~Bodner update 4-2013

 Well I am definitely slacking on this blog… been way to long! A lot has happened since November~

To start off Daddy got a great bday surprise mid-Dec. as he opened his gift one morning before work :) 

Daddy's Bday gift

 We are expecting a baby 9-1-13!!! We found out at 16 wks that we will be expecting a BOY! We are thrilled to have 1 of each!! I had an idea it may be a boy because this pregnancy is complete opposite as it was with our girl. This one I switched sweets for fried chicken, no morning sickness, my belly took forever to pop out, my hair is dry instead of oily, and the weight gain hasn’t been as fast as it was with our girl. I am now 20 weeks and 5 days. We get to see our little boy again today! He’s a little bigger than the size of a banana.


baby #2 lil boy at 16 wks 2 days



   We are going into this one a lot more cautiously than we did with our 1^st child. Now that we know I have a history of premature births, I have to undergo Progesterone shots weekly from 17-37 wks gestation :-/ Soo every Friday morning a nurse visits me at work to deliver this pleasant injection :( The good thing is I get to hear baby boy’s heartbeat every week too!

Progesterone is something pregnant women already produce I just get a double dose to make sure Baby #2 stays in past the 32 wk mark where I experienced preterm labor last time. The doctor told us that the only side effect is I will be more emotional X10.. which thrilled my husband! LOL



Bodner Christmas 2012

  Blakely got to experience her 1^st Christmas and our 2^nd as a married couple! It basically involved stuffing wrapping paper and tape in her mouth, but we all enjoyed watching her do it! The next holiday was New years which we spent with our friends at our house. Then Valentines and St. Patrick’s day, where B got to create fun projects at daycare that we have hanging all over our house. Then the most recent was Easter. She enjoyed trying to stuff the plastic eggs in her mouth, as Daddy and I enjoyed eating all her candy she can’t have yet ;)  

Bodner Easter 2013 at Vernons







B Easter 2013



  Right after Easter we spent a few days in a cabin in Pigeon Forge, TN with my in-laws and parents. We had a great time dining out, shopping, playing putt putt and going to the aquarium!



Ripleys Aquarium in Gatlinburg, TN Apr2013

  Then the following weekend was Blakely Joyce’s 1^st Birthday Party at Anderson Co. Park in Lawrenceburg. We all had a great time helping her celebrate with family and friends. And she REALLY enjoyed her giant cupcake Daddy made her :)

  She got great gifts from clothes, to bath toys, to activity centers, and swimsuits! Speaking of swimsuits this was an “asked for gift” because Blakely recently starting Parent/Baby swim lessons at the YMCA in Frankfort. She is in love with the water! We thought she would be because she loves bath time so much. She immediately tried to swim out of my arms to a toy floating in the middle of the pool. She practices splashing, kicking, blowing bubbles, completely submerging her head, and jumping in. It’s a great activity for her and her pregnant mommy! LOL 

B's 1st swim lesson Apr2013



  Blakely is slowly but surely starting to catch up from preemie stage to where she should be. She is 19.5 lbs. 14 percentile & 28 in. 30 percentile. She is crawling, standing on her own, walks while holding onto something, says “Dada, Mama, Baba, Nana, Ugh Oh, Ow, Dog”, dances along to music, and eats EVERYTHING in sight. Now that she is passed 12 mo.’s we have gotten the green light to give her anything we are eating, so we have! When we have food she crawls to it as fast as possible! We have mostly switched to whole milk (still giving formula here and there). She has 2 bottom teeth and the 2 top teeth are starting to press through her gums. She has also moved up to the toddler class at daycare so she is beginning to be introduced to a whole new world with the bigger kids!

  We are still loving our house, which we moved into last Sept. and very slowly making progress on decorating it. With our busy lives we have slacked on the interior decorating lately. We live in a wonderful neighborhood with great neighbors that always give us toy hammy downs which is filling up our house… but we will greatly appreciate it when we have 2 little ones sharing toys ;) My husband has been at his current job for a little over a year commuting 50 min there and back. He recently accepted a job starting in May in Lexington, right down the street from where I work!!! I am so excited that we are going to be close and he doesn’t have to spend such a large portion of his day commuting!

  Everything at the Bodner house is staying busy and come August will only get busier! We are trying to enjoy these last few months with Blakely as our 1 and only, spoiling her rotten (which I’m not sure is a good thing :-/ ). Our baby boy will be here before we know it, and we have sooo much to do before his arrival. Until next time… enjoy springtime and God bless :)