The Moment You Have All Been Waiting For...

Here it is...












For First Time Ever On The Baby Blog...














Turn Up The Sound...











And Get Real Close To Your Screen (cause it's kind of small)
















THE ODA CAM!!!

-OD

P.S. I'll keep working to try and get a bigger picture. :)

Sorry 'bout that...

I know I got you all excited. Not sure what went wrong with the video. I'm going out of town tomorrow for the rest of the week so I may not be able to get it online before next week. I'll keep trying though!!!

Here are some cute Oda Pictures to make up for my technical deficiencies...

I knew I couldn't hold out forever..., the good thing is that I don't think she likes him very much.



Oda Baby got to play with Grandma this weekend!!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!

Still Just Practicing...

No, this is not the "Oda Costume". We're just practicing for next Monday. The REAL "Oda Costume" is 100% TOP SECRET! Just so's you know, the Oda Family is going Trick-or-Treating next Monday. So make sure you have some candy!

-OD

BTW: Oda Baby and I are planning a special fun blog entry tonight or tomorrow! Just wanted to keep everyone interested.

Just Practicing...

for October 31! (everybody snap!)





I've often thought about how amazing it is that babies learn so quickly. I've heard that if we continued to learn at the same rate throughout our lives as babies learn during their first year of life that the human race would be unbelievably intelligent. So I was wondering what would happen if I made Oda Mae my little experiment and taught her something that no other "baby" would know? What comes to mind is teaching her that the color blue is green and the color green is blue. Though I think that might be kind of mean. Especially when whe got to kindergarten. All the other little kids would totally make her cry. So I don't want to do anything quite like that. I'll give some thought to my little experiment and let you know what I come up with. If you have any suggestions, I'd be happy to consider them.

-OD

Oda Mae is getting three new teeth!

Here are my two favorite girls!

Visiting Granny...

Watching the Cowboys win with Grandpa McD...

After game nap with Daddy...

Had a messy lunch today. That bath we had 20 minutes earlier is now obsolete.

You might notice the extra tooth on the right side. That is new. She also has a tooth on the top that is very much in that you can't see and another up top that will be here soon! Consequently, she is a little bit grumpy today. I would be too!

My little Oda Mae is growin' up.

-OD


P.S. Auntie Kip....sorry I didn't return your call yesterday....Oda Mae is now wearing 6-9 month old clothes. Though if their closer to 6 they are getting a little tight. I move that we say she is wearing 9 - 12 month clothes. :)

Awwwww...

Oda Mae is the most beautiful baby in the world...

EVER.

MMmmmmmm

Carrots....

Where's the best place to go on a field trip?

To a field of course. The closest field to us that is kind of nice is the Botanic Gardens.

Here are a few photos from our little outing today....

That sure is a biggggg frog!

Here I go, Daddy!






Sure hope that plant wasn't poisonous!





Resting for a bit.




All tuckered out!

-OD

Oda Mae says....

Ya'll have a real good week now! Ya hear?

POOP!

So last Tuesday Oda Mae went and got her shots at her six month checkup. As you all may know that's the same day we started her on plums and a week after we had started giving her green beans. Everything was going just fine until the day following the two pin pricks that Oda Mae got. She didn't even cry! (did I tell you that already?...)

Wednesday morning I woke up to what was the most awful smell in the world, ever! My little Oda Mae was smiling as always when I began the process. I had put the green beans in and I was going to be the one to clean them up when they came out! Dude....it was gross! Gone are the days of those cute little baby poopies that she had during the first 5 months. Now we're talkin' not solid at all! So, I figure I must have something to do with the shots she got the day before. It'll clear up in a couple of days.....

...a couple of days later we finally decided that maybe we should stop the green beans altogether. (Yes, Brenda said four days ago that I should call the pediatrician.) My manly ways tell me that I should not go into the gas station to get directions until I'm completely lost; why should it be any different with the pediatrician? Which brings us to last night...

We went over for a lovely visit with Grandpa. Oda Mae had not had a "movement" since that morning when she woke up. So I'm thinking everything is probably back to normal. Little did I (or Grandpa Mike for that matter) know that she was just saving it all up for dinner time. She had had her dinner and was just being cute when GP Mike decided to hold her while everyone ate dinner. He was just being a super nice guy letting Mom and Dad eat in peace for once when Oda Mae exploded. I won't go into the details, but GP Mike and Oda Mae both had to change clothes before anyone ate another bite.

Today I called the pediatrician and they said to give her pedialite and that should do the trick. Oda Mae and I went on a shopping trip to Albertson's and got the stuff. Tonight for dinner Oda Mae had 5 oz of "Fruit" flavored-dry-em-up-so-you-don't-have-to-tie-em-up-nasty-after-taste-water and a bowl of oatmeal. We'll see how things come out tomorrow morning.

This afternoon we went on a walk with Fergus and Abby.



Can't wait until that cold front moves in. You can't hardly go for a walk in TX until November when the temperature comes down to the 80's. Abby and Fergus made due with the Trinity...


It was getting kind of warm and I came up with what seemed to be a pretty good idea at the time...

...until they started to drag Oda Mae towards the 50ft ravine with the Trinity River. So there went that great idea. We made it home alright and cooled off for a bit before the Oda Momma came home.

We all had a very good time!

-OD