Whoops forgot to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year…better late than never I suppose. The holidays we different for us this year, Steph Gavin and I got to wake up in our own beds and have Christmas morning with just us. It was VERY exciting. There were a couple of unwrapped presents from Santa that Gavin saw when he first came down the stairs. He was SO EXCITED! He ran to those gifts and started playing with them. So fun! Later that day we headed up to the Grandparents in Mansfield and had Christmas up there and the following week had Christmas with my parents. All in all, Gavin had three Christmas’s…not too shabby.
I have posted the pictures HERE.

Our little man!

I want to apologize to everyone…I have been a bit lapse on my updating of the website with new news. Steph and I have our hands full with our little one year old. My how time flies, only seems like yesterday he was born and now he is running around. Yes, my son is now running…not just walking. Well, I guess its more of a fast walk, but for an infant he’s quick! He is growing too, 30.5 in. tall (75%) and 21.8 lbs (25%) Gavin has taken to eating real food now including whole milk. His favorites are chicken and peas. He comes and goes with his vegetables, some days liking carrots and green beans and others not wanting to touch them. He is EXTREMELY curious about everything, pointing at everything and waiting for a response from Mom or Dad about what it is. He has learned where his dirty diapers and trash go although sometimes it takes a bit of cohersion to get him to leave the diaper or trash in there! Since he was born, Steph and I have been trying to teach him some basic sign language: Milk, food, more, please and the ever popular poop. So far he recognizes food and milk, but he hasnt repeated the motions himself. Just last week, Gavin started doing “more” to indicate he wants food, but usually he uses it in the correct context. At least he is trying! However, he has also started crying when he dosent get what he wants. It dosent last long, but its enough…

Our little alien

As for Steph, she is doing well. The pregnancy is coming along nicely. Steph had the first official ultrasound on the 12th. The baby is about 16 - 17 weeks along and ~7oz. Steph is feeling this one a bit earlier than the other one. The radiologist tech said the baby measures at 17 weeks old except for the legs, which are at 16 weeks. Steph says the “official” age of the baby is 16 weeks so either we have a REALLY big kid or a regulare size kid with shorter legs…only time will tell. Ok this is the time in the post where those of you who dont like surprises need to go look else-where…

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Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear Carol/Mommy/Grandma

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all. This is Gavins first Thanksgiving. Last time he was struggling to get out…but was hesitant. 24 hours later he arrived! Much to be thankful for. Gobble Gobble!

Happy Birthday Dad/Grandpa! Not going to say how old you are…not sure the computer can display a number that big!

Our little boy!

It seems like only yesterday you can sreaming into this world. Such a tiny little boy and now your walking all over the place, pointing at everything and wanting to know everything around you! Happy 1st birthday my son!

He has had two birthday parties, thee first one was with all his friends, Cassie, Joey, Tony, and Nicolas. The second was with family. Thanks for all the presents and gifts! He has played with them all! He still not sure about the un-wrapping of the presents, but I think it was mainly due to the amount of people around. He was getting distracted! The biggest hit thus far: his pull behind helicopter! He like being able to walk and pull the helicopter along behind him!

Added his pictures from his birthday. You can click on the link on the left side of the main page or  www.thebodeys.com/photogallery/Gavins1stBirthday/index.html

As requested, I have posted some new pictures mainly of Gavin, but what do you expect! Links are on the right side of the main page. I uploaded his Halloween pictures and his 9 - 10 month pictures. Sorry I havent been keeping up with it as much lately. So much to do and so little time! Enjoy!!

Happy Halloween everyone. Gavin decided to go as a fierce dragon this year, curtesy of Great Uncle Kevin.

Gavin the Dragon

Our little peanut.

Steph had the first ultrasound today, just to get a better idea on the approximate due date: ~28 May 2009. The baby will be 9 weeks old tomorrow, assuming the doctor uses the date the technician said. The fetal heart rate was 160bpm which is right where it is supposed to be. The picture above you can make out the head and the torso and two little appenadages (aka arm and leg) and the umbilical cord. Squint if your having trouble, it probably wont help, but you will look funny doing it!

