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, August 20, 2011

Introducing Baby Hooper...

We are keeping the sex a secret for a few days because (1) we are doing a fun baby sex reveal with a few special folks tomorrow and (2) we want Lily to be a big part of breaking the news and she is not with us this weekend... after all, she is the very important big sister and should not miss all the fun!  So, I made sure not to include any pictures that would reveal the sex of our little one, but here is a sneak peek at our VERY BUSY baby!

We get to have another ultrasound next month because this wild child would not hold still for even a second!  We were in there for more than an hour and our ultrasound tech couldn't get everything on the list measured and photographed because of the twisting, turning, kicking, and flipping... literally... 



There were quite a few flips while we were there... in this particular shot I had a contraction (I had no idea and didn't feel a thing, but the big bump at the head is stopping the completion of the flip, so baby Hooper was stuck doing a head stand for a moment until my muscles relaxed, lol... at least the contraction allowed the ultrasound tech to get some measurements while everything was still for a quick moment.


This one is my favorite because it looks like little peanut is smiling... the mouth is open!

And knowing that my obsession with baby feet starts early, my tech got a picture of the left foot... the other was constantly kicking.  ;-)

Posted by Meagan at 2:24 PM  

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5 comments:

Ashley said...

What!?! I don't want to wait!!! : ) So, so precious. Seeing your baby on an ultrasound is so neat! There is nothing better. (Until you meet them in person!) Final guess? I say BOY! Can't wait to find out!

August 20, 2011 at 6:33 PM  
Valerie said...

Baby is soooo precious! One of the greatest moments of my life was being with you and Chris for that ultrasound! Great post!

August 20, 2011 at 6:35 PM  
Lindsay said...

Oh I can't wait to find out!!!

August 20, 2011 at 7:14 PM  
Jennifer Burtram said...

So happy for you both! Little peanut looks healthy and happy in there! Isn't the ultra-sound the best!?! I think it's great you are waiting until Lily can be a part of revealing the sex to everyone. You are already such a good momma. Baby Hooper is one lucky little one!

August 20, 2011 at 8:09 PM  
Allyson said...

1. Can't believe you're making us wait!!!
2. So exciting for extra ultrasounds!!! They're my favorite! Yay for a healthy and active baby!

August 21, 2011 at 12:30 PM  

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