Super Hero Cooper

Trying to find the words for today is a tough one. We've seen hundreds of people’s pictures of their kids first day of school and their last day and how they have compared the 2 and how much they have grown and changed over the year. We have that picture too, but ours looks very different. Looking at those pictures are heart-wrenching, not only because it isn’t normal, but because of the eyes. The eyes changed. There was a point where there was nothing behind them because of  being weathered by the storm, because of the loss of his innocence, because of the things he has seen and had to do. In that same respect, the progress is beyond words. When Cooper’s first day of school was supposed to be, we were in a hospital still very much unsure about the details of his diagnosis, prognosis, and what this meant for our family as a whole. Since Cooper was supposed to start kindergarten he has changed immensely, some because of progress, but also because of how sick he really was. Wh

 Cooper's 6th birthday is here! This is a birthday that we were so incredibly happy to see! He has been through so much and in August we didn't know where we would be at this time this year. Sadly we were also incredibly happy to say peace out to year 5. It breaks our heart that Cooper missed year 5 of his life essentially, and so did we, but it was certainly a year that we were ready to say goodbye to, in hoping that things are looking up. Cooper's birthday was during the week and it also happened to match up with when Mimi and Pop had a flight layover returning from London, so they stopped by for an evening to see Cooper on his birthday. We had a nice birthday dinner and a Harry Potter Cake and had a great time.  For Cooper's birthday party, he had a lego themed pool party with some great friends and family. He loved every minute of it, even though it rained. The rain didn't keep the kids from swimming though! He had such a great