Brooks Michael McMains

To my second baby boy,

    We are so excited you are joining our family! We love you so much already. Your daddy and I always knew we wanted another little one after having Hudson and we are glad to have the opportunity to raise you. I found out I was pregnant with you on May 1. I wanted to have you so badly that I took several tests way too early. I finally decided on Sunday, April 29th that I would take the final test and if it said I wasn't pregnant I would just accept it. The test came back negative and my heart was broken. I was so upset because I just knew I was pregnant. I had a feeling and when the test said no I just couldn't believe it. I wanted to have you so badly. Two days later I was feeling really sleepy and nauseous and I still couldn't shake the feeling that I was pregnant. I took a test again but didn't tell your daddy because I had promised I wouldn't take any more. This test came back positive and I was so excited! Tears rushed to my eyes as I imagined you growing in my tummy and thinking about how our lives were going to change, all for the better. When I told your daddy that afternoon he couldn't believe it! We were thrilled!
   I got to see you when you were 9 weeks old. My doctor doesn't normally do an ultrasound that early but she did for us and I was so thankful. You were so tiny. I was so thankful to see your little tiny heart beating. Around this time, my belly started growing! I am definitely bigger with you than I was with your brother!
   I got to see you again 3 weeks later for our big ultrasound. You looked so precious on the screen. You are measuring big, which is different than your brother. We got to see your profile and all of your organs. You looked so perfect! They saw a blood clot on this ultrasound, which scared mommy to death, but the Lord healed that and it was completely gone by 20 weeks.
    We found out that you were a boy on August 18th. We did a pinata filled with candy like we did for your brother. We thought it would be fun to start this little tradition. Your family came to find out what you were and we were so surprised when blue candy came out! Because this pregnancy has been so different than it was with Hudson, we all just assumed I was having a girl. We are so excited that you are a boy though! We are thrilled that the Lord is blessing us with another boy and that you and Hudson will be best buds. 

Look at those lips! 

   A few days after we found out you were a boy, I got a call from my doctor saying they found cysts on your brain. I was so scared that it was something serious, but we just had to wait and check again at your 30 week ultrasound. We prayed that the Lord would completely take them away, and He was so faithful and healed that too! We were so very thankful.
  I don't really know when I felt you start moving. When I first started feeling you it was so tiny. I only felt you at night and it was very sporadic. I thought that this would be how you were throughout the pregnancy but I was very wrong. You are a little ninja! Your kicks are punches are pretty intense! You will wake me up at night with your movements! You are not letting me forget that you are a strong little boy!
   I am now 37 weeks pregnant and we cannot wait to meet you. Everything is almost ready for your arrival. Hudson talks about you all the time and we are just so ready to see you! You can come whenever you like little buddy! We love you so much!
                                                                                                            - Mommy