Wyatt pics

OK...so I couldn't resist adding this pic that I think the anesthesiologist took when they put Wyatt on my stomach. I love all those wrinkles! If you could see my face, it's one of shock.
































He still hasn't opened his eyes all the way. Maybe tomorrow we'll see more of those baby blues (or browns)...














Snuggling with Dad on the couch this afternoon.

Wyatt Mat Evatt has arrived!!

Let me start of by saying that pictures will soon be following...I am currently typing at 3:17am Chile time in our hospital room and find it impossible to sleep with everyone coming in along with the excitement of a new baby.
Wyatt was born yesterday, Sept 21, at 7:19pm at 8lb 11 oz and 21.9 inches long. Yeah...he pretty much came out looking like he wanted a steak for dinner instead of boring breast milk.
Let me just give you a quick rundown of how things went yesterday....
Our admission time for the hospital was 1pm..and since I was so eager to get on with things, we ended up getting here about 12:30. At about 2:30, they gave me Pitocin and I was still planning on sticking to my original plan of no anesthesia. It was a piece of cake..until the medicine kicked in and the contractions started coming hard and closer together fast. I was dilating rapidly and made it to 5cm before I waved the white flag and gave in to the epidural. Umm....definitely the way to go and for those of you out there who did it sans drugs...I have to hand it to you.
My midwife, Loreto, was great. She speaks about as much English as we speak Spanish..which is still relatively little....but we were all able to communicate with each other. (In case anyone needs it in the future...empuje=push).
I don't know if it was from exhaustion or what..but after that, things started to get lost in translation. The baby nurse would come in and explain what was going on and what we were supposed to do..but we couldn't conjugate any more nouns or verbs and the poor nurse would have to repeat herself or do the good old standby of charades, which includes pointing and some acting skills.
We'll be here for 3 nights and 4 days...which I at first was thinking would be too long...but as I'm laying here and having anything I want at a button away....I'm thinking that things aren't so bad. They have people stay longer to be able to consult them on breastfeeding and make sure that you are somewhat prepared to handle the kid on your own. Not a bad concept.
Another thing different here is that when you tell people the name of your baby...and it's not the typical Chilean name...(Claudio, Cristian, Mateo)...it's almost as if people can't understand that a gringa from the US would want a name that is familiar in the US. Going against the grain really isn't a concept here...everyone tries to fit in a certain mold. And..everyone has 4 names here...you receive names from your mother and father...So, currently, Wyatt's name is Wyatt Mat Evatt Evatt. We'll be changing that sometime this week.
Anyways...Matt and I are super excited about our new little one. Matt is going to be an excellent dad and I can't wait going through parenthood with him. We laugh alot which is great.
I'll post pictures in the next day or so....the baby is getting restless, so I suspect I will be needing to feed soon.

Wish us luck!
Love-
Kipley

Nursery Pics

We are really happy with the way that Wyatt's room has turned out. I shipped pretty much everything from the States, so it took more planning than I originally thought. Baby furniture and decor is so much different here than it is in the States, that it was just easier for me to order online and bring it in.

There are still a few more pictures that we want to hang on the wall..but it's pretty much finished. This is the view walking into his room. The stickers are a jungle theme and it was fun making up my own scenes as I applied them.












This was one of the things that I found here. It was great because it went with the whole jungle/animal theme.


















We got this piece of art at an art gala here. I liked the whimsical look of it. The baby's room seemed a perfect place for it. I just realized that I should have taken a more direct pic of it..but you can probably get the idea.














Our bassinet will be in our bedroom, but I just wanted to include it in the pic. I am really happy with it. I wanted something modern and I thought it had a great design. The base is curved so that it rocks.




















Since we are just going to be here for 3 years, we didn't want to break out the paint...so I found some great canvases online. (www.avalisa.com). They have tons of modern canvases in different sizes and categories. You can customize the color, too.




















I really liked the polka dot pattern of our crib bedding. It goes with so many things. I realized that I tended to gravitate toward things that are gender neutral. The mobile is from www.blablakids.com. They have great animal dolls and rattles there, too. I realize that I should have taken a closer pic..but it is a circus theme with jungle animals.

Baby Update

So...I realize that I'm a terrible blogger. Can I have the excuse that I've been preparing getting things ready for the baby?? I know, I know..I've read several of your blogs out there who are just as pregnant and somehow still manage to keep us all informed on a regular basis. Maybe that will be me one day...So here's the update.
I saw my doctor yesterday and the conditions of everything are looking good to where I could go into labor anytime between now and my due date (which is Monday, the 21st)..but if I don't go on my own..then we've already scheduled me to come in on Monday at noon to be induced...(!!!) My doctor says that he should just need to scrape my membranes and that's all I will need to get labor going. It's so crazy...so surreal that we're finally going to be having this baby. We actually were seeing an infertility specialist before I got pregnant in Houston and were told that our only solution to have a baby was to have IVF with ICSI. (It's a little more involved than normal IVF). Long story short, our doctor suggested that we try taking a medicine in pill form for a 6 month trial basis that had minimum/no side effects and was much less expensive than the IVF would be. She told us that the chances of success were very low, but that it couldn't hurt to try. We were pregnant within a month into the trial. Our doctor called the pregnancy a miracle.
I feel so fortunate that God has blessed us with the opportunity to be parents to this baby who I will meet in a few days. We are so excited!