One month at home!!

We have been home 1 month!! What a month it has been!! You have already read about our first outing. We have improved GREATLY on each outing since! Cooper has been to the doctor every 2 weeks since we have been home and had 3 our first week, so we have been busy.

He is growing well!.He now weighs close to 9 pounds and is almost 21 inches long! He is 5 months old as of the 23rd, but his adjusted age is more like a 2 month old. He is doing great!

Here are some things Cooper is doing:

• he can hold his head up (most of the time),
• he is smiling at everyone
• he can watch and track objects
• he has almost outgrown his newborn clothes!! He wears mostly 0-3, which are a little big, but the newborn are too short!! YAY!
• he eats every 4 hours; even in the middle of the night. He is on a restricted diet for fluid intake, so he eats almost 3 ounces each feeding.
• he is a cuddle bunny!! I LOVE THAT!! We waited SO LONG to hold him, so we don't mind the extra cuddle time!!
• he is starting to coo! That is so much fun! I love when he coo's at me!!
• he loves his passie....I didn't want to be a passie mom, BUT oh well!!
• he sleeps quite a bit, but when he is not sleeping, we are playing. He has a playmat that we use to engage him. He still won't reach out for objects, but he watches them and doesn't put up too much of a fight during tummy time!
• he has the tiniest belly button! It is too cute!!
• he is still on some oxygen.

I have waited so long to be a mommy, and I am loving every minute of it!! I am so grateful for getting to stay home with him during these months. We are getting a little stir crazy, but we do get visitors at times. The doctors feel that it is best to keep him isolated to prevent illness, so we are staying in. We can get out to get some fresh air once this pollen count gets under control and the air quality is better. I am looking forward to taking Cooper on a walk down our street!!

This has been a wonderful month with LOTS of learning for all and little sleep!! Thanks for all your prayers!! God is so good to us and we are praising Him every time we look into that sweet face!!