Welcome Baby Cooper

Can we say Life altering event...Coop is now 2 months and I am just finding the time to update my blog...Ok lets start from the beginning.. On 2/8/10 around 11:00pm during the only snow storm of the year we headed to the hospital to have our baby boy...I was supposed to go in at 8:00 which turned into 9:00 and then 11:00... I was a complete mess all day couldn't do anything could think straight just watching the clock and pacing. Actually my stomach hurt I was so nervous and ready at the same time... Sarah was in town which was a great distraction...So when they postponed it until 11:00 Timmy was like alright lets go walking and took me out in the snow to the mall...He said I could buy anything I wanted and all I got was a candle...what I wanted you couldn't buy (to hold my precious boy in my arms, finally).... So we showed up at the hospital they started my Pitocin around 12:00 we popped in a movie and waited for some action.. It was pretty uneventfully until around 3:30 when they started my epidural (which had to be done twice)..and for those who know me well I am a fainter and so far so good no fainting.... Then the broke my water around 4:30..I was 3cm...It was time to try and sleep this we could not do the excitement and the nerves had us up like two kids on Christmas morning...So I kept on getting check and every check I was 4cm not progressing very fast...family started showing up around 6:00am expecting some action....

So there goes one night of sleep! I sent Timmy to eat something around 10:45 because I was convinced we were going to have a C-section and didn't want him passing out. and I needed to get some rest. Which reminds me I wasn't supposed to eat (and for those of you know I love to eat) so I made Timmy keep sneaking me animal crackers...

While Timmy was gone to the cafeteria my pain started to progress and the epidural was not covering me...So I asked the nurse for more drugs she said we better check you. One look and she was like wow you are 10 cm.( of course I just sent everyone to the cafeteria) I put my head under the covers and started bawling, tears of joy.. this was it I was going to be a mother....

I think I pushed like 4 times and my little world changer was here.

He has been such a joy, just when I think I couldn't love him anymore everyday I do more and more. He is now 8 weeks old and is giggling, cooing, and smiling at us. HE is sleeping at night 5-7 hours and he is a great eater anywhere from 5-6 ounces every 3-4 hours... I can't wait to spend the rest of my life loving and guiding him. I keep on asking God for wisdom on how to raise him and be the best mom I can be.

Oh yeah I did pass out but after it was all over when I got up to go to the bathroom for the first time.