Everyone has been asking details about Bodie's birth so I thought I'd just write it for everyone to hear all at once! At the moment it's 3:40am and my baby decided he wasn't going to sleep tonight! So this may be a little scrambled, but just remember it's 3:40am!
Jeff and I were told by Hannah (our birth mom) that she had chosen us as Bodie's parents in September. We already knew she was having a boy and had already established an amazing relationship with her. After that I got to go with her to every doctors appointments and Jeff and I even got to go to an ultra sound and see the baby. Hannah came over to our house often so we got to bond with her and the baby. We truly have an adoption story straight outta adoption heaven! Hannah and I are almost too much alike and her and Jeff have a great relationship.
December 26th she called me saying she had been up all night with horrible contractions and a lot of pain so we hurried to the doctors office (we were at my Grandma's in Orem and she was at her dad's in Provo and her doctor is in Salt Lake..) and it was a horrible snow storm and the poor girl was in the back sick and in so much pain. We thought that was it, the baby is coming! But it ended up being dehydration, because she was so sick. After that we knew that it could be any day so I was up at night checking my phone for her call or stressing about cleaning the house.
FINALLY January 9th she was having contractions that were labor contractions! All day she was timing them out and waiting till they were 5 minutes apart for an hour. I was in full crazy mode and was ready for her to go to the hospital when they were 10 minutes apart! Around 10:00pm it was finally time to go, so Jeff and I got in the car and once again had to go through a snow storm to get to the hospital. Once we got there the nurses checked Hannah and she was already at a 5+ and contractions every 3-4 minutes. So they rushed us into a room, gave her the epidual and then it was the waiting game. Her grandma and aunt brought her to the hospital because thats who she lived with up in Salt Lake (she worked as a CNA at a hospital up here in SLC while she was pregnant, so she just lived with them) so her grandma stayed with me Hannah and Jeff all night. Jeff slept most of the night while Hannah and I talked, cuddled on her hospital bed and laughed all night. Bodie was face up and not progressing once she got to a 7 so the nurses did this new crazy thing by lifting her leg and turning her on her side to get him to rotate. By the second hour of doing that he was RIGHT THERE!!
By the time the nurse checked her he was right there wanting to come out! At 6:00am they got everything ready and Hannah's grandma and Jeff left the room so it was just me and Hannah and she started pushing...ok started as in 2-3 pushes and we could see his head and his little black hair! They did one more push and he was practically out, so at 6:15 the nurse got the doctor and he came in and 3 big pushes and at
6:24am January 10, 2013 Bodie Thomas Bleak
came into this world. He was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life. I looked at him and truly knew he belonged in our family. Even at just seconds old he was already calm and they had to big him to get him to cry to clear his lungs!
He was 6lbs 6oz and 19in long.
He had this amazing black hair with long fingers and long toes! We went out to get Jeff and her Grandma once she was covered and they couldn't believe it was all done and he was here! We fell in love with him the second we saw him!
Hannah and I were the only ones in the birth and I cannot tell you what a blessing that was for me. To see Bodie come from our Heavenly Father right into our arms was a feeling I can forever tell him. I was so lucky she had me there with her and that I got to experience that with her.
Once Bodie was born we all went up to the maternity ward and got to just cuddle him and love him and spoil him and kiss him....and love him!!
The hospital was AMAZING. They gave Jeff and I our own room so we could stay there and be with Bodie and Hannah. They were just so unbelievable and understanding. So we were just down the hall from Hannah's room and we would hang out in there all day and eat, but then at night have in our room so she could rest! The next day Jeff and I decided we would go home and let Hannah be with Bodie all day and have her family have that time with her and him. So we left and showered, ate and had to do some shopping. Both Bodie's birth parents were 9+lb babies so I was sure he was going to be big, so I never bought newborn clothes. So at 6lbs 6oz we needed newborn clothes!!
Hannah was feeling so great by that evening we decided to do "placement" early and do it that evening of the 11th. Placement is just all the dumb stuff..it's paperwork and a bunch of stuff that is just putting Bodie in our custody and relinquishing Hannah's rights. We told her that all that paperwork meant nothing, she is/will always be part of his life.
We actually had an awesome placement. A big part of why I think it wasn't as hard or emotional for either of us was knowing we would still stay close and that it wasn't goodbye.
We got to take Bodie home that night and my mom and sister Madison were there waiting for us with HUGE smiles!!
He was 7lbs 1oz at his 2 week check up the other day, so he's a growing boy! He's long and lean!! He's got chicken legs and a skinny little body! His hair is still dark dark, but hasn't gone curly yet! Since his birth dad is black he has gotten darker and darker. Babies that have any dark race in them actually come out white and their pigment comes and darkens for weeks/months. So everyday he gets darker and tanner! Jeff and I will have to go tanning for the rest of our lives to keep up with his beautiful skin color! He is an amazing baby. He eats, sleeps, poops and eats more. He has been honestly an angel child and barely cries. His cry is so cute so when he does cry I let him cry for a minute just to hear it! Yes, I know that will change!
Since Bodie was born Hannah has seen him 3 times and probably soon to be 4! We love having her in our home and he loves her and that makes us all happy. I would hate for Bodie not to know her and how much she loves him. He is so lucky to have so many people that love him and we are just so blessed to have in our lives.
Thank you for everyone's support, love and prayers. We truly have been blessed and we are so excited for that's to come!
Love..
Jeff Lacie Woody and Bodie
