GGGRRRRrrrrr...none of my babies look like me!

Mommy dressing me up...Hunter tells me she does this when she is sad about not having any girls:) Lucky us!


I love to smile at my mobile...it is the funniest thing.


This is the famous mobile that I laugh at. The bears are named Loafy, Jelly, Blueberry and Honey.


Well, Cooper is officially two months old now. We took him to the doctor on Monday for his checkup and shots. He now weighs 11lbs. 12 oz. and is 22 1/2 inches long. The doctor was very impressed with his weight. The doctor also said he looked more like his dad...GGGGGRRRRrrrrrr... All the work for no glory...well except a beautiful,healthy baby!! You know what I mean. Cooper is in the 50th % percentile for his weight and his length, so he is normal but sure seems big to everyone. The doctor was also impressed with his sleep schedule at this time. After a few other questions, it was time..duh, duh, duh (those were sounds like something bad was coming) for those nasty shots. Poor baby had to get stuck 4 times but then he got a yummy, sugary Rotovirus immunization that they give orally. He got Tylenol for about 24 hours, was a little fussy that night, but seemed to wake up happy and back to normal. Other than that, we haven't really been up to much. Cooper is now taking two bottles of breastmilk a day, to get him use to it. For the most part he is okay, but sometimes he can give up a fight in the evening. However, I need a little more independence and he needs to start getting consistent amounts of formula, as I never know how much he is eating. Anyway, we have included pictures and a video clip from today to show how he is growing and changing. He is becoming MUCH more alert, finally looking at me when I talk to him, cooing, smiling, and even beginning to laugh a little. He is very strong with his head and body and we are pretty sure he will be crawling by about 5 months old. Our next post will be an update on Hunter...he is growing and changing too and he deserves a litle attention on this blog as well.

Cold Mornings, Warm Smiles

Wow! It has been quite a few weeks since our last post. I will start by giving you pictures right away. Maybe that will make up for it!




Our First Grin! He smiled officially on Sept. 2nd.



Cooper likes talking to his big brother.



We got a visit from our good friends Heather, Rob and Braeden from Kansas City. We were taking their first pictures together. I am sure there will be more!


This month has been filled with lots of stress, happiness, questions, and wonderful moments. Hunter turned 5 on August 28th. I can't believe he is that old already. Cooper is also a big boy. We took him to the doctor last week and he was almost 11 pounds. We think it's just more to love. I've always wanted a chubby baby...looks as if I may have gotten my wish. Although, his car seat is almost impossible to carry already. The car seat weighs about 15 pounds, add his 11 and I am carrying around 16 pounds on my forearm all the time. Cooper loves his swing and his bear mobile. I have included a video of him smiling and cooing at it in the morning. This is his happiest time and he is just scrumptious. He is becoming a great sleeper (knock on wood). I usually put him down by 10 and he will sleep about 5 hours, wake up, eat, go back to sleep within 15 minutes and then I make him sleep until 8 before I feed him again. I have also been letting him cry to sleep in the evening for the last two nights. The first night he cried for 10 minutes, rested, cried for a few more minutes several times and then went to sleep. Last night he cried for 6 minutes, rested and whimpered for a few minutes and off to sleep. Amazingly we could never do this with Hunter, which Hunter would keep going and going and going, but we would fall for his sweet cried everytime. This time, no such luck for Coop. Plus I keep Drew in the bedroom and he is usually asleep. He is the one that wants to go get him and rock him...I keep reminding him, that it is not him waking up!!! Hunter continues to be a great helper and big brother. He has started school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. This is a nice chance to come home and get stuff done around the house or go get groceries and run errands without both of them. Cooper will be turning 2 months old next week and it is hard to imagine this much time has flown by. I will try to get another post up after his two months checkup...can you say SHOTS! Check out the video and pictures. Hope this keeps everyone satisfied until next time.
Sorry about the direction this video is shot. I was doing it on my camera and it was making sense to me, but didn't come off that way in the end. I guess it's better than nothing. I will try to do better next time.

Rain Rain Go Away

Okay, so just wanted to say sorry to everyone for no new posts in about a month. I will work on it this weekend, add lots of pics to make up for it, and send it out!
Thanks!

Two Week Update

Sorry it has been two weeks since our last blog, but mommy is very tired!!!


We just went to our two week appointment and Cooper is a little Chunky Monkey! He is now 8 lbs. 3 oz. That means he gained 1 lb. and 6 oz. from his lowest weight when he left the hospital. Let's just say Cooper likes to eat. I have given breastfeeding my best effort but I have now decided to start weaning him to formula. He is just ravenous and I am up every two hours at night. I love breastfeeding but I am having lots of pain as well. I have been to the lactation consultant and she says he is doing everything right. The pain has changed and just isn't fun anymore. So, we will see how it all goes the next week or so. We have had a busy two weeks. It seems like we aren't even home very much. We are busy taking Hunter to the park or the zoo. We have lots of errands to run since Hunter's birthday is coming up soon. Cooper does well running errands and usually sleeps in his car seat the whole time...unless he's hungry, then WATCH OUT! That's usually the only time he cries and he gets PISSED! It's quite cute really. We have had lots of visitors and everyone things Cooper is very cute. Drew and I both agree that he has Drew's face shape but he looks more like me...but everyone has their opinion. We shall find out soon enough. Hunter is still in love with his brother. We haven't had as many problems, but are still learning not to be in his face all the time and that when he's sleeping you leave him alone. Anyhow, I thought I would leave you with some pics from the last two weeks. I know that's really all you care about anyway. Enjoy and we will update you soon on more of our life as we see it.

