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4th of July
We were excited to take our new family of three out to Cooper’s first party. The Kashi’s hosted a fantastic 4th of July party filled with great people and yummy food. This also marked the first time breastfeeding and changing Cooper away from home and the car; it went pretty smoothly. We were sad to miss the Ingalls…
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Buff Dude
Cooper is now 3 weeks old and showing his strength. Looks like I need to work on my swaddling skills.
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Dad and Mom Alone Time with Cooper
Thursday I adventured out for my first time away from Cooper with some girl time shopping at the Marysville outlet mall. Rob and Cooper had some boy bonding time which involved lots of relaxing as captured in this photo. I must take responsibility for this ridiculous outfit due to an overnight blowout, instead of letting…
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Newborn no more
Week 3 has brought some big changes as Cooper continues to be a very good eater. He has moved from Newborn to size 1 diapers. Here are our favorite newborn outfits, as he also starts into the 0-3 month clothes. In addition, Cooper’s umbilical cord fell off confirming his belly button is an inny.
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First Flight
Today Cooper took his first flight in our airplane. We took a family trip to Port Townsend to enjoy breakfast at the Spruce Goose Cafe. They are known for their delicious pie so we ordered a piece of apple and marionberry to go and had a very yummy afternoon treat back at home. Cooper did great in the…
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Emergency Room 🙁
Friday night, we had to take Cooper to the emergency room–his respiratory rate was as high as 100/min, whereas 60 is the upper end of normal for his age. After 6 hours in the ER, a chest X-ray, monitoring and blood work they admitted him to the pediatric unit for observation and to figure out what was going on.…
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Newborn Photo Shoot, Updates and Redhook
On Saturday we had a newborn photoshoot done with Ashley Fuentes. She had Cooper downstairs for 4 hours and we never heard a peep out of him. She is amazing! We received these two photos as a teaser from the session and posted the full set of photos here: http://kochman.smugmug.com/Cooper/Ashley-Fuentes-Photography…
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First Week at Home
We are really enjoying all of the snuggle time with Cooper. Here is my favorite picture from the week. We had two doctor appointments with a lactation specialist, a great benefit of our hospital. At our first appointment Cooper weighted in at 8lbs 12oz, down 10% from birth and lower than the 9lbs 4oz he…
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48 more hours in the Hospital
It is crazy to think after delivery we were going to be on our own in just 48 hours. The morning after delivery between nurse visits we started talking about names and later that afternoon decided on Cooper Ingalls Kochman. Cooper – My maiden name and a name that would not be continued with the last…
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39.5 Weeks: I Think My Water Broke
In the 39th week of pregnancy we knew the baby was coming, but just didn’t know when, and kept hoping it would be before the June 22nd induce date. Our request to the baby was that he come in the morning or afternoon so we could be well rested for the big day… that didn’t…