More Pictures!

I just can't get enough of these cute, cute boys!!





I love them so much!!

6 weeks ago...

...I woke up around 5am with contractions. I had been having contractions the night before, but I was still surprised that contractions woke me up & that I couldn't go back to sleep - after all, we had a c-section scheduled in just a few days, right?! I wondered if I should wake Ryan up - but I figured that even if I was in labor that the baby wouldn't be coming fast - so one of us might as well sleep!
When Ryan woke up I told him that I'd been having contractions for a a few hours & that they were coming pretty consistently. He was like "Why didn't you wake me up?!" ha ha! I called our "on call nurse", a.k.a Lins- and she said it would probably be a good idea to call the hospital & see what they said. So, a little bit later (after frantically packing our bags just in case!) we headed down to the hospital. It seriously made my day that our "entourage" was there when we walked in!! It was so fun to have so much of our family there!

Here we are feeling my stomach while I was having a contraction.

After just a short time we were heading to the operating room!!
And before we knew it, Cooper was born! It was so fun to be able to take pictures right after he was born! Since we had an emergency c-section with Scooter, we didn't even have our camera in there with us!
Here is Cooper with our cute, cute friend Brenda - she works in the nursery!
Scooter Boy - playing & waiting to meet his brother!


I love this picture - Ryan sitting with Cooper & checking the score of the game!
Sweet Cooper J.! My brother Myke took some great pictures for us - including this one!!
Brother Buddies!!
I really can't believe that Cooper J. is already 6 weeks old!! He is growing so fast and we are having so much fun with him! He is smiling a lot and is such a sweet baby!! We're so grateful for both of our sweet boys!!

Bath Time!

We found out a little bit ago that Cooper J. is not a big fan of bathtime...at least not yet! I think he cried the hardest he ever has when he had a bath! (he does not cry very often at all!) Scooter wanted to help - and it was so cute because Cooper stopped crying when Scooter was washing him! I love to watch those 2 together - they are such great kiddos!!
I just love the face he is making here!!

Cute, cute boys!! I feel so lucky every time I look at both of them!!

Sew Much Fun!

I have never been good at sewing! I took sewing twice in school and I didn't like it either time!! But a while ago my mom said she would help me make a quilt for the baby - and so we gave it a shot! And I had a blast!! I thought the whole process was so much fun - from picking out the fabric to cutting it and sewing it and seeing it all come together!!

Here is the fun fabric we picked out!
Me - learning to sew! ...and my trusty assistant!
So excited! Its coming together!

Almost finished!
Yay - look how cute it is!! My mom is a great teacher - and i had so much fun making this quilt with her - (she helped me a ton - and she did the border & the binding because we kind of ran out of time!) - I am hoping that in the summer I can make a quilt for Scooter!!
Cooper J. enjoying his quilt!

Lets Compare...

I think it is really fun to look at pictures of Derek & Cooper together & see their similarities and differences!!

Cooper-
Derek-
Derek-
Cooper-
Oh I love these boys!!

Almost One Month Old!

Cooper is going to be one month old tomorrow! I can't believe it!! We are just having so much fun with him! Mauri was really excited to meet Cooper - and she did such a great job holding him! She was cracking me up because when Lins was holding Cooper, Mar kept saying "Mom, be careful with him! ...Mom! You're patting his back too hard!...Mom! Be careful!" It was super cute!


I love how you can see his eyes so well in this picture! I hope they stay blue!!
He cries so rarely that it's really pretty cute when he does cry!

Buddies! I never get tired of watching Scooter & Cooper together! Scooter is such a great big brother! He is always telling Cooper that he loves him & Cooper loves to watch Scooter!!
I feel so lucky that I get to spend my days with both of these cute boys!!

"No more pictures Mom!" ha ha!
What a cutie!!
Brotherly Love!
All three of my boys! So handsome!
I just love this little picture of Cooper!