Our hospital stay

Proud new parents.

Dad learning to give Milo a bath.

Playing dress up

Getting ready to go home.

On our way out.

Here we go home.

Meeting our Milo

Thank you so much to all the people that have taken the time to come meet our new addition.

There are many people that we did not get pictures of and I am sad about it but here are some

of the people that have already fallen in love with this little guy.

Grandma Dixie

Grandpa Dave and Grandma Val

Aunt Brandy

Uncle Camden and Uncle Noah

Aunt Stefanie and Aunt Sydney

Mike and Sarah

Tyler and Whitney

Great Grandma and Grandpa Bodell

And the some of the Bodell Clan

Labor for Love

The prior post I wrote while in the hospital. I left off from being put on Patosin and being at a 3 1/2 and not being able to feel the contractions yet. A little while after that I started feeling the contractions. It went from not being able to feeling them at all to feeling them really strongly. After a few really painful contractions I sent Matt to go tell the nurse I was ready for the epidural. Unfortunately the Anesthesiologists were all busy with other people or doing c-sections so it took about an hour and a half for them to come give me the epidural. That hour and a half what the worst part of the whole process for me. Finally the Anesthesiologist came and gave me the epidural. I was a bit nervous for this part but before I know it it was over and I didn't even feel anything. The only thing I felt was the numbing they did before the epidural. Just before the epidural they measured me and I was at a 5. An hour after they have me the epidural they lost the babies heart beat on the monitor so they decided to call one of the Residents to place a internal monitor on his head. The Resident came in and when she came to put the monitor on she measured me and I was at a 10 and ready to go. We tried a few pushes to see if I was ready and then they told me to stop pushing because his head was coming out and they had not paged my doctor yet. When my doctor came in I pushed for about 15 minutes and our precious little guy was here! I think my labor was pretty easy. I feel really lucky and blessed for how smooth the process went. It was so much better then what I expected. And the emotions you feel when the little life comes out of you is indescribable. So welcome to our family Milo James Polifka. Born April 20, 2011. 7.5 pounds 20'' long.

Let the labor begin

Ok this post is from Wednesday I just never posted it.

Sorry this post may be to much info for some of you so if you would prefer not to hear the details of my labor story then don't read this. So Monday I had a doctors appointment. It was just the usual. She measured the cervix to see if I was dilated and I was only at a 2. She also stripped the membranes which is supposed to help the precess go faster. She told me to expect some bleeding that day. So I went home and kinda relaxed that day. I was having so cramping and spot bleeding so I didn't was to overdue myself. Later that evening I was watching tv when I felt a little fluid leakage. I got a little worried that it may have been my water breaking but after thinking about it and reading some stuff online I just figured I was being paranoid. That was monday so yesterday was Tuesday and my due date. I was feeling frustrated that I wasn't feeling many contractions and I seemed to not be progressing much. I went into work and nothing seemed to out of the ordinary except that I was having a little more leaking then usual but I thought it was probably just urine because the baby was dropping farther onto my bladder so I didn't think much of it. So this morning which is Wednesday I was getting up to get ready for work and I was changing when I has some clear liquid squirt out (sorry if that is to graphic). I was pretty sure that was not normal leaking. So I woke Matt up and called the nurse. She said I better come in just to be safe. So at 6:40am this morning we left to come to the hospital. I was sure that I was going to get here and they were just going to say I was being paranoid and that everything was fine and send me home. But I was wrong. My water had broken. I am not sure when it could have been back on Monday or it could have been the squirt I told you about this morning. Either way I have now been admitted to the hospital. They have me on Potosin to help speed up contractions. When I got here I was already at a 3 1/2 and my nurse said I am having contractions every few minutes which is a good sign. I can not feel the contractions yet but the nurse said she is impressed and that I have a high pain tolerance, but that is not going to stop me from getting the epidural when I start feeling these contractions. So that is were we are now. Sorry for the long post but I have time right now so I want to document it for myself and baby while it is fresh in my mind. So today I will be become a mother. CRAZY. I am so so excited though. I am trying to let the excitement take over the nerves but of course I am a little scared and baby is about to exit my body and that is a little scary. I am really shocked if anyone is still reading this ridiculously long post so I am going to go now but I will post soon hopefully about our beautiful baby boy.

Due Date

Here is a picture in honor of my due date aka TODAY. I am going crazy waiting for our little guy to come. For some reason I thought I was going to go into labor early and that was a mistake, because now it is my due date and I still don't have a baby. I am still hoping he is going to come tonight. I have been trying all the things that people say may induce labor naturally but no luck yet. My doctor will induce me a week from today on the 26th if I don't start on my own this week but I really really hope I don't have to wait a whole week. So hopefully you will soon be reading a post about the little guy instead of about my belly growing bigger. So until then wish me luck.

Jazz Belly

Tonight was the last Jazz game of the season. Yes my big belly is still fitting in my jersey. Barely but it does. I was hoping to go into labor at the game cuz then the baby would for sure be born a Jazz fan but no luck. Still no baby.

Thanks You for Baby gift

In preparation for our hospital visit I made these cute treats for the Dr. and Nurses that help us in the hospital.

Biggest Loser Fans

We went to the Jazz game last week on Thursday. We got some great lower bowl seats from Matt's work. We were just sitting there watching the game when we turn around and see Arthor from the Biggest Loser this season. We are big fans of the show. We then saw that Arthor was not the only one there. There were 5 other contestants. How random that they were at the Jazz game but it was cool to see them.

My Husband the Tri-Athlete

A few weeks ago Matt raced in his first Triathlon.

It was what they call a Triathlon Sprint so it is short and fast!

They first swim 300 Meters. Then Bike 12 Miles. Then Run 3.1 miles.

I did not do a very good job getting a picture of him on the bike.

He was to fast. This picture below is him transitioning from the bike to the run.

He did so great! No surprise there though. He has always enjoyed and been good at this stuff.

He finished in 1:10:57. He finished 3rd in his age group.

I am so proud of him. He really enjoyed it.

So much actually that he did another one just yesterday,

and of course did even better then the first one even though he

was running and biking in the freezing snow here.

He got 3rd overall and 1st in his age group.

He is planning on doing and Olympic length (800 meter swim, 24 mile bike, 6 mile run)

one later in the summer when it gets warm.

2 weeks left

Today is 38 weeks. Only 14 days till my due date. I have thought many times in my life how weird it would be to be that close to having a baby. I have imagined many times what I would be thinking and feeling. Well no more imagining I am living it. It is just as weird as I thought. I have never had so many feelings all at once. I am so excited, nervous, anxious, happy, scared but most of all I just can't wait to meet our little guy. It is a strange feeling knowing it could happen anytime and I just have to wait and anticipate his arrival. I feel like I am huge but when people ask me how far along I am and I tell them most people rave about how good I look. I definitely don't feel like that but it makes me feel a little better.

We finished the baby's room. It is cute but Matt says I need to use the word Awesome because our baby isn't going to be cute he is going to be "Awesome".

My cousin Rachel took a few funny pictures for us. I have seen some other people with pictures like this and thought they were fun so took a few. Thanks again Rachel.

Hopefully soon you will be seeing less belly pictures and more baby pictures. Go ahead and make a guess when you think he will come and the winner will get a prize!