Wednesday: November 6, 2013

I have so many positives to share with everyone. We had an awesome day. The first picture is actually from last night. It was late, but I got half an hour of cuddle time with my boy. Mommy and Daddy each were able to get another hour of cuddle time in with Cooper today.

Cooper woke up before us. Daddy was playing with him while I was getting up. When I walked over to his bed and he saw me, his eye lit up and he smiled from ear to ear. Made my heart melt.

He had a very busy day. He played with his iPad, he loved pressing the buttons and making it light up. He was aloud to have some tummy time which he loved. He fell asleep and slept for 2 hours!

Cooper amazed his physical therapist. When she first sat him up he could not hold his head up alone. She worked with him for only a short while and then he was able to support his own head. Then within minutes he was sitting alone! A picture below shows him holding his sippy while sitting up alone.

We all took 3 laps around the PICU in the red wagon, which he enjoyed. Had we gone only a few more laps he would have been sound asleep! Cooper enjoyed a Cherry Tootsie Pop. We were able to give him a bath and put a shirt on him!!! It's so nice seeing him in clothes! However, we do miss that wild hairdo!

Around dinner time we decided to try some green beans in his food paci. He liked them so much we moved on to sweet potatoes, squash, and pears. He was still hungry. So, he ate 2 containers of applesauce and one cup of milk! My chunky monkey :-)

The last picture shows him relaxing in bed.

Thinking about all he has accomplished today and seeing the amount I just put into writing reassures me he is going to be just fine. He is such a strong little man. He still has a long ways to go and we are still battling several issues, but days like today remind me that God does have a plan for our Trooper Cooper and it will all be okay!