3 months,RSV, and life

Yes..our little Hayes turned 3 months on the 1st...and also got RSV. It was horrible to hear such a little guy have such a terrible cough and I hated to see him sick. On top of that, Wyatt became sick and is currently on a 10 day antibiotic regimen. For a while there, I spent days without ever stepping outside, and it was driving me insane. Alas, we are getting better and there is light at the end of the tunnel..Phew!
Even though Hayes was sick, he still was in constant smiles! (Note: I didn't pose him like this...!)
There has to be motivation (usually in the form of Goldfish or a lollipop) for Wyatt to pose with his baby brother. I have to be quick with the camera and usually can only get one pic in. Wyatt is finally getting around to acknowledging that his baby brother exists. For the past few months, his method of coping with Hayes has been to ignore. It's been really cute lately to see Wyatt lean down to Hayes' eye level and show him his race car and then ask him if he needs to go to the hospital...(Every time we sit down to play with his race cars, aliens, dinosaurs, etc..one of them will inevitably need to go to the hospital at some point. One of their fellow alien/dinosaur friends will perform the operation..(which is usually to the head)..and then prescribe them a treatment of going to Subway for a roast beef sandwich.
Wyatt playing with his rocket ship. Notice that the robots are reclining on the upper floor. They are recovering from a traumatic head injury that was caused by a space truck falling on them.
Matt was reading from the airplane book at bedtime the other night, and both boys seemed to be transfixed!
Loves his baby!
I'll save another post for the little things that I want to remember and record about Hayes during his first year. There is one thing, though, that is huge and has helped me get back a piece of my sanity......
Hayes is sleeping through the night! (insert Hallelujah chorus, the clouds parting, etc.)
He goes to bed at 7pm at the latest and then wakes up around 6:30am. With Wyatt, I had to rock him to sleep for a long time and with this one, he is already out before I can even get a song in. Granted, he doesn't sleep much at all during the day...but I'll take a full night's sleep over not being able to get much done during the day.

Sittin' Pretty

So..Wyatt has been talking about using a potty for a while..but he doesn't really seem to want to try and instead likes to simply sit on his potty with his clothes on and just pretend that he's using it. He tears pretend toilet paper, makes a flushing sound, and even reminds me that he needs to wash his hands. I am proud that he has the hygienic aspect of it down..but I wonder if it's really necessary to wear my shiny flats while he's doing it. For some reason, he feels that in order to be privileged enough to sit on a throne, one must be dressed appropriately and have the shoes to match. What does it matter if they happen to be on backward?
In other news...Hayes turned 2 months on the 1st! I'm slowly getting more sleep and once I transitioned him to the crib a few days ago, he has been sleeping awesome at night...(8 hour chunk last night..and then went back to sleep for another 3 hours..!) He is super smiley and is always cooing and laughing. Don't let me fool you into thinking things always go smoothly. We still are having crying episodes every night and his naps during the day are becoming sporadic and not really consistent. I sure do love him, though!

Say Cheese!

I'm sure that most of your kids smiled at this age..but this is all new to me since Wyatt simply scowled for the first few months. It's the best thing..to have my little guy break out into a huge grin when I am talking to him. Even better is when his smile is accompanied by baby laughter.
His smile is also causing someone else to be more drawn to him. Wyatt usually chooses to simply ignore the baby, which is understandable. He doesn't want to hug it, give it any extra attention, or talk to it too much. Tonight, though, Hayes was in my lap and Wyatt was sitting next to me when Hayes broke out in smiles. I told Wyatt that Hayes was so happy that his big brother was with him, etc...I watched Wyatt and he immediately started smiling and couldn't take his eyes off of his little brother. It was one of the few times that Wyatt seemed to be interested in Hayes. When Hayes stopped his smiling session, Wyatt got closer to him, and eagerly whispered, "Again!"

Hayes is 1 month!

Wow!..I can't believe a month has already gone by since the whirlwind arrival of our little Hayes. I forgot about this period when Wyatt was a newborn...The days of when it's exciting if you ever can make it out of the house and get out of your pajamas and you feel on top of things if you are able to brush your teeth before 3 in the afternoon. But of course, he's definitely worth it!
Wyatt has been acting really sweet toward his little brother. Although many times, he chooses to ignore the latest addition to the household, I often catch him trying to give the baby a rattle or a pacifier. I think he's warming up to the idea of having a little one around.

Hayes David Evatt has arrived!

Our baby boy is here! Well, he actually was born on December 1st, but I am just now getting around to posting about it. We are over the moon about our latest bundle of love and feel tremendously blessed that we have another boy!

