Josh's good friend from college and his adorable wife found out after 5 years of marriage that they were expecting a little baby. We are all so very excited for them and found out monday that it's a boy! They have named him Cooper. At the same ultrasound they found out not so good news about Cooper...
( this is from Melissa's facebook page)Good Morning, here is whats going on. Our son, who we have named Cooper has a condition called Arthrogryposis, it is a rare congenital disorder that is characterized by multiple joint contractures and can include muscle weakness and fibrosis. basically Coopers little arms and legs are not forming correctly. He also has severe scoliosis. Also his chest cavity is very small and his lungs are not developing...
They worry that if he makes it to birth he will not be able to breath on his own. Cooper is now fighting for his life and we are going to have big decisions in the days and months ahead. I can not express to you the pain we are feeling right now, but we also feel a peace knowing we gave this baby to God in the beginning and will continue to give Cooper to Him daily. Thank you for all the prayers and support.
I don't know what to say to them to make the situation better, but we are deeply sad for them , but we know that they gave that baby a body and he will do his work here on this earth and return to our heavenly father when his time come.
Then a couple weeks later we celebrated Brent's birthday! He just became a new dad is loving every minute of it. He's so weird and funny and I'm grateful he's my big brother.
It makes you think about how much it takes for the human body to make a healthy baby. He was a very loved baby and he had parents that were in great spirits, at least from what we saw. They know that he will be with Heavenly Father and that he had a greater plan for him and his parents. My heart is just aching for them.
Saturday Josh and I decided to go skiing at Bogus. Bad idea. I was so crowded, super super foggy and snowing, the kind that sticks to your goggles. At least we tried.
We also went on a date and met up with Boe and Char and went to see Sherlock Holmes. Super good movie, everyone should see it.
Boe, Roger and Josh thinking they are pretty hot stuff :)
Boe James was given a blessing on Sunday by his Dad and it was beautiful. I was able to get there early and take some newborn pictures of Boe and his parents. He's such a good baby and he's so loved.
Josh and his sweet ski helmet.
I'm beyond beyond excited about my new Cannon Camera and two lenses!! If you need pictures taken just call me :) Now I just need to learn how to really use it.
My brother was taking a lot of pictures of me and this is my "ok enough already " face. A little scary I know.
I love my husband and he spoils me so much!
p.s. My new nephew's name is Boe James Jakobson and he's doing great!
He has no officialy name yet ,but he weighs in at 8.12 and 22 inches! Who would've thought little Elena would have birthed such a big baby.
He has quite a bit of dar brown hair and some definite eyebrows. (thanks to my mom's side of the family)
We exchange white elephant gifts and we were lucky enough to get this gorgeous blue thing. I might put fruit in it, maybe just maybe :)
We baked a ton of mini cupcakes and frosted them for the shower. They were a big hit.
All he wanted to eat was cheesecake, and cheesecake is what he got.
On his actually birthday he just wanted the two of us to go to dinner and a movie, his choice, and we had a very nice evening together celebrating him! Happy 26th Birthday Babe. I love you so much!
He loves his Aunt Hilary. She was pretty out of it still so she slept a lot and Heston and I played all day. I went over on Friday for a bit as well and she's doing a lot better.
keep it easy Jillyn!
