Date Night

the baby starting kicking and we started to laugh after this pic

A few weeks ago my sister Priscilla asked if we would let Irina spend the night, I hesitated but let her go. This is only the second time she has spent the night away from us; her first was also with my sister. She is single and has no kids, she is head over heels for Irina and Irina feels the same way about her. She calls her "Te-he", because she cant quite say "Tia" which is Aunt is spanish, you'd think we would have corrected her but we just started calling her "Te-he" also. I guess its her name now. So we dropped her off and they had a great time together, they went shopping and ate at chick fil a together. Priscilla also rented some movies for her to watch and then they fell asleep together, apparently Irina wanted her "Te-he" next to her in bed and just played with her face until they both fell asleep. For our date night, Craig and I finished painting the babies room that night and then went to dinner a movie. We had a delicious meal at Italianis and then watched Iron Man 2, we ended up home at 2am! Thats a first for us in a LONG, LONG time! I am SO thankful to have a sister who loves and takes care of Irina they way I do.

Peter Pan @ Casa Manana

daddy, irina & daddy-o

mommy & irina

i always take a pic or two at the very end as the characters come out to bow, yes, its a no-no

Today we went to Casa Manana again and watched the very awesome presentation of Peter Pan! Craig takes the morning off for these outings and joins us for a couple of hours of children's theatre. I was really excited to see this show because Peter Pan flew around the stage on a pulley system. Irina absolutely loved watching (and dancing) to this show, her favorite character was Captain Hook; she mostly liked boo-ing and giving him a thumbs-down. I'm so glad that Craig and Daddy-O ge to go with us and see Irina's face light up when the characters sing and dance on stage, she claps and tries to sing along with them. We all had a great time again!

COUSINS!

abbie, kimmie irina and craig

abbie and kimmie with their finished cookies!
they were so proud about staying inside the lines :)

Every week my brother and I get together at our moms house and bring all the kids together to play and hang out. We dont see them on a daily basis since my brother and his wife are separated, but we do see them 2/3 times a week. Abbie and Kimmie are 4 and5 so they play very well with Irina, I like picturing Irina at their age. Irina loves her cousins "appie" and "kikkie", she asks for them any time we go to the park or some where fun that she wants to share with them. Last week at Target I picked up these Dora cookies for them. They come with food coloring markers so they can color the photo of Dora on them. They all had fun with the cookies, Irina just licked the markers and ate the black/white cookie. On a side note: I was surprised the cookies had 0 trans fat :)

Breakfast w/ Grandparents

Granny, Turner (Craigs cousin) and Irina

Daddy-O and Irina with his glasses

Irina is blessed to have her grandfather and great grandmother present in her life today, we have special days allocated to them. We get together for breakfast on a regular basis, either at our houses or out at restaurants for a treat. We went to Rise & Dine on this day and sadly werent too impressed, but we enjoyed each others company. Irina loves to see her Daddy-O, when she is being disciplined and Craig is home; she asks for her Daddy-O to help her. They have a special bond, he always wanted a daughter and never had one; so Irina is extra special to him. She is the only girl born into the Odom family in 60yrs. Turner was able to join us for breakfast this day, he works nights and it was nice to see him also. My favorite part about getting together is talking with Granny, she is 94yrs young and has experienced SO much in life. She told me that she admits being extremely excited that we are expecting a boy, she wants Craig to help carry on the last name. We love getting together with them!