Being a dad

Walking around I notice every kid .....it brings a smile to my face every time.......at the grocery when they are screaming there heads off and the dad goes about his business like it is not happening........everyone else can hear it but the dad is oblivious....I wonder, is this a talent I will learn or is this more ingrained through trial and error....just a thought for today......

everyday seems a little brighter ...and the small things I used to worry about don't seem so important anymore.....

cooper's dad

happy holidays????

i could be wrong.....but this is not the best way to break it to coop about the man in red.....
hahaha.........have a great day

It is getting closer

Each day that goes by is so surreal........Today I put up the lights on the house and we started decorating for Christmas ...When my lovely wife realized that next year we will have to keep all the breakable stuff away from the ground.......Wow we have to cooperproof the house.......I think we should just get blow up furniture and bubble wrap everything else...but, on the other hand chicks dig scars so a little ding here and there will happen............ so the way I see it coop is in for a fun ride.....as well are his new parents...I can't wait

can he get here already..........

cooper's dad

he kicks

I felt him kick today.........WOW.......that's all I can say....to think of him moving and growing in my wife's little round belly absolutely amazes me ...I love it, cooper is healthy and happy and knows his dad's voice.........so as far as I am concerned life is still great.....and I am the luckiest guy in the world...

my boy is almost here..
cooper's dad

what makes a dad

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,

The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,

The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need.

Then God combined these qualities.
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it ... "DAD!"

Turkey day on the way

I am so excited for turkey day ......I can't wait for all the great food.......and fun with friends and family....we are looking to have about 20 or so at the Hinson homestead this year.....and the coolest thing is that next year coop will be here to help dad carve TOM the turkey.......wow the time is flying by (not fast enough for me though)........to all my friends and family that I won't see this year on turkey day.....have a great one from the HINSON FAMILY...we love you guys and gals....

coop is almost here......is it april yet?

HAPPY TURKEY DAY...........

cooper's dad.......

we went to the doc today..

everything is A OKAY......the mrs is perfect and so is j coop .......we are at 21 or so weeks and he is coming along great.......momma j is cooking him up nicely.......our doc is also pregnant, and is due dec 29..........so it is cool to watch her and realize what jess is going to look like and what she has to look forward to.........she is great....to hear the little man's heart beat still makes my stomach get butterflies...no matter how many times i hear it........just think a mini me is about to be here.......scary.....but he will be better than me, he will be more caring than, he will share more than me, he will love more than me, he will travel more than me, he will be a better baseball player than me, he will be more successful than me..............and you know what that is okay with me.....because regardless if is a better person or not........i will ALWAYS be here for him and support him and let him know that no matter what when all else fails his dad has got his back and i love him UNCONDITIONALLY..........

i can't wait to be THAT dad......(yes i am going to be THAT dad and i can't wait)

cooper's dad

A message to my wife and Coop's mom

Someday, he'll be a movie star
or a fifth-grade English teacher.
Someday, he'll marry, have a few kids.
Maybe he won't.
Someday, he'll change the world as we know it.
Or maybe he'll travel,
send postcards from China,
phone you from Paris.
Someday, he's going to be a big, strong man
able to carry you in his arms.
One day, he'll have his own hopes and dreams,
not knowing that once upon a quiet time,
you closed your eyes and made a wish
to one day have him in your life.

I love you Jeezy and thank you for making me a Father........

Cooper's dad

Today is a great day...

Nothing major happened to make it a great day.....but it is....for no other reason than the fact that the god lord has seen fit to make me a dad.....as I sit here preparing to go to work tomorrow, I think....why me...why us... we are not special....we have friends that have been trying or it took them awhile to conceive.....with us ...as soon as we pulled the goalie....it was two or three weeks later and bang..............J. COOP was conceived...........I don't look at is luck .........I look at more like ...it was time....the BIG GUY upstairs has seen it fit to make my beautiful wife a mother...........and me the one and only JACOB COOPER'S dad......So, as I wrap up this day and get ready for tomorrow, that cheesy grin comes across my face once again.....because I know......life is good, god is great and I can't wait for cooper's due date.........................

one day closer....
cooper's dad

my little man....

