We have changed the design and layout of the site. You can still see Cooper’s pictures by clicking the Cooper’s Photo Gallery link under Links. As for the other pictures that were on the site…those are gone for now. We may add them on another site or put them back up later, but right now […]

Today we started our meetings with the Sutter Craniofacial Panel. We met with a pediatric speech-language pathologist, a pediatric nurse, a pediatric nutritionist, a social worker, and a geneticist. We will eventually go back and meet with a panel of doctors who will then get together and discuss Coopers case. The meetings went really well…the […]

Today was another very long day. We arrived for our Urology appointment at 3:45pm only to be told that we went to the wrong place. Apparently, the doctor has 2 locations, but nobody ever told us that, so we just went to the place we had gone before… So, at 4:30pm we arrived at location […]

Cooper’s first laugh came while he was on the changing table and Shannon was saying, “I’mmmm going to get ‘cha…”, over and over.

Today was a long day at the hospital. Cooper had 2 different test done for his kidneys, the first was a diuretic renal scan and the second was a voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG). He had to have an IV and a catheter, he actually did ok when they put in the catheter, but he screamed his […]

That’s right…we are using cloth diapers. We have been using disposables until he was big enough to wear cloth ones. We use a cloth diaper, secured by a snappi, and then put a cover on to keep stuff from leaking =) We purchased most of our cloth diaper supplies from EarthBaby.com.

Cooper flashed us his first smile today…

Cooper has begun to follow movements with his eyes. We have some pictures that we move from side to side in front of his face and he follows them intently as they move.