This is Cooper Dale Jones shortly after his birth on November 23rd, 2009. He weighed a whopping 1 pound 11 ounces!!
Here he is recently (I had to look for a full body shot, closest I could find!) weighing in at a hefty 9 pounds 11 ounces just 6 LONG months later!!What a half a year it has been!! It now seems like a dream and not real; except that I know it was real and we survived it! That sounds a bit dramatic, but it was a LONG, emotional road but it was worth every second!! I cannot look at that sweet face without praising God. He is the only reason we are doing as great as we are. We have experienced loss in the worst ways, but had to come to a place where we completely trusted God for our lives and relied on His plan. I am not a patient person. Ask anyone. I want what I want when I want it!! LOL! I had to wait on God and His perfect timing...Waiting, my favorite! After losing Grady, we waited for over a year to get pregnant, and waited through 2 miscarriages. Finally we got pregnant for real with Cooper...and he came early??? Seriously??!! God has the BEST sense of humor. But then we waited for him to get better and come home!! AHHHHHH! Waiting!!
I must admit that I had some AMAZING help. My best friend Erica who always points me to Him, my girls at bible study Wednesday nights (love you ALL!!), my small group on Monday nights (I MISS YOU ALL SOOOO MUCH!!), my wonderful church family and of course my wonderful family!! While in the NICU we met some incredible families~especially the Jacksons and the Greens~ and had some wonderful nurses and doctors. God put all these people in our path and we wouldn't have made it through as well without them. And we can't forget all the people praying for us and keeping up with us on facebook and this blog. I love you all!
God is so good! I am looking forward to the next 6 months and all the wonderful years ahead!