well it is saturday again and I am sitting here watching game day on ESPN....I still can not believe that this time next year I will be sitting here watching game day holding j. coop and explaining to him that the Florida Gators Suck(yeah I said it Neil, and wait till next year)and how THE Ohio State University is a over rated high school team(yeah Dan i said this too)and not a real college,...........and then a cool realization hits me...........J. Coop will believe what ever I tell him, and who I like is who he will like.......and that is really cool to me because, when i was growing up I did not really have that male figure to look up to until I was about 9.....so, the only thing I knew about sports was that what ever team my cousin Johnny liked meant that I liked the other team.....haha....................
but now I get the chance to mold my son's mind about sports from the beginning....and that makes me smile (really BIG)
so, for the record....A-Rod is the greatest baseball player ever, the Yankees rule.....Boston SUCKS, Tennessee Volunteer FOOTBALL is number one, the Gators SUCK, Steve Spurrier is the anti-Christ (no matter who he coachs for), and the Bucs are okay to cheer for (because we live in Tampa and there his mom's favorite team) but the Tennessee Titans will return to football glory....and if you don't believe me.............so what, my son will....just ask him...........and once again I smile..............(even BIGGER)

one more day closer to J. COOP's premier............(insert cool Elvis music here)
cooper's dad has left the building......

P.S. I am so excited to be a dad.....even if I am excited for the stupid little stuff....

we have the greatest friends...

thanks so much for all the wonderful comments from you all....I think it is funny how the ramblings of a soon to be dad without a clue could be entertaining to people....but the way I look at is all of those who have kids know what I am going through....and those of you who don't are curious to see if I am going to loose it........haha.........(kinda like a car wreck, you just have to watch)...for those of you waiting for the freak out, keep watching it may happen soon.........haha.........I am learning that being pregnant (yes I said it....I am pregnant too) is hard work.........I am getting tired in the middle of the day my back is killing me......and mood swings are you kidding me..........I know jess is having an easy pregnancy because I am getting all crappy stuff to deal with she gets all the fun stuff ...........the cravings, the cravings, the cravings and yes the cravings.

I am not complaining I am just having a mood swing..............haha

life is great and I am going to be dad...........so that makes it a little bit better
cooper's dad

how hot is she at 5 months.........see my boy pushing out.................. he is almost here!!!!
and for all of you who have been asking for the belly pics here ya go....also check my archives for other pics......

just a quick thought about today......

I have a lot on the plate...................with my company really taking off and a pregnant wife............there is little time for just me...................................but, I noticed something today.......... that when I do get time to myself I use it writing in this blog or thinking about how cute my preggy wife is and how my son will be here soon...................................
...so I guess I do get time to myself after all.

living for my family,
cooper's dad

every day is one day closer.......

it is going by so fast.....at least it feels like it is....it seems like just the other day my lovely wife came stumbling out of the bathroom with her pants around her ankles with a dumb founded look on her face with the pregnancy test in hand.......we are just about halfway there and I can't wait............today I was sitting on the couch thinking this is so surreal.............I am going to be a dad.....I just can't believe it (and to be honest I think there is a lot people I know that can't believe it either...) there are times that I catch myself doing stupid stuff...........and I wonder .........will I still due stupid stuff when coop gets here......or will I be the mature grown up?...........the way I see it having a son gives me a pass to do stupid stuff, because ..........now I am dad and no matter what I do he is going to think I am cool..........at least until he gets old enough to know better.............that being said.....I am not the first guy to be a dad but I do feel that I am luckiest, happiest, coolest(haha) and several other "EST" words......

today is here and tomorrow can't get here soon enough.....
j. coop's dad

like father like son....how freakin cool is that? 

You know something that is cool.........

I was thinking ..........and I know it is kinda putting the cart in front of the horse, but I am going to be a grand dad someday....and my name is going be carried on for a long time....just because I am having a son....sounds corny I know but since I am an only child, the thought of my son carrying my name and then passing it on to maybe his son/daughter. very cool........at least to me.....

reflecting on corny stuff....today
cooper's dad

Better than me.......

coop is going to be a great person..... No matter what he does....I will support him in any endeavors he chooses to pursue....this is my promise as his dad...........coop is going to be a great man.........this I promise as his role model.........