Welcome To the World

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR FAMILY!

We would like to welcome our son, Cooper Warren Matthews to the world! He was born July 28th at 1:08 pm. I must tell you that his labor was amazing! I guess we deserve it after everything, but I would have never have guessed in a million years I would be so lucky. We arrived at the hospital at 6:00 am for our scheduled induction. We were in our room by 6:15 and they had to get vitals, start me on the monitor, etc. They started the petocin and antibiotics at around 8:00 I would say. I was just having really bad heartburn for awhile and asked for something when the resident doctor came in. So they ordered that. I would say about 8:30 I started throwing up everywhere (the worst part of the ordeal). I think it was the antibiotics making me sick and my heartburn making it worse. So finally they decided to give me some medicine to calm my stomach down. I then started having the worst contractions ever. That petocin is such a devil drug. I asked for an epidural about 10:30. My nurse checked me and I was only a 3. I thought great, we will be here all day~ Then the guy came to start my epidural. With Hunter I didn't feel a thing, well not that lucky this time, but I just blew threw it all and knew there would be relief at the end. So, the drugs kicked in and I was doing good. Then the TREMBLING started. Really bad the whole time. She thought I was progressing because trembling is a sign of my body being in a progressive labor. So she checked me at 11:30 and told me I was a 6. WOW! Great, maybe we will be done by the early afternoon I thought. After really trembling for another hour she checked me at 12:30 and told me I was 9 3/4. WHAT??? That's exactly what I said. She said yeah you are ready. She called Dr. Kindel and ran around like a crazy woman getting stuff set up. Then I told her I really felt pressure at 12:50. She said not only was I a full 10 but I had gone from a -1 station to a +1 station and his head was right there. Dr. Kindel came, threw on her scrubs and I started pushing at 1:04. I had three contractions, pushed three times with each, and out he popped at 1:08. In case that is not clear, that was FOUR minutes of pushing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When he came out he was gray and had the cord snugly around his neck. Dr. Kindel cut it right away, apologizing to Drew for taking his job. They sent him with the nurses and they were giving him oxygen and working on him. He started pinking up so I wasn't too worried but he still wasn't crying. They said he was very "wet". Which meant he had fluid in his lungs. They were working like crazy women to get him to cry and finally he did. He only took about 10 minutes to look much better and get off the oxygen. He is a wonderfully tempered baby. He only cried when he is hungry or is cold. His big brother Hunter is in love with him and wants him up all the time:) We are working on getting Hunter under management, as he is needing an adjustment period with all this. Cooper is easy, it's the five year old we are dealing with! We hope this transition happens quickly. We are hearing a lot of "That's Not Fair!" and "It's Time for Cooper to Wake Up, He's Been Sleeping for Like an Hour", and the worst is his WHINING!!! We knew it would be a hard transition for a little boy that has been spoiled for almost 5 years to now share the spotlight. However, we love our boys and know that it will only get better. Hunter is truly in love with his brother, he's just not in love with us right now! We will continue to update and post pics as we have time and the energy! Thanks to everyone for the well wishes and phone calls. If I haven't gotten back with you, I will try very soon.

Fast but Slow

Today I think I had my shortest appointment. Really, what are they going to say and do when you go into the hospital in three days anyway! I got checked. I am still a 1 but 70% effaced now and she said my cervix is very soft. So at least I have changed a little. I figured I would still be at a 1, but I was secretly hoping for more!!! Then we talked about what will happen when we go in to be induced on Monday at 6:00 am. She said I'll get admitted, they will monitor the baby for awhile and get a good script on him then they will start the lovely yet evil drug, Petocin. She said she will be by fairly early to break my water. She said at least you will know that by Monday night you won't be pregnant. Let's hope not! She thinks I should start contracting good and dialating in a timely manner and it shouldn't be an all day event. She said I can have my epidural at anytime! THANK GOD! I was thinking that maybe I would try to make it to a 5, but I am a baby, so I will keep telling myself that. Drew, Hunter and I went out for dinner tonight and enjoyed our little family of 3 one more time. We then walked the mall and Kohls for awhile. Got Hunter new shoes and Drew shoes. I need shoes but I can't try them on or tie them, so I am going to wait until next month. Drew has to tie my shoes now, so I am always in flip flops. Anyway, I got home and went to the restroom and I am starting to loose some of my mucus plug...hopefully my doctor loosened some things up in there, so that could help things move along too. My doctor is not on call this weekend though, so we are hoping for tonight/tomorrow or wait until Monday. Really though, we can't wait to meet Cooper, so we will take him whenever he comes. So, this is the last post prebaby. The next post will be our postbaby experience. YEAH!! Keep up the prayers and thank you for everything during this pregnancy. You will soon meet Mr. Cooper!

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