So...I am officially the world's slowest blogger. I was so excited to have a blog so I could put pictures of Cooper on it as soon as he was born. He is now 3 1/2 weeks old. I am just a little behind :). Being a mom has been the most incredible experience ever. I love every second of it. Even during the middle of the night when we haven't even fallen asleep yet and it is 3:00am. Since he was so little when he was born, I had to wake him up every 3 hours around the clock to feed him. Breaking that habit has been quit the challenge. The poor guys is completely confused. It is amazing how your body can adjust to no sleep. He is starting to stay awake more during the day which is so much fun. He has the most beautiful deep blue eyes. Matt and I are both praying they stay that way.

Nothing in the world brings a bigger smile to my face than watching Matt and Cooper together. Cooper is a complete Daddy's boy. Cooper will be screaming for me and as soon as Matt calls and I put the phone on speaker phone and Cooper hears his Daddy's voice, he stops screaming. It is so much fun to watch. They are already little buds. Matt and is the greatest Dad. I feel bad because he has to get up for work in the mornings but he still wakes up with me and Cooper to help. I am the luckiest girl to have such a supportive husband.

About the delivery...I delivered Cooper at 38 weeks. I had had low amniotic fluid for a couple of weeks so my doctor was watching me really close. Anything below a level 8 of fluid, they induce but since it was my first child, they were really concerned about inducing me early. When I delivered, my levels were at 6.3. When I got to the hospital they started me on a tablet to thin my cervix because my body wasn't ready to have the baby. That started around noon on Friday. As my cervix was thinning I started to have contractions. The bad part is that they don't give you an epidural until you are dilated to a four. So even though I was having contractions I couldn't have an epidural. They gave me some medicine they said would help but all it did was really relax me between contractions and not help at all with the pain during the contractions. Finally at 2:00am on Saturday, my water broke. By 4:00 I was finally able to have my epidural. YEAH!!!! I was so nervous for the epidural and it didn't hurt at all. Getting the IV was way worse. The only bad thing was they didn't tell me I had a button to keep the epidural medicine coming and I started feeling everything again. They had to call the anesthesiologist back to give a full dose again. By 8:00am I started pushing and Cooper was born at 9:45am Saturday morning. He was posterior so I had to push for a while. The second he was placed on my stomach, Matt and I stared to cry. What a miracle!!!! He weighed 5lbs 10oz and was 18 inches long. He was being growth restricted from not having enough fluid. I am so grateful for my doctor. He was so incredible and I am so grateful he was willing to induce me early even though it was my first baby. Cooper could have been in big trouble if we would have waited one more day. He truly is our little miracle!

Sorry this is such a long post. I will try and be better now. Thanks to Joanna I now know what I am doing so I don't have anymore excuses. Thanks Jo :)