pictures aren't great, but it was so fun seeing you move all around. We felt really bad for you when you had both hands and your foot up by your head and the placenta is pushed into your face and the imbilical cord is up by your mouth. You look very cramped in there and you must be very uncomfortable. But the good news is you are so cute! There is much more to life then looks, but you are sure a cutie!


You weigh 4 pounds and 2 ounces, which is on the big side. You should be about 3 pounds 8 ounces right now. I hope you aren't too big of a baby when you are born. Maybe I should lay off the ice cream? Nah...we both like it too much! You were moving all around in there and you made some very sad and mad faces. Then the lady was poking at you, trying to get you to move so she could get a good picture and you started kicking back. Funny. You were opening and closing your eyes and you stuck out your tongue. I was loving every minute of it! Here are some cute pictures of you! (You will come to see that I am kind of a picture fanatic. You will definitely be used to the camera!)



So Squished!
Chubby Cheeks!

You're definitely a boy!

Look at that chin...

Your cute little hand by your face.

Hiccup, Hiccup

Dear Baby,

You had the hiccups for the first time yesterday. There have been a few times I have wondered but haven't really been sure. Yesterday I am positive you had hiccups. It was almost like a kick, but not as strong and it was constant, every second or so for 6 or 7 minutes. Dad was by me and could feel them too. It was kind of fun for me to feel them.

Today is New Year's Day. This is the year you will be born, and therefore I know it will be a great year! You are going to make every holiday and every special occasion so much better than it would be without you. Between now and March 15th, when you are due, I have a lot of work to do! We have two baby showers family are going to have for you and dad and I are going to take a parenting class. I need to buy a ton of things to prepare for your arrival and I'm still waiting on our rocking chair to come in. I also want to read some parenting books to make sure I'm as prepared as possible to take care of you the best I can! I can't wait to see you!

Love you,

Mom