Our Newest Arrival!

We have a new addition to our family! Cooper Matthew Carter is finally here. He is a bundle of joy that is for sure. He is such a great baby! We feel so blessed to have him in our home! Well...Cam and I went into the docs office just having a regular check-up at 38 weeks, didn't think anything of it... had my blood pressure checked, The doc walks in and asks "Are you ready to have a baby today?"(my blood pressure was really high) He didnt see the point in waiting any longer. Of course Cam and I had talked the night before about getting the hospital bag ready just in case but shoved it off to the side thinking that we didn't really need to do it. So my Doc sent us up to the hospital and there is where it started! 17 hours and 3 updirals later.... YES THREE! Cooper finally arrived!

I cant believe that our little guy is almost 3 weeks already. Where did the time go? Every morning I wake up and I cant believe how much he changes. I swear its every day. He was so sleepy the first week or so. But now hes starting to open his eyes alot more which is fun!

My Inlaws came up from Arizona a couple of days after Cooper was born. They decided to throw me a shower while they were here. At the shower Jo-anne had everyone write down advice for me as a new mother. There were two peieces of advice that really stuck with me. "The dishes and the laundry can wait, But Cooper cant" That is what my mother in law wrote. Which Im a clean freak and when something is out of place I HAVE to fix it. But I really took that to heart. The other day Cam and I had been gone visting Cams grandparents and the house really needed to be cleaned, But I just decided to not worry about it, Let the house be dirty and spend time with my husband and snuggle with my little guy. The other piece of advice that really stuck with me was "Enjoy the moment while you are in it. Dont say I cant wait for when Cooper does this or when cooper can do that. Because that moment will be gone before you know it." I really liked that. I keep that in mind and enjoy the little everyday moments.

Here are some pictures of Cooper. Hope you think he is as cute as we do! Enjoy!