Team Sam-meet our newest addition!
I truly have been trying to get this on earlier but it's been a little chaotic around here lately. It is with great pleasure that we introduce our newest little guy to you, meet Cooper Samuel Jones, or "Super Cooper" like his grandpa Miles nicknamed him. He was born on June 3, 2009 at 12:08 pm. He was HUGE! He weighed 8 lbs., 9 oz. and was 22 inches long! Sam was our biggest baby up 'till Cooper, and he was only 7 lbs. 10 oz. and 20 in. I'm not sure where Cooper put it all, but no wonder I couldn't walk at the end! Things went pretty smoothly. They started to induce me around 5:30 am on the 3rd and he was born a little after noon. Marc even got to do most of the delivery! He is chubby and precious and we feel so blessed that he is here, and comforted that he has his own personal guardian angel looking over him. There are pictures posted. Max and Sally love him and are very helpful.
We came home from the hospital one week ago. Last Sunday we had a small get together for Sally's birthday. She was excited that baby "Tooper" came in time for her Dora birthday!
He still has his nights and days ""slightly" confused (to say the least) so we aren't getting a lot of sleep, but he's definitely worth it! He initially looked like Max, though not as much as Sally did when she was born, but now I see a whole lot of Sam in him. The picture of the three of them in the chair brought me to tears in the hospital because I have a similiar picture of Sam and Max holding Sally like that on my nightstand. It's so difficult knowing that whatever he knows about Sam will come from us and our friends and family. It breaks my heart that he will never personally know how awsome his big brother is, and I can't help always thinking how in love Sam would be with him!
I will update more later, when I have a clearer, more rested head, but I wanted to get the news out there and add the pictures. Thanks so much for sharing in our joy! Oh, by the way, I know "Cooper" doesn't fit into our 3 letter, 1 syllable boy name category, but I believe there is a character named Soapy Cooper in the Dr. Seuss book Oh Say Can You Say, but I haven't read it so I'm not positive. :)
