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Kiran Virgil Hesse (9:00 pm)
The nurses with Mamma and Daddy. About to move out of birthing unit to a more comfortable room! (4:00)
Mamma and Kiran soon after birth. Isn't it amazing how incredible she looks!! (1:35pm)
Mamma at Grand Palace in Bangkok. (11:00 am) About an hour taxi ride away from the hospital!! She started to have contractions as we entered the palace, but chose to go on. Needless to say, it was a short visit....
Moments after being born
Mamma at Grand Palace in Bangkok. (11:00 am) About an hour taxi ride away from the hospital!! She started to have contractions as we entered the palace, but chose to go on. Needless to say, it was a short visit....Kiran Virgil Hesse was born at 1:24 pm on December 17th, 2009. He came quick, that's for sure. Sheela started having contractions at around 11:00 am and he was out and about sooner than we had ever anticipated (Kaya was 19 hours of labor).
Sheela showed tremendous strength and calm throughout the entire process. She really wanted to do this without any interventions and she did! (She did admit that for a brief moment she had reconsidered.) What an empowering experience, for all of us. I am so impressed with her attitude and courage. She had said time and time again that an epidural was the way to go, but then had a change of heart about a month ago. Sheela really wanted to do this completely natural and let me tell you.....She certainly did it. I teared up and fell in love with her all over again. What a woman!
Kiran is doing well thus far and is sleeping with his mother in the hospital. Kaya and I decided to come back to the apartment to catch some zzzz's. (I'm too excited and can't sleep though....)
When we named Kaya, we chose the name Kaya because it is a Turkish name and we wanted Kaya to have a connection with his Turkish roots and to also honor Sheela's mother. We chose Kiran for the exact same reasons, except this time to honor Sheela's father with an Indian name. Both boys have my last name and so they will be connected with my side as well!
The name Virgil is after my Father's Father. I have always been very fond of Grandpa and love him very much. He means an awful lot to me and we wanted to honor he and my family by giving Kiran his name for the middle name. (Sheela didn't want to go with any more baseball player middle names!)
Now the fun begins.....Oh, you thought I was talking about raising two boys?! Actually, we have to get his Thai birth certificate, then have it translated to English, get passport pictures, apply for a passport, apply for a Bangladeshi Visa and fly back to Dhaka. All by the 30th of December.
We are both very excited about everything and appreciate all the emails we have received so far. Please don't be offended if we don't get back to you right away. We promise more pictures though....
Happy Holidays....and much love.....
Chris, Sheela, Kaya and Kiran (or little foot, as Kaya has named him)
Kaya's first contact with Kiran.
Sheela showed tremendous strength and calm throughout the entire process. She really wanted to do this without any interventions and she did! (She did admit that for a brief moment she had reconsidered.) What an empowering experience, for all of us. I am so impressed with her attitude and courage. She had said time and time again that an epidural was the way to go, but then had a change of heart about a month ago. Sheela really wanted to do this completely natural and let me tell you.....She certainly did it. I teared up and fell in love with her all over again. What a woman!
Kiran is doing well thus far and is sleeping with his mother in the hospital. Kaya and I decided to come back to the apartment to catch some zzzz's. (I'm too excited and can't sleep though....)
When we named Kaya, we chose the name Kaya because it is a Turkish name and we wanted Kaya to have a connection with his Turkish roots and to also honor Sheela's mother. We chose Kiran for the exact same reasons, except this time to honor Sheela's father with an Indian name. Both boys have my last name and so they will be connected with my side as well!
The name Virgil is after my Father's Father. I have always been very fond of Grandpa and love him very much. He means an awful lot to me and we wanted to honor he and my family by giving Kiran his name for the middle name. (Sheela didn't want to go with any more baseball player middle names!)
Now the fun begins.....Oh, you thought I was talking about raising two boys?! Actually, we have to get his Thai birth certificate, then have it translated to English, get passport pictures, apply for a passport, apply for a Bangladeshi Visa and fly back to Dhaka. All by the 30th of December.
We are both very excited about everything and appreciate all the emails we have received so far. Please don't be offended if we don't get back to you right away. We promise more pictures though....
Happy Holidays....and much love.....
Chris, Sheela, Kaya and Kiran (or little foot, as Kaya has named him)
Kaya's first contact with Kiran.
Moments after being born
4 comments:
sweet. thanks for posting. love ya'll
CONGRATS! He is gorgeous. Way to go Sheela! Love, Jen, Brett and Nathan
We can't wait to meet Littlefoot!
Congratulations to you all! Thanks for sharing your photos of the family! I hope that you all have a wonderful holiday season together and a very Happy New Year!
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