Steph is doing ok, very tired and nauseated which is coming very early this time around. She says she is “feeling it more” than when she was pregnant with Gavin.

Congratulations Jim and Sue on being pregnant!! The timing couldnt have been better…the two cousins will be very close in age. Congrats again to new Grandmas and Grandpas to be…again! This is such GREAT news! My how the family is growing!

25 years ago you were brought into this world and it has never been the same since! Heres to you Katie for putting up with me trapping you in the laundry basket…even though you know you liked it!

Happy Birthday!

What a week it has been. For those of you who havent heard, Ohio was hit by “Hurricane” Ike…meaning we got a LOT of wind, but no water. The winds around Dayton were around 60mph, knocking over trees and powerlines. Most areas lost power, ours was out for 2 1/2 days. Mom and Dads was only out for around 4 hours or so. Stephanie and Gavin spend the night at Grandma and Grandpa Bodeys house on Monday. The night temperature was a little cold and we were not sure when we would get power. So they stayed up there and I went to work on Tuesday.

Southern Ohio was hit the hardest, some areas still dont have any power a week later. To add to the problem, the power company sent 3/4 of their electricians to Texas to help restore power there. So the surrounding states sent in thier electricians to help out in Ohio. I want to thank the electric companies though: the Dayton area had over 300,000 homes without electricity and by Wednesday that number was down around 94k and quickly dropping. Considering the widespread amount of damage that occured, this is a spectacular feat. I have heard many people complaining about how much time it took to get thier power restored, but I was out during the storm watching the winds tear through trees, knocking over a tree into my car. The amount of down trees was tremendous and that it took ONLY two days to restore more than half of the power is AWSOME. I know that some areas still dont have power, but all things considered this was an amazing feat. Thanks to all the workers who put in 16 hour days and only had an 8hour break until they went back in.

Other than that, I think Gavin has the sniffles. He has been a bit more fussy this week, sleeping more and crying without any warning. Its nothing horrible, just new. He has cut a few more teeth, now up to 5 teeth: 2 on the bottom and 3 on the top. 2 of the teeth on the top at his canines, meaning he has fangs! The little bloodsucker! Grandma Bodey made a pot roast earlier this week and Gavin LOVED it! He gobbled up the pork like we are starving him.  Since then, he has eaten homemade chicken and noodles, macaroni and cheese and hotdogs. He is definatly quite an eater which is surprising that he is in the 10th percentile for weight.

I have posted new Gavin pictures here. Including his 7 - 8th month pictures.

Yes, Gavin is 9 MONTHS OLD! My how quickly time flies. It seems like just yesterday we took him home from the hospital. The doc said everything is looking good. Gavin is 28.5 inches long (50%) and 17.6lbs (10%). Since his weight was so low, the doctor wanted to supplement his daily feeding with formula to help put some of the weight back on. So he gets 12oz of formula a day now.

Physically, Gavin is crawling and climbing like a mad man. He is starting to let go of things and stand on his own. But as soon as he realizes that he is standing by himself, he sits back down. He is using Mommy and Daddy as stepping stools to get onto the couch and chair to get into everything, so we have to watch what we put on the end tables. We dont think it will be much longer and he will be walking. Hopefully I will have his 8 month pictures up this weekend, so you call all get your Gavin fix!

For those of you who didn’t know, Dad aka Grandpa aka Tom had outpatient surgery today. He had been feeling very sleepy over the last few months along with some memory loss, so he went in to the doctors and they said he had an irregular heart beat. So they did a heart cath this morning and found that he had 70% blockage in his left lower part of his heart (sorry, dont know the medial terminology that well to give more than that), and “minor” blockage in another area. They put a stint in the left portion to keep the artery walls open and said that the stint would do more damage than good for the minor area. He was awake for the procedure and was in good spirits when it was done. Mom aka Grandma aka Carol, Steph and I were at the hospital this morning and afternoon and Mom was staying this evening. He should be released tomorrow, pending good behavior!