Fastest Labor...Ever!
Really. From my water breaking to Hayes being born was not even an hour and a half of time. Let me relay the short details of the craziness of that evening...
I hadn't had any contractions for a week or so and I was pretty confident that I wasn't going to go into labor until closer to my due date of December 15th. Well, Matt went to the grocery store on the evening of the 1st..and I was at home watching football..when all of a sudden...I heard this loud POP and then the unmistakable realization that my water had just broken. I mildly panicked and called Matt to tell him to come home NOW...and then I called my doctor. When I called Matt, it was 9:22pm.
We live in Socorro and my doctor is in Albuquerque..which is about an hour and a half away. I wanted to have the baby in Albuquerque since they have better facilities and I wanted my doctor to deliver Hayes. He had reassured me from the beginning that it wouldn't be a problem for me to make the trip to Albuquerque. I jokingly told him that I didn't want Matt to have to deliver the baby on the side of the road. When I called him after my water broke, he reassured me again that everything would be fine..and that we just needed to get on the road as soon as possible. He asked if I was having contractions, and I couldn't tell since I was starting to panic and didn't know if it was just my stomach in knots that I was feeling.
Matt arrived about 2 minutes after I called him and we hit the road after my friend came over to stay the night at the house with Wyatt (who had a mild fever). I don't even think 10 minutes had passed after Matt came home and we were able to leave.
The ENTIRE way to Albuquerque, I was definitely having contractions..but I was in complete denial about it. I kept thinking that the contractions should be a few minutes apart or something..but my contractions were mere seconds apart. I didn't say a word to Matt that I was having contractions, because I didn't want to believe it myself..and I didn't want him to get worried. But I did tell him at some point to please turn on his flashers and go faster. Matt started driving about 100mph after that. We made it to the hospital in record time.
*Note* I wasn't able to put on pants because my water was still leaking..so I was wrapped in towels in the car. Nice.*
Matt parked at the ER entrance and ran to get a wheelchair. As soon as I sat in the wheelchair, I was having excruciating pain. I still had towels wrapped around my lower half and was wearing a Siggie T-shirt that I had worn all day. We weren't sure where to go and I asked a nurse on her way out where we needed to go. She took one look at me wrapped in towels and whisked me away to the Labor/Delivery area. They asked me a bunch of questions at the admissions desk and I told them that I couldn't talk b/c the pain was so bad.
The nurse immediately wheeled me into a labor/delivery room and asked if I was needing to push. I realized that I did and she said to wait until my doctor arrived. She helped me onto the bed and I asked if there was any time for an epidural. She laughed and said that the head was "right there" and I was already dilated. The doctor comes in and asks again if I need to push. I do...and a few pushes later (along with blinding pain) Hayes arrived! I wasn't even able to get an IV. I was hoping for the cute family photo in the hospital where my hair is done and I have a glowing look about me...but our photo consists of me still in shock..with my T-shirt on that has holes in it from the dryer. Not quite the family photo that I imagined, but it definitely makes for an interesting story. Hayes David Evatt was born at 11:03pm at 7lbs 140z and 20-1/4 inches long. We love him so much! Wyatt is becoming a great big brother!
Wyatt and Hayes involved in a deep discussion.

Looks so much like Wyatt in this picture!
He definitely looks more like Matt!
Everyone is exhausted around here lately!

Seriously..he's a mini-Matt.

Slightly panicking!

So...I still need to post about Wyatt's 2nd b-day and Halloween, but I have other things on the brain at the moment. This is it...

My due date is December 15th..and things have been pretty crazy since we moved into our new house last week. There are boxes that still need to be unpacked and the nursery is still in a total disarray. Seriously...the crib just got put together and the mattress is still in it's packaging.

I wasn't too worried since my due date is about a month away and that seems like plenty of time to get things squared away. Well...I had an OB appt today and my doctor told me that he definitely doesn't think that I'll make it to the 15th. In fact, he said that he doesn't even think that I'll make it to December...(!!!). So, my original plan of driving to Abilene for Thanksgiving is out. The doctor thinks that I will go into labor fast and obviously doesn't want me to be stuck in the middle of nowhere without being able to get to a hospital. So..I am going to try to take it easy and try to curb this baby coming too early..but there is a MILLION things that I need/want to get done in his room...and I'm not the best about taking it easy and relaxing.

So anyone who has been in a similar situation where the doctor thought they would go into labor anytime..and they ended up having the kid weeks (plural) later....would be greatly appreciated!

Wyatt has some Big news to share!

Can you guess what it is?



Still wondering? Well, maybe actions speak louder than words...Although, I think my voice in the background probably gives it away.



That's right! Our family is growing and Baby Evatt #2 will be making their debut in mid December. It's a BOY!! We're super excited and Wyatt is already getting ready for his role of big brother, as you can see.

I still need to post updates on what we've been up to lately (our road trip to Idaho this summer for one thing)...but I'll get to those at some point!