Happy Valentine's Day

I love my kiddos so much. They really are the greatest! The boys have put up with so much the last couple of months :) They have been real troopers. They are always helping me out. (Well okay they aren't always so willing, but we take what we can get.) We are all so happy to have our family all here together! And then there is Jeff. I wouldn't be able to function without him. I wish I had a pic of the two of us, but we are sleep deprived and not worthy of pics at the moment :) Now here are some faces that can always put a smile on my face!

I took the picture of Ashton at the hospital when Dallen was born, and the picture of Dallen is at the hospital when Brielle was born. Two handsome proud big brothers :)

I love how you can see the love on their faces. They are too precious. They love their little sister and I think she is always going to have them on her side.

I couldn't resist another picture of Brielle :) I realized she had something on her head in all of the other pictures so I had to show you her crazy hair.

Who can Resist a New Baby!

Here we are going back to the hospital on Monday to get a quick checkup. The silly girl likes to sleep all the time and she lost some weight so we had to fatten her up a little :). The next day we went back and she was fine.

This is our little "Sleeping Beauty". We went to vernal to pick up a few things and she didn't even know she left the house. She was asleep the whole time. Don't worry she ate she just didn't wake up.

And here is the typical Mommy photo shoot that all babies have to endure. All of these pics were picked from at least 10 each of these days. We have been having so much fun with Brielle. The boys just love her. They don't know why she just sleeps all the time, but they are going to love it when she starts to respond to them.

1~29~10....The Story of Brielle

We arrived at the hospital around 7:30AM on Friday January 29, 2010. I realized I didn't have any pictures of my pregnant belly so we took a quick shot.
Our last hug as parents of 2. We were both very excited and only a little nervous. The docter came and broke my water around 8:30 or 9:00 I'm not sure. The contractions started to be fairly regular right away. By the time they started the pitocin I was already in labor. About 10:15 the contractions started to get pretty bad and I was ready for an epidural. The anesthesiologist was in surgery so they told me I would have to wait until he was done. I was starting to get nervous because everything was happening so fast. Direct quote from me, "I think the contractions are too close together." The nurse kinda just laughed that one off. Luckily a half an hour later a different anesthesiologist came in. He was on his way home when he heard about me so he came back to save the day :). The epidural was in and done around 11:00AM. Around 11:20 I started pushing. It was literally 3 contractions and there she was. The best delivery ever. She was born at 11:29AM.

After 4 hours at the hospital there she was with her proud Daddy.

And her happy, tired, relieved, proud Mommy.
She weighed 7lbs 11oz and was 20 inches long. We named her Brielle Coleen Cooper. Her middle name is very special because she is named after both of her awesome Grandma's. Ni"cole" and Kath"leen". In case you are wondering about how to pronounce it "Bree-Elle" and "Coe-Leen".

When Ashton first saw her he said, "She's so Beautiful". He absolutely loves her. He is going to be a great big brother.

Dallen was so excited to hold her. He loves his baby sister so much. He gets so concerned whenever she cries. He is also going to be a great big brother.

This is how the boys entertained themselves later on that night at the hospital. Don't worry we didn't make them stay there all day. This was their second time back. Oh and no one was hurt :).


P.S. I just wanted to give a shout out to my nurses and docter. They were all so great and took such good care of us. Thank You!