My Little Monkey

He decided to climb his walker

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My First Baby

Cooper is the first child I gave birth to but Jerry and I had another baby. In September of 2007 I found out I was pregnant. That week I went to my OB and she confirmed it. We saw the baby on the ultra sound and they said everything looked great. We couldn't see a heartbeat yet but I wasn't even 6 weeks so that was normal. I was walking on air I was so happy. We had told everyone we were expecting. The next monday Jerry was starting a new job and we were excited. On Monday, October 1st, 2007, I woke up to get ready for school. I discovered I was bleeding. I immediately called my OB and she said to come right in. Since it was his first day at a new job I didn't ask him to come to the doctor with me. They took blood and did an ultra sound. I was 6 1/2 weeks and they still couldn't find a heartbeat but they wouldn't know what was happening until the blood work came back. At 8:00 a.m. the next morning I got the call. All I heard was "miscarriage". I couldn't believe I was losing my baby. I was heartbroken. I was depressed but I hid it from everyone. I was dreading May when my baby's due date would come and go without a baby. I needed some kind of closure. I had said my goodbyes but there was no funeral or anything. No one else saw it as a death. Jerry tried to understand but he couldn't really. I blamed myself. I had let our baby die. I wanted to name it but with knowing if it was a boy or girl I didn't know how. We decided that we believed it was a boy and named him Braden Lee. That helped a little but I was still hurting. We tried grief counseling but it wasn't helping. His due date was getting closer, only a couple months away. I didn't know how I could face it. Then the week before that dreaded day I found out I was pregnant again. In January I gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Cooper didn't replace the baby we lost. A piece of my heart will always belong to Braden. But Cooper made it hurt less. I could move on with my life. He healed my broken heart in way nothing else could.

My New Hobby

I have decided to take up a hobby. Last week I decided on sewing. Now if you know me you know I'm not the artsy fartsy type. I really envy people that are. I would love to make beautiful works of art like painting or drawing or scupltures but its just not in me. Also, I have never worked a sewing machine in my life. Nor do I have a sewing machine. But my Nana was nice enough to let me use hers. Last week I made a receiving blanket for Cooper. The hem was VERY crooked. Lol Then Tuesday night I made a "tie-together" blanket for him. Today I finished a receiving blanket for a friend who is due next month. I'm proud of myself. This is turning out pretty good.

Cooper is 9 Months Old!

Cooper turned 9 months old Monday. and today he added quite a few tricks. He has been crawling up the step in our living room for a couple months now but when he wanted to come down he would sit at the edge and squeal. Today he has came down the step by himself twice! Also, he does not like to feed himself smalls things like gerber puffs. He opens his mouth like a bird and expects someone to put one in his mouth. This evening he sat in his highchair and ate puffs by himself(with mommy in the chair beside him) for about 15 mins. He is getting so independant!

The Beginning

Well let's start at the beginning. I got pregnant the end of my junior year in high school. My then boyfriend of 1 1/2 years was happy with the news but still nervous for obvious reasons. He had only recently graduated and was finishing his 1st semester of college while working a full time job. We decided to get married the following August(separate blog later). I was 4 months pregnant at our wedding. Thank goodness I wasn't fat yet. LOL We decided to live with my parents for the time being and that has turned out to be the best decision we could have made. We are happy here for right now but are working on being able to get our own place. In January I gave birth to an 8 lbs 2 oz, 21 1/2 inch healthy baby boy that we named Cooper(more about the birth later). I think that's about all for now... Just some background info :)