"With the realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world."

today I am a better person because of my wife and the knowledge that I am going to be j. coop's dad.

life is great..........
Cooper's dad

Discipline

Am I going to be the strict one or is the Mrs. going to be the hammer? I just don't want coop to be afraid to ask me anything or worry that I won't understand....I am not saying that I will understand....but, I always want him to think that I understand and know everything...even if I don't..............that's what dad's are for(I think?) to always be the one they come to no matter what ...and I will be here for my boy, always....



coops dad

just wondering? is this a proper way to deal with kids that won' t listen?.....haha 

Pregnant clothes....FUN

the mrs and i have been acquiring a new wardrobe for her........preger clothes......how fun(and pricey, my god there should be a law against how much they can charge for elastic jeans and strechy t-shirts) it has been fun though ....she tries them on then says do i look pregnant?????????what am i suppose to say??? no, honey...i can't see that bump in front of your rump..........i think she looks great.....and what a glow....i can say being a dad is exciting but being a husband has been pretty cool too......i look at her and i see not only my wife and friend but the mother of my child........and that also makes me get that big dad smile...........

what a great day
cooper's dad

The small things....

I catch myself wondering ?
what will cooper look like........who will he look like.........will he be tall or short ........will he have brown eyes or green......blonde, brunette.......who knows?
Then i think back to when i was standing in the doctors office and we found out we were having a baby....and the doctor asked if we wanted a boy or girl ?
Without hesitation.... my response was as pure as it could be when i said it does not matter to me ......i just want our baby to be healthy with 10 fingers and 10 toes...
with that being said i realize that all the other stuff really doesn't matter....

he will look like a my son and that is good enough for me...

i am TRULY blessed .......so today i stop wondering......now i just wait.................

AND SMILE

thats my hot wife

thats my boy at 16 weeks...how cool 

the end of the day.......

well here it is ............the end of another day and one day closer till i get to hold my little man....i have been informed by my lil sis that i am not as big a hard ass as i try to portray.....she says that i am actually a big softee.....well that might be true in some cases and i do believe this is one of those cases..........SO WHAT..............just kiddin ILU...brat

we rented one of those doppler things from BELLYBEATS.com (i want some money for advertisements and shout outs).........it is like the one the doc uses........ and let me tell you what ....to hear j. coop's heart beating at 165 BPM .......has made everything so real............he is growing and making his mom.....a little uncomfortable.........but, i don't think she minds to much......

today is almost over and i am getting ready to watch monday night football...and i can do nothing but smile because i know this time next year ............my j. coop will be decked out in his team gear chilling with his pop.........what great way to end my day......

just a thought

does having a son make me a grown up?...............i still feel like a kid at heart.........maybe i can just be grown kid?.........or maybe it doesn't matter...but in the end cooper will only see me as his dad...and i guess if that makes me a grown up then that's okay with me...............

the ramblings of soon to be dad..............
cooper's dad

i did that........... 

the hinson's 

Today is the day

Today is the day I start my blog..
I am going to be a dad and this is the coolest thing in the world........A little me.........WOW...... jess and I found out a couple of weeks ago its a boy........JACOB COOPER HINSON............what a cool name...he is going to have so many nick names... j. coop, jacee, j.c.(after his great grandpa)(he was a stud too), coop, ja co....Who knows ....................anyway this is a way for a me to express what I am going through daily.... as I watch my hot wife get a belly I think to myself how funny this world we live in really is... ............who would have thought that I could have gotten so lucky........WELL I DID... and for this I thank the the BIG GUY upstairs....for those who don't believe...That's cool..just means more room up there for me.....haha...

(sorry for the way i type...this is for me)

anyway, back to the belly.........cooper is going to be here April 9th.....by the way have i told how cool i think his name is (insert big proud dad smile here) ..............april 9th..........it will be here before you know it....i can't wait... i know the mrs. can't either....she is so cute with her little belly.....she spent the last year losing almost 4o pounds..........just to let coop put back on her....i think its great.........she makes a HOT pregnant chick..........thank you honey for making me the person/dad i am today.....we make a great team........and coop will think so too.......

for those of you who read this .... i am writing my blog for me and the boy.......hopefully someday he will look back and say......."Thanks for being a great dad."

today is the day...........
cooper's dad

happy parents to be....