Everett Crew Odom

Everett Crew Odom

8lbs 10oz & 20 1/2in long

Irina meeting Crew for the very first time, I couldn't take my eyes off of her

Donnellyn doing the APGAR exam on Crew

Evelyn Irina & Everett Crew
kissing her baby brothers tiny hand

41 WEEKS 1DAY

41 weeks 1 day preggo

Pics were taken just before 11pm Aug19th, Everett Crew Odom was born at 4:44am Aug 20th. About 6hours after taking this photo, I had my baby boy in my arms!

6yr Wedding Anniversary

6yrs with my love

This past weekend Craig and I celebrated our 6yr wedding anniversary. We kept it low key since I'm not up for a whole lot these days. Dinner at Italianis and a late movie at home, my sister insisted on keeping Irina for the night so we let her and got to sleep in; that was the best gift!

Her & I (lots of pics) Part 2

first bfast at her new table

she felt so big

someone at a playdate poked her eye and she wanted a bandaid, this is how i found her during nap time. silly girl!

"the girls" irina, abbie and kimmie @ Chuck E Cheese

abbie, kimmie and irina

Irina swimming with Datty

one of our MANY dance party sessions

get down!

family pic at the mini train station

making a home made pizza!

some places we visited and have no photos of are:
HURRICANE HARBOR
PICNIC AT THE GAZEBO AT THE GRAPEVINE FARMERS MARKET
FT WORTH MUSEUM
HALTOM CITY SPLASH PARK
STORY TIME AT SUMMERGLEN LIBRARY
FREE MOVIES AT FOSSIL CREEK THEATRE
PLAY TIME AT RIDGMAR MALL

the photos are totally out of order but i dont mind. do you?

Her & I (lots of pics)

Irina & Datty once again riding the train

Daddy & Irina @ the community pool

Mikey & Irina @ the pool

Liams 2nd bday party @ Bedford Splash

4th of July

riding the mini train with Irina for like the 10th time this summer

(excuse the left side of my preggo body pls)
Irina & Liam @ the observation deck

watching the planes

Irina & Mommy

This summer I have made so many memories with my precious Irina. I knew it was the last time that it would just be "her and I", so we kept busy laughing and loving in our time together. I'm horrible about taking my camera out of my bag so I don't have many photos of the summer fun we had. At some play dates other moms took pics so I have a few that way. Here are a few of the things we did together this summer:

40 WEEKS

I'm a little behind on blogging once again, but I have been really busy these days. I have been keeping the house in order for the home birth and when I'm not cleaning or organizing; I'm spending quality time with Irina. As I type this my due date has come and gone, I'm about 5days overdue (i say "about" b/c who really knows). I LOVE being pregnant, it was true with Irina and its still true with this baby. However, at night I can hardly keep a positive thought in my mind. I'm so uncomfortable, it doesn't matter how and where I sit or lay down; I'm just miserable! My feet are swollen and sore from playing with Irina and just carrying around nearly 40 extra pounds of weight! I am enjoying the excitement of now knowing when this will all happen, I'm so ready to see his little face!

Maternity Photos

Last weekend my good friend Rose took some maternity photos of baby odom #2. She took my photos when I was expecting Irina and I loved them, 2 1/2 years later she has only further mastered her art of photography. I used to work with her at a local credit union and we've stayed in touch over the years. She graduated from TCU with a degree in photo-journalism and uses it working with the Dallas Morning Newspaper. I wanted photos of just myself because thats what I took with Irina, we went to the Botanic Gardens and had a blast. She also painted a portrait of Irina nursing for me and I enjoy walking by the wall its hung on, I will have to contract her for the same job with this baby also.

I LOVE the photos! When I see these photos, it makes me want to stay pregnant longer, the way God designed our bodies to do this job is just amazing to me. I dont think I look "fat" and I dont hate that I've gained weight in my face, arms and everywhere else anymore. This is my body creating another member of my family, my body has changed and I'm happy to be able to experience this again.