Tyson Hugh Hooper

Tyson Hugh Hooper
Our son, Tyson Hugh Hooper, was born with coarctation of the aorta, hypoplastic arch, and a transitional avsd. His first open heart surgery reconstructed his aorta and was on day 9 of life. His second open heart repair was not anticipated to be needed until two or three years of age. Ty had other plans. We spent the vast majority of his first 3 months of life at Vanderbilt as he went into heart failure and was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension. As a result, the medical team concluded that he needed the repair much sooner than usually recommended, and at just shy of 3 months old Ty underwent his second life saving open heart surgery. God has already worked so many miracles in Ty's life and the life of our family and we know he is using our story. Because of this, we are grateful for Ty's special heart and feel beyond blessed that God chose us to travel this road. We ask for prayers as Ty continues to heal. We are praying for a full recovery and life without restrictions for Ty. We are praying for God to use our family and Ty for His glory.

Thank you to each and every person who supports us through prayer, giving, or just by loving on our family! We are humbled and blessed by all of the ways the Lord is providing for us and know that he is using Ty and his story to do great things!

Saturday, April 12, 2008

The Little Princess (Bentlee part 2)

Okay, so I promised to dig through some more photos and share about Miss Bentlee Marie growing to her current age - 4! So here are just a few more of my favorite photos. I am somewhat limited, because I can only choose from the photos I have electronically stored on my computer, but here are some of my digital favorites!




First visit to Aunt Meagan's house outside of Mommy's tummy!


Okay, so this one is more "funny" than "cute" but seriously, the girl's even cute when she picks her nose... there is something to be said for that! I don't think many can pull off this look!

Many of you know, my parents own a resteraunt in Chattanooga called "Couch's Barbeque" that has been in business since 1946!! This is Bentlee in her very first Couch's shirt.

Bentlee has super straight hair just like her Mommy! This was her hairstyle of choice for quite some time... she called them "twisties!"

Thanksgiving year before last, mom got this great shot!

A princess?
(who prefers to use her "wand" as a "sword")

Or a peasant?
(Cute as a country button!)

Slip and Slide fun! She is a water bug!!!!
Bentlee loves the pool and the beach and all things water related!


Reading with Papaw (my daddy)! Bentlee LOVES to read! She will read book after book, has memorized some, will "read" to you and make up a story as she goes with the pictures - it's wonderful! Funny thing is, she doesn't like tv hardly at all! She would much rather play and read than sit in front of the tv! Bragging moment - she is SO smart! She will write anything that you spell for her, although she sometimes asks "is it as long as my name?" and she writes her name all by herself without you spelling it for her! She counts to 30, she LOVES activity books where you trace letter and number, count and write the number, match things, etc... I could go on and on!! She is one smart cookie - I am telling you!
And here is something else she does - the computer - all by herself! She is amazing! She can tell you what website to go to (like nickjr) and she takes it from there!

So there you have it. More than you ever wanted to know, or see, about my neice! She's a cutie pie and sure to be frequently features on my blog now that you have a brief account of her birthday and years from 0-4!

3 comments:

Kelly said...

She is precious! I love the name Bentlee for a girl - I've never heard that! So cute!
Thanks for your sweet comment! So funny that you thought of me in church! Yes - you will easily get caught up with all of your blogging friends!!! :-)

Tuffy's Blog said...

Update: she can count to almost 100! She can write "love" without anyone spelling for her. She absolutely does not like May flies or bees. Had lunch with her today and she was decked out all in pink: dress, leggings, jelly shoes, hairbows, jacket. My little pinky pie.

Lauren said...

How stinkin' cute is she?! Maybe she'll go for younger men. ;)