Cooper Ryan

For those who have not heard yet, Cooper Ryan was born Tuesday June 24th at 7:48 pm, weighing 7 lbs 8 oz. He took one breath and cried once before his heart stopped. He had lost a lot of blood in the womb. They think that a blood vessel might have burst with the sack. The doctors worked hard and got him revived and at times stabilized. They gave him several blood transfusions and hooked him up to machines to help him b reathe. They fought hard for him and several times he improved giving us much hope, but he appeared to be bleeding internally. Wednesday morning they transferred him to Children's Hospital where they hoped to perform surgery to stop the bleeding. Unfortunately Cooper's little body, taxed by the ordeal, was unable to clot his blood. They feared surgery was impossible without that. He was given more transfusions to keep his blood pressure up, but the bleeding inside put too much pressure on his lungs and eventually it made it too difficult to keep giving him oxygen. At 5:15 pm they took him off life support and let Kristen and I hold him. He passed away in our arms a beautiful little boy with the blue eyes his mother wanted him to have.


We will get through this. Ty is helping to keep us grounded. We are very thankful for all the support and prayers we have received over the past several days. We will have a graveside service for Cooper Wednesday July 2nd. For further details about the service please post a comment and we will contact you.

The Museum of Flight

Last Thursday, Mommy and Daddy took me to the Museum of Flight. I love airplanes, so I thought the museum was awesome! There were airplanes everywhere and right up close where I could see them--not just a little speck in the sky.


A few times I tried to get really close to the planes, but there was this little fence in the way, and every time I tried to climb over it, Daddy would pull me away.




I didn't mind too much, though, because there were some planes that I actually got to sit in!


We also visited the WWII section of the museum where I showed what a "Big Stud" I am and read all about different planes and what pilots painted on their noses.

I had such a fun time. Maybe I'll be a pilot when I grow up.

Thirsty anyone?

A few weeks ago I learned how to get water out of the water dispenser on the refrigerator. It's a bit tricky, but if I reach high enough

and stand on my tippy toes,

I can usually get something to come out--although it doesn't always end up in a cup. Sometimes I forget that I'm supposed to have a cup there to catch the water. That's why Mommy and Daddy usually lock the dispenser so nothing will come out, no matter how hard I push on the little lever.

I sure do like drinking out of a cup now. It makes me feel all grown up--just like Mommy and Daddy.

But I have to admit that sometimes there are more interesting things to do with a cup of water than just drink it. What's going on in this picture?:

Just trying to cool off a bit.

Can I have more water now, please? Mine is all gone.