~Ending of Fall: Nov '12

Boyd Orchard Versailles, KY 10/5/12

Well... I said I would try to keep up with this blog monthly, but with the baby, work, the hubby, new house & Life, it's been over 3 months since my last post! :-/

Since then we have bought and moved into our new house in Lawrenceburg, KY (our middle town so we both have the same distance commuting to work)! I love our new home!! It's 4 bedroom 2 baths double back porch with fenced in backyard backed up to a farm in a cute little neighborhood; perfect for our growing family :-) There's not a whole lot to do in the little town of Lawrenceburg, but at least it has a Wal-mart! lol We have pretty much finished unpacking the big stuff... but have yet to put a dent in decorating~ My goal is to have it all at least 80% decorated by the new year... hopefully! Speaking of new things... there's a new addition to the Bodner Family............ a pound puppy named Bama!!



Taking Bama home from pound 10/6/12



My husband talked me into just "looking" at the humane society to see what dog we could get in the "future". Well I should have known what was up his sleeve! He talked me into saving a little beagle/heeler/coon hound mutt that was about 5 months old and a sweetheart! We've discovered she is hyperactive and loves Blakely. She's a handful, but we love her :) My hubbi was also finally able to trade in my old red dodge car for a small SUV (which we really needed!)

Bodner Fam Sept '12 Atlantic Beach NC



B's 1st time touching saltwater 9/20/12

 We took our 1st Family Vacay to Havelock, NC to visit my parents Sept 19, 2012. We also went so we could attend my old roomates wedding in Raleigh, congrats Faith! Blakely had her 1st beach experience, where she played in the sand and water :) She also loved spending time with her Mimi and Pop Pop!

all smiles at her 2nd day on the beach 9/21/12

Blakely has already had a big change in her short life: The Daycare change! She spent 3 wonderful months at Kids R Kids in Lexington, KY. We were in love with this place, especially the people. But with me commuting with her, and my husband and I working from home 2 days a week, it just made more sense to move her to a daycare close to home. She has been at the Lawrenceburg Daycare for a couple weeks and she seems to really be adjusting well! They have 3 babies in her class, rather than the 15 that were at the other place. So she gets a lot more 1 on 1 attention~ I am so grateful we have gotten so lucky with Daycares!!!

sign from old daycare 1st day at new daycare 11/13/12

6 month photos 10/10/12

Our lil Blakely Joyce is now 7 months and 2 weeks old. She is growing like a weed and has tripled her birth weight. She is now 14 lbs and 26 inches long. She is starting to get some budding teeth, so her cranky side comes out a lot more often! She is full of personality and an attention getter! Her last few daily progress report from daycare said, "Very engaged in mirror time. She really loves looking at herself!" haha she's a DIVA!

7 months 11/10/12

She loves blowing bubbles, chewing on her pacy, sitting up by herself, tummy time, laughing hysterically at our new dog Bama, bouncing in her jumperoo, pulling down her hairbow, grabbing hair peoples faces and earrings, eating all kinds of pureed baby food, playing in the "big girl bath" and is always scared of missing something going on, she fights sleep as much as possible! With being around all the kids at daycare, I feel like she has stayed sick the past few months. Between colds, sinus infections, and a horrible stomach bug that put her in the ER to get an IV for dehydration. One of the worst nights of all of our lives :(

ER to get IV for stomach bug 9/30/12

Blakely has experienced her 1st Halloween! At the beginning of October we went to the Louisville Zoo for a Halloween celebration then we went trick or treating at a church in Perryville, KY with her cousins.

1st Halloween Oct '12

This week she has attended 1 Thanksgiving already at her Aunt Vicki's and will be attending 2 more at the Vernons and our house for the Sheltons! There are so many more 1st's to come... I can't wait to experience all of them with her!

comforting teething Landon 11/17/12 Thanksgiving at Aunt Vicki's



Hopefully it won't take me 3 months to post again!! XO :)