Christmas in the Mountains!

Every December, my family celebrates Christmas with a weekend in Gatlinburg! We always have such a good time! This year I was SO excited to take Cooper with us! Kevin decided to go up a day early and have a "Family Day" with just us three! We had so much fun!! We toured the Titanic Museum, did a little shopping, and ate dinner at The Smoky Mountain Brewery (delicious pretzels and cheese!) I LOVE MY BOYS!!

My grandmother took all the grandkids and great-grandkids to the aquarium on Saturday. Cooper had a blast! Well, kind of!! He was interested in some things and not in others....but he was very good!! I have some cute pictures, but we have lost our cord to upload them and haven't replaced it yet.....stay tuned!!

On the way home Sunday, it actually started snowing! It was so pretty! We stopped at The Christmas Village and had Cooper's picture taken with the most adorable Santa Claus! He even sang songs! Once again, Cooper could take it or leave it. He is too funny!! The picture is precious regardless!!

Operation Fat Baby is well underway!! Cooper gained 1 pound in less than 2 weeks!! He is having a little
trouble getting in all the calories we need to get in, but we are trying!! He now weighs over 16 pounds!! Stay tuned!! Merry Christmas everyone!!

Our first sickness

Well it was bound to happen........Cooper got sick. Toward the end of his birthday party I could tell he was not feeling good. I was hoping he was just tired, but my fears were confirmed with a fever.

I took Cooper to the doctor on Monday morning to see what was going on with my boy. He still had a bit of a fever and was snotty, but most troubling was this cough. His oxygen saturation was still fabulous, so I knew he was breathing just fine. The doctor could hear a little "crackling" in his lower left lung...NOT GOOD! I remember those crackling days of the NICU and it always meant trouble! She sent us in for an x-ray and it was confirmed that he was in the beginning stages of pneumonia.....YIKES!! They put him on some pretty tough antibiotics and we were told to keep an eye on him for signs of breathing distress.

It just so happened that I had Cooper's 1 year old well visit scheduled for Wednesday, so we went back in. His lungs sounded a little better, but his ears looked bad. He had an infection in one ear and the other ear was starting to get infected on antibiotics.....Poor guy! They switched antibiotics and gave him his 1 year shots; Fun stuff!!

We are still working on "Operation Fat Baby". We were told we could switch to whole milk and load up on the solids! They also gave us this pediasure extra calorie shake to give him once a day. This should put weight on him!! He already looks fatter to me after 1 shake! LOL!! His breathing is still great without oxygen!! God is so good!!!