Cooper woke up from his nap Christmas Eve just not feeling good. He had a fever and seemed to be breathing hard, so he spent the afternoon laying on the couch watching Wall-E.
Mommie and
Daddy were worried so we called our doctor who gave us some instructions to try and help him feel better. In the middle of the night when he did not seem to be getting better
Mommie drove C to the hospital. After they took some pictures of C's chest they told us he had Pneumonia. The doctor decided to let C stay at the hospital to make sure he gets better.
C slept and slept and slept
Aunti Rara brought him some of his Christmas presents when he woke up and I think this made him feel better
C was getting special medicine and it was slowly making him feel strong again.
When he slept he had to have help getting oxygen, so the nurse put a special tube in his nose, he hated this tube!
Lovie or "woof" did not leave his side.
Aunti Jules sent special feel better balloons and they worked too
Rara came everyday to make sure C was getting better and to help take care of
Mommie and Daddy
C had special breathing treatments where he wore this vest that helped him feel better and helped him breath easier, he liked it!
Mommie stayed by Coops side but C was the brave one getting stronger and stronger every day
C was feeling much better by the fourth day, smiling, playing and asking to go home. The doctors made us stay one more night to make sure he could breath all night long without the help of the oxygen tube.
Once C slept all night with out help from the oxygen they let us lead up our wagon and go home!
Although this was not where any of us wanted to be this Christmas, it was the best place to help C feel better. We are so thankful for all our family and friends that offered to help and most importantly prayed for Cooper during this time. It was very scary, but God healed Coop and made him strong and happy again. C was so brave.
It is times like this we truely remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Aunt RaRa has been training for her first 1/2 Marathon so when the big day was here we were on the streets cheering her on. We made signs and C helped hold them while yelling "run RUN run"
Brandon took a donut break from watching and Dad was encouraging, as always...
even Baby D clapped and yelled "run"
run RaRa run! She and Donnell ran most of the marathon together, this is about mile 6
She made it to the finish line! 
It felt like it had been raining for days, being stuck in the house, so when there was a break we put on our rain boots and went looking for puddles! 
They Giggled and Ran and JuMped!
D crashed and fell
but that did not slow him down long
They had fun
Coop is offically off and rolling on his bicycle. He has been closely watching the neighborhood kids riding their bikes and has been determined to do it all by himself. After lots of practicing he can do it all by himself now.
He needs just a little help going up the hill but I'm sure it will only be a matter of days he will be cruising up and down the street all by himself.
D is watching and probably won't be far behind...
Coopie and D had their first Valentine's Party at MDO. I could not resist these cute shirts (Thank You Target), so for the first time in I don't know how many years we participated in the Hallmark holiday.
He opened all his boxes, some of brother's and some of mommies
Cooper opened a box
but he did not care to open any more after he found the JD tractors. I love this picture of Dillon standing on the box trying to get the paper off. 
C did not let go of the tractors and he did not want D to touch them
D was super excited to show us how to turn the tree on and off
Merry Christmas
C slept and slept and slept
Aunti Rara brought him some of his Christmas presents when he woke up and I think this made him feel better 
C was getting special medicine and it was slowly making him feel strong again.
When he slept he had to have help getting oxygen, so the nurse put a special tube in his nose, he hated this tube! Lovie or "woof" did not leave his side.
Aunti Jules sent special feel better balloons and they worked too
Rara came everyday to make sure C was getting better and to help take care of Mommie and Daddy
C had special breathing treatments where he wore this vest that helped him feel better and helped him breath easier, he liked it!
Mommie stayed by Coops side but C was the brave one getting stronger and stronger every day
C was feeling much better by the fourth day, smiling, playing and asking to go home. The doctors made us stay one more night to make sure he could breath all night long without the help of the oxygen tube.
Once C slept all night with out help from the oxygen they let us lead up our wagon and go home!
