Cooper John

Well, it's been a while since I've blogged, but I guess I have a good reason.  :)  Cooper John was born by c-section on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 at 1:22am.  He weighed 8 lbs 15.9 oz and was 21 inches long.  He was/is the most adorable thing we've ever laid eyes on and just love him to pieces.  The first 2 nights were very hard, but Jason and I are taking it all in stride and getting more used to it.  We have since taken him to the doctor 3 different times since he's been born and at the first 2 appointments, he had lost a combination of 9 oz.  Not gaining at all.  So, the scared mother that I am, I immediately started supplementing and at our appointment yesterday, he had gained 20 oz in 6 days!!!  I was beyond thrilled and so happy to see that our little angel was gaining weight.  And he's grown a half inch too.  Currently he's sleeping on my chest as I type and I think that's my favorite thing so far.  I just love holding him and loving him....I didn't realize how much I could love someone.  Not that I don't love Jason, but it's a different kind of love for your child.  Last night I decided that Jason and I were going to get some sleep and slept downstairs and put Coop in the swing.  He slept from 10:30-11:30, woke up for a feeding, slept from midnight to 3:30, and then from 4-7:30.  I feel like a new woman and Jason slept through the entire night for once. 

I'm finally getting a chance to update this post and it's not Feb. 7th.  There is just not enough time in the day for all of things that I want or need to get done, but I guess that's just how it's going to be for a while.  :) 

Cooper is almost 1 month old and I never imagined how fast it would go!  It seems just like yesterday that I had him.  Things have been going pretty good.  Last night was a little rough...Cooper decided he was going to fuss the entire night and neither he nor I got any sort of sleep.  We did take a cat-nap this morning and I feel a little better.  I should be sleeping now as he's sleeping, but I want to do other things.  But, I think in a few minutes, I'll get to that one too.  A couple of weeks ago, I took the little guy in to Jason's work and showed everyone our little boy.  Of course they all enjoyed him and wanted to hold him.  Who doesn't love babies in general?  And we ventured out to church yesterday for the first time since we've had him and he did wonderful!  Didn't even make a peep and he was just the best little guy ever.  We know we'll have our screaming moments in church when we won't be able to even stay, but we were so proud of him. 

I/we have never had so many problems getting insurance figured out, but I think we've got it.  Cooper is having claims filed against him and he wasn't on my insurance yet, so we were getting calls about that and bills having to pay in full.  He should be getting added soon as well as Jason.  And Jason was really worried that we would have to end up paying a nice chunk and my insurance called him back last Friday and let him know that they cover 100% of maternity!  We were beyond thrilled.  Awesome news.

And one last thing about Coop....he has these little tantrums when he doesn't like something and yells out this high whiney sound.  It's actually really cute and lasts about 3 seconds.  :)  Such a sweet little guy.