The Arthurs: Our Little May Basket!

Today is the day we finally got to meet our little May basket :-) Last night we enjoyed our last storytime as a family of 3 before tucking Brody in and saying goodnight. Mom couldn't sleep all night just counting down the hours. Grandma Arthur came over bright and early to stay with Brody until he woke up so that Mom and Dad could be at the hospital by 5:30am.

This is Mom's "before" picture! She is ready to meet the little guy!

Two hours later our big guy is born!

At first, Mom didn't really know what to think of her planned C-section. This time she remembered everything and didn't appreciate the anethesiologist having to poke her so many times - that was too scarey without Dad in the room. At our pre-op appointment Dr. Faust jokingly described the baby as a "small toddler" as Mom had been measuring big for the last couple months and he was right! Dr. Faust tugged and tugged to get the baby out and Mom did not like hearing, "I guess I should have made the incision bigger," coming out of his mouth. Finally, with the use of forecepts and lots of pushing and pulling, the doctor and resident were able to deliver baby Arthur!

Daddy confirmed it was a boy and loved his full head of hair.

Cooper Bradley Arthur

Born May 1, 2013

7:47 AM

9lbs. 14oz.

21 inches

Here is a picture of Cooper meeting Mom for the first time. This is when we decided that he did look like a Cooper and that is would be okay to stick with the name we had in mind. Mommy first noticed not only his full head of hair but his dark blue eyes!

Since Cooper was so big at birth, he was born with low blood sugar so it was important for him to eat as soon as possible. As soon as Mom got into the recovery room, Cooper tried to nurse but ended up having a little formula to help bring his blood sugar up into a safe range. Mom and Dad got just a little time to themselves before family arrived!

Big Brother Brody was the first to meet Baby Cooper. It was a little scarey for Brody to see Mom in the recovery room with all the cords and machines but he warmed up once he figured out Mom was doing okay. He loved Cooper!