Introducing Cooper Smith Youell

We are so excited to introduce to everyone our new bundle of joy, Cooper Smith Youell. Weighing 7 lbs, 13 oz and 20 inches long, Cooper Smith entered the world at 12:42 a.m. on Friday, February 18th.  After a full day of work on Thursday, February 17th, Trey and I made it home around 5 p.m. from Brentwood. David was busy with cases all day and had a dinner planned with his manager Thursday evening. I decided to have mom come up and help me with Trey and then spend the night for my doctor's appointment on Friday morning. She gladly said yes and met us at the house! David came home for a minute to see us and Trey and I played in the backyard kicking the soccer ball and running around. I was having some contractions and had felt like some things were moving and a groovin but didn't seem worried. I thought for sure I could get through working on Friday (I mean I have been SLAMMED at work and David just had one of his busiest weeks at work so not much could happen, right?)! Boy was I wrong! At work that day people were thinking I was going to have him Thursday night as did Mom and Joan. I wanted breakfast for dinner but we didn't have any milk or bacon so Mom ran to the store to pick some up. David was at dinner and so I preheated the oven and Trey and I started folding clothes out of the dryer when my water broke around 7:30 p.m! I called Mom only to learn her that her cell phone was sitting on my kitchen counter. I then texted David to ask when he would be coming home that I thought my water broke and he needed to take me to the hospital to get checked out. Once Mom got back to the house I told her what happened and she said that it was time and that I would be going tonight! We called Aunt KaKa to see if she could come down and Jodi came down to stay with Trey while we went to the hospital. I quickly bathed Trey and I jumped in the shower then put Trey to bed while my body is going crazy and getting ready to give birth!!! Trey could definitely sense something was going on so I just wanted to make sure that he was good to go and taken care of. We then called Big David and Joan (Papaw and Nana) and told them to get in the car and drive on down to Murfreesboro. We arrived at the hospital around 8:30 or 8:45 at MTMC to get checked in. My contractions had started to pick up with more intensity and were happening around 5-7 minutes. Once we got in the room we started getting everything rolling. I quickly asked when I could get an epidural and the nurse told me the anethesiologist was in a c-section and would come in after that. When the nurse first checked me I was dilated to 3 and about 70% effaced. All I can say is that I quickly begin progressing and moved further and further along with contractions happening every 1.5- 3 minutes. Before we knew it the doctor was coming in and I started pushing. After pushing through about three contractions, Cooper Smith made his grand entrance into our world! We are so blessed and God is so good. I am in awe of him and Trey and can't believe our little family is now four strong! We were so excited to have Jodi in the waiting room to take pictures and then Big David and Joan (aka Papaw and Nana) in the parking lot and were able to come in to see their new grandchild!!

Please check out Jodi's pictures in the link as she captured some great first moments! Trey is a wonderful big brother and loves giving his new baby brother kisses!!

http://chadandjodi.blogspot.com/2011/02/cooper-smiths-arrival.html

An update on Cooper Smith

We were so excited to get to see little Cooper Smith yesterday as I had a doctor's appointment and we had an ultrasound to check the size of our little fella! He is growing like crazy and is looking good! Cooper Smith is estimated at weighing 7 lbs, 15 oz and is in position for his arrival!!! I am feeling pretty good other than being really tired and having several contractions! Cooper Smith still didn't want to show us his face and continued to have his hand over his face so we weren't able to get any good pics!!!

We just ask that you continue to pray for our new baby and our family and we prepare to make the transition from a family of three to an exciting family of FOUR!! 

A Sprinkle for Cooper Smith Youell

http://chadandjodi.blogspot.com/2011/01/carries-sprinkle.html

I feel like such a lucky girl these days and this past weekend was no different. Jodi, Amber, Casey and Amy all hosted a little SPRINKLE for us in preparation for Cooper Smith's arrival. It was Casey's idea as it  is not necessarily a full on shower for a second time mommy but is more of a celebration and a time to give those items that are essentials- diapers, wipes, lotions, etc. I was so blessed and honored and have many family members and friends in attendance that it was very special for me.

I can't tell you how blessed I feel to have friendships and special bonds with Amber, Jodi, Casey and Amy and that I can share this time with them. Everything was so nice and I am sincerely appreciative.

Jodi, the die hard blogger, recently did a post on the Sprinkle. If you click on the blog title above you can link directly to her blog to see pics!!

Belly pics sneak peak of Cooper Smith Youell

http://jenturnerphotography.blogspot.com/2011/02/baby-cooper-almost.html

Just as any second time mom can relate with this statement that, " I am behind on everything in life in preparing for this baby"! I was so on top of it in planning with Trey that I had belly pictures made way in advance. Then a couple of weeks ago I realized that I had not done that for Cooper Smith! How dare me! I definitely wanted to give him the same attention as his big brother was given so Jen Turner was gracious enough to come by our house and get some pictures. Let me just say that I am WAY preggers in these pictures but will always cherish them. Here is a little sneak peak into Jen's blog for you to see!!

On a doctor update note, I went to the doctor yesterday and I am still dilated at 1 which is no change from last week. While you always want to see some progression I was relieved not much had happened as David left for Florida today for his annual sales meeting!! Hopefully I will be in the clear until he returns on Saturday afternoon!!!

Enjoy the sneak peak and I will post the album link when they are all up! You can actually just click on the title post and it will link you directly to Jen Turner Photography blog!