Holidays!

The holidays kicked off with another super hero Halloween!  The boys picked their own costumes and had a fun day/night.  We had Thanksgiving at Grandma Vella and Grandpa Morgans house.  All of Ben's extended family was there with the exception of Malissa.  It was a full house!  The baby was smaller that the turkey...at least he was!  Everything was delicious and we all had a good time visiting with family.  On December 4th was Cooper's baby blessing.  It was a special day.  Before we knew it, Christmas was here.  Santa found us even though we were not in our own home.  We had a cozy Christmas in the nice man cave that was newly finished by Ben's parents.  We are sure glad to have some more room and this place is great.  We are working on getting the building process going for our own home.  We are sure grateful we've had such a nice place to stay.  Christmas was fun, but a whirlwind.  Ben finally got his dream truck for his Christmas.  He's wanted a Ford diesel super crew for as long as I've known him.  He loves it!  We joked that he got a new Cooper Crew and a new Super Crew!   We can't wait to see all that 2012 holds for us.

Baby Cooper Crew

I wanted to journal some of my memories of the birth and first few weeks of this sweet little angel.  He was born on a Friday, October 21, 2011 at 1:30 pm.  I went into the hospital at around 10:30 am.  They broke my water at noon and baby arrived an hour and a half later.  He weighed 8 lbs 4 oz and was 19 1/4 inches long.  He was the biggest so far.  He was close to 1 1/2 lbs bigger than his brothers!  He came a little later than I anticipated based on the other pregnancies, but was still 13 days early.  I thought for sure I'd have him earlier that week, by Wednesday at the latest.  But after some furniture moving, numerous walks, and jumping on the trampoline (yes, I actually did that, I was desperate to be done with this pregnancy, what can I say?) he was finally ready to arrive!  Right from the start he was super sweet.  I don't think he even cried during our hospital stay until the very end of the stay?  He of course had jaundice like the others and had to be under the lights at home.  He hardly cried, but he did do a lot of very loud grunting and groaning when his tiny tummy was bothering him.  We've just adored him from the second we saw him.  He was so sweet when I held him for the first time, trying so hard to get his eyes open.  He had lots of hair and was just handsome as could be!  We're so happy to have this little guy be a part of our family.  His brothers just can't get enough of him.  The second they wake up in the morning they come to find the baby and just have to touch him, etc.  Carter loves to kiss him!  He is one loved little boy!