Irina Swimming!

Irina went to what I call "swimming boot camp" this past week, I was surprised how much she liked it. The instructor Kaleb, is my friends husband and him and his assistant, teach the classes out of Kalebs home. In Irina's class there were 4 kids total, her and another little boy were they youngest at 2yrs old. The classes are a bit pricey but WELL WORTH it to me, we have taken "mommy & me" swim classes in the past but never saw this much progress. I was so bummed that I had little memory left on my camera so I only have short clips to show yall. Craig took a long stream lined video with our actual camcorder but its too long to upload on here. Anyway, she did GREAT! Craig and I are SOO proud of her! I can tell she was proud of herself too, especially when everyone clapped. The whole week I dropped her off for an hour and went to the near by, kid to kid shop and to starbucks with another mom. She has learned to actually propel herself forward by pointing her arms and kicking her legs, she can hold her breath easily and can float on her back. I was very impressed with the other kids skills as well. The instructors are AWESOME! This short clip below is of Irina being taken to the bottom of the pool and picking up rings and a colored stick. She was SO PROUD of herself! Friday was the final day and the parents were all invited to watch their little fish!

Fathers Day Photos

these top 2 photos are Craig's faves

I took these photos of Irina as Craig's Fathers Day gift. Irina is taking instruction so well when it comes to photos-it makes photo sessions much easier than last year. I took some others but I haven't showed them to Craig yet, as soon as he sees them, Ill post them on here also.

30 WEEKS PREGGERS

30 weeks w/ baby odom #2

My pregnancy has really started to fly by at this point, I'm trying to relish every day. I LOVE feeling him kick and turn inside my tummy. Its such an amazing thing when you think about it, a tiny human is being formed from head to toe; its truly a miracle. This baby likes to kick at night mostly, not like his sister at all. His kicks seem stronger to me as well and he likes to sit on my right side, up towards my ribs. Recently I think he's been getting the hiccups, I feel a constant rhythmic thumping and can only assume that's what it is. I cant wait to meet him!

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!