Another picture...

Well here is Cooper and his beautiful nose right before he came home last Wednesday. We were able to take advantage of a "rooming in" option at the hospital, so for 3 days we stayed in a hospital room with him to give him some consistency. Before, he had many different nurses; therefore, he had many different opinions, different levels of patience, and different ways of doing things. So we finally got a doctor who had some "parent sense" about him and gave us the go ahead to go home! What an exciting day! Since then he's been doing great! He's eating very well and has actually gained 7 oz. in less than a week. He gets more and more beautiful every day. I have some great pictures of him with his eyes open, but I don't have the cable to load them onto the computer so you'll have to wait for those. Thanks again for the prayers and support through all of this. We love you all.

He's Here...a wee bit early

Well, Cooper decided to make his grand entrance early on October 31st at 3:25 pm. He was 6 pounds 6 oz and was 21 inches long. I must say that he in fact does have the longest legs ever and for his age at birth (36 weeks) he measured off the charts! I knew it! He also has very long feet and fingers! Absolutely adorable. He came into the world by pushing through only 5 contractions...pretty fast. But, he is so long and skinny. He stayed in the room for most of the first night, but was having problems feeding and his glucose levels were very low, so they had to put him in the NICU the next morning. He is still there and will remain there until he is able to eat well. He also got a little yellow, so he's been under the blue lights for 2 days now. His levels are going down so that's great and hopefully they'll be able to take the lights off soon. We can't hold him right now and that makes things a lot harder.

He opened his eyes yesterday and it was the first time we were able to see them! Absolutely beautiful! That made things a lot better too. I will say that he is doing a lot better today and his feedings are improving. I just pray that he will be able to come home sooner rather than later. Please keep our family in your prayers. We love you and thank you for your support.