Good moments

Although we only had 22 hours, there were some good, positive moments to remember with Cooper. Singing to him and although crying took a lot of effort Cooper screaming because I suck at singing. I tried the damn Barney song because daycare had shown Barney and Davis loved it so I sang it for him. Cooper screamed so I stopped and Cooper stopped. Matt laughed said it was because I was a horrible singer. So I tried another song. Cooper screamed again. Matt was rolling in laughter so I laughed and told ok I get you-no more singing. The first day in the hospital a nurse wrote on the dry ease board "stay in there Cooper". When the fight was over, a nurse went to erase it and Cooper's name would not come off I swear. She tried a few other ways and it would not come off. It's like someone had written his name in permanent marker. My children were created by two extremely stubborn people-what can say? :) UNC was great in making suggestions that I would have not thought of at that time. Cooper was baptized before he passed. They took pictures for us since we did not have a camera. I have footprints, an outfit that he was in, several hats he wore and his tiny diaper that was simply there for us because there was no way he would be able to go potty. A stuffed bear was in my recovery room that I was moved to. I knew it was there for babies who were going home but instead it became Cooper's gift to his big brother who immediately named him Cooper Bear. Davis and Blaine have been told if even if they get buy with something they were not supposed to do eventually Matt and I would find out because Cooper is watching them, making a list and will rat them out when we see him one day because that's what brothers and sisters do. Matt and I still have our baby blankets (which ironically match each others). Matt gave Davis his and it became Davis's blankey that he sleeps with. When I was holding Cooper I had mine with me because yes even in my thirties I still slept with mine, I wrapped Cooper in it and told him that it was his blankey and I would protect it for him. So Blaine was not given Cooper's blankey and I slept with it. Recently Davis's blankey got a large hole in it that needs to be repaired so he is not allowed to sleep with it until then. He grabbed what he thought was my blanket to use I meantime. A few weeks ago I told Davis it is actually Cooper's and told him the story. Davis has protected that blanket with his life and now could care less if we fix the other blanket. Recently we had another story happen and is still happening. Blaine will now tell you who Cooper is when you point to his pictures. The problem is Blaine does not speak clearly yet so instead of saying Cooper he says Pooper instead. This just cracks us up. Especially thinking of how mad Cooper would get if he had his little brother walking around calling him Pooper instead.