Cousin Gareth's Wedding

Here are a couple of photos of us in Derby at Gareth & Jo's wedding.

Lydia & Phoebe are now One!!!

We had to make 2 cakes to celebrate the girls Birthdays. This is Lydia's cake.

...and this is Phoebe's.

And here is Lydia enjoying her party.

And this is Phoebe working out what to do with her Bithday baloon!

This is Phoebe enjoying playing in her cot at the end of a busy day!

And here is Lydia giving us one of her stunning smiles!

Sunny April

The sun shone in April, and here are the boys showing off their football kits in St Fagans.

And here they are enjoying the sun and sand at Rest Bay..

The girls are growing

We're now into March, and here are a few photos to show how the girls are growing:

And this is Mum giving them lots of loves!

And here are the boys!

And Sam has lost yet another tooth....

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

So, we're now in February, let's check out what the children look like now! Here's a lovely one of the four of them together.

We had a sprinkling of snow in Feb, so the boys couldn't wait to get home from school to build a snowman in the garden!

It was also Great-Nan's 80th Birthday in Feb, so we celebrated in style, with a party for all the family in Thornhill Centre.

Don't you just love your teeth!

So, the Bodgers are back on line after nearly 10 months off! We have finally got a new PC and a decent broadband service (from BT of course)!, so here's the first of many "catch-up" entries...

Loads of things have happened so far in 2007, so let me try and bring you all up to speed with a few snippets from every month. Let's start with January and remember back to how the girls were then:

And a HUGE step in Sam's development - he lost his very first milk tooth. Please excuse the blood and gore in this photo, I had literally just finished "assisting" the tooth out! I must say that with 4 children, each with 20 teeth (eventually for the girls) this will cost the "tooth fairy" an arm and a leg!

Happy Christmas to all our readers!

On behalf of the Bodger clan, can I take this opportunity to thank you for tracking our progress during 2006 and wish you all a Very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year. Until then, here are a couple of cracking photo's...

Ants in ya Pants!

Sam had his Birthday party today at Ants in ya Pants! His actual Birthday is not until Thursday 7th Dec, but it was a good opportunity to get together with all his school friends. He invited all the boys and just 2 girls! They had a great time letting off steam as most boys of 6 do!

It was just like feeding time at the zoo, and there was planty of great food to be devoured!







And here are the 2 special brothers with rather red cheeks!

Mug shots

Just experimenting with black & white photos on my camera and joining photos together. What a handsome bunch they are....

New weights!

Hi, I'm Phoebe and I'm now 6 months and 6 days old and today I weighed exactly 16lb.

...and I'm Lydia and I'm now 6 months and 6 days old too and today I weighed 11lb 10Oz.

All Fast Asleep!

The girls have crashed-out after a hard morning at home...

My Gorgeous Girls!

Just look at how much Phoebe has grown. She's quite a bruiser now!




"Are you looking at me?"








And just look at the size of Lydia too! She is finally starting to put on a bit of weight.







Lydia enjoying her mum's kisses!

All the "Young" Dudes!

Well it was certainly time to "let our hair down" for Martyn Bull's 50th Birthday bash in true 70's style! I love Helen's wig!

The Boys go Conkers!

Here is a photo of Sam & Daniel after collecting conkers in a park in Caerphilly. Don't they look proud/gorgeous/cheeky (delete as appropriate)!

The Visit of the Third Cousins Once Removed!

The girls had their first visit today from two of my second cousins. I'm not 100% certain of the relationship to Phoebe & Lydia, but Paul and Freda are my mum's cousins, which in my book makes them my "second cousins". Answers on a postcard if you can solve the relationship with the girls! Anyway, It was great to see Paul & Heather and Freda & Dennis today, and this photo shows Freda with Phoebe and Heather with Lydia.

Dedication Photos

A huge thank you to everyone who attended the dedication service for Phoebe & Lydia today. It was certainly an emotional time for us as we took time out to formally thank God for the girls and thank those who have been supporting us in so many ways during the past difficult few months. Here is the evidence (apologies if they are a bit out of focus, my hands were shaking!!)....

Dedication Service Reminder - All Welcome

The boys start back at school

This is the big boy of the household on the way to his first day back at school. He is now starting in the dizzy heights of year 1 ("middles" as they call it in their school)! His new teacher is called Mrs Davies and Sam seems to like her. He had a good first day, and enjoyed being back with all his friends.


And this is Daniel, who started his very first day in the reception class today. His teacher is Sam's old teacher, Mrs Sharpe and he seems to get on OK with her already. He came home plastered in stickers (including one from the headteacher) and his T-shirt was plastered in mud - must have been a good first day!

Lydia's new weight!

We have just arrived back home after Lydia's check-up with the neonatal consultant. She now weighs 7 Lb 5 Oz - WOW! He was pleased with progress and doesn't need to see her again until Jan 07. She is naturally still very tiny, but is nicely in proportion! She also had a hearing test with an audiologist this morning and her left ear was a borderline pass, but unfortunately her right ear failed. We think this may be down to her being very blocked-up at the moment. She will be re-tested in September to see if things have improved. She has also just started making small noises, which is great news, as there was concern that her vocal chords may have been damaged by all the tubes. That's nearly the end of the appointments for a few weeks, they both just need to be seen by our GP for a quick once-over, but that should be fairly straight forward and is more about getting them formally "registered" on the NHS. As the neonatal consultant put it "now try and forget all the medical stuff for a while and just enjoy THEM" - we will certainly be taking his advice!! Will upload some photos when I get a minute....!

Dedication service confirmation

We have confirmed that we will be holding a Dedication/Celebration service for the girls at 4pm on Sunday 17th September in Thornhill Church. This will be a good opportunity for us to thank God for Phoebe & Lydia and to celebrate how far we have come by the grace of God. If you have been following progress, or you just want an opportunity to meet the girls face to face, then please feel free to come along to this very simple time of celebration with our friends and family.