So Long Folks...

Well, it's been fun. It's been real. It's even been real fun, but the time has come to move along. Thanks for all of the readership here at The Oda Mae Baby Blog. I hope you will all follow me over to...

The Famfare

Make sure to link to the new site, blogroll me and all that good stuff.

See you there!

Best wishes.

-Oda Daddy

Gettin' Ready for Bed

Tonight, Oda Mae and I were playing around a little during bath time.

She loves it when I do this...


No, really...


Nite, nite...



-OD

Not 'Till Monday...

Okay, I've decided not to start the new blog until Monday. That'll give me the weekend to finish things up a bit. I'll have more readers then anyway.

Here is a video that Oda Mae made yesterday. She would like you all to take a look. ENJOY!!!




-OD

Happy Valentines Day!

A couple of things for today...

First of all, Happy Birthday to Oda Mae's new best friend, "Lucy Mae" who was born this afternoon. Yep, our friends got themselves a Valentines Baby, that's pretty cool. We'll have some very cute pictures up after we have a chance to go visit tomorrow.



Oda Mae had a very good Valentines...

Blog from the past...
Remember the hike last Fall?

Thursday, September 28, 2006

It's funny how God likes to play practical jokes on people. I really believe that God has a sense of humor. I believe that He wants us to grow, learn, and be spiritual and stuff, but at the same time He wants us to enjoy life and really check out the things He can do. Sometimes things happen to us and we don't understand why, but if you look really close there is probably some humor in it somewhere. A reason for everything I always say.

I'm not sure the "new" blog will be ready tomorrow or not. It might be. Just know that until it is, The Oda Mae Baby Blog will continue to run smoothly. If it is not ready tomorrow, it'll be ready in a few days. I've got some "bugs" to work out still (both in my head and on the computer). I'd really like the new blog to be something special so I just want to make sure that everything is the way it should be.

So, until tomorrow, here or there....

-OD

It's Cold Outside

We can't wait to have days like this again...

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

We are currently having difficulties with the "New" blog site. Hopefully I'll have it up and running on Thursday, but don't be disappointed if it isn't there yet. Don't forget, I'll put up a link here at The Oda Mae Baby Blog as soon as it is ready.

-OD

Oda Momma is Too Cool!!!!!!

Oda Momma got to get her picture taken with the one, the only, Willie Nelson this weekend over at the Nokia Theater. It was a benifit concert so I didn't get to go 'cause tickets were $500.00 each for the cheap ones. However, I did get to play one song with the one, the only, Nanci Griffith over at Bass Hall. I know, I know...I said the same thing, "Who's Nanci Griffith?". You gotta take what you can get.

Some of my favorite blog post have been when we go out for outings. Like this one when we went to the park.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

A couple posts from the past....

This post on Friday, March 24, 2006 inspired this post of

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Totally Funny!!!!!!

-OD

Becoming a SAHD

One of my favorite post of all time was the series of posts I did on the day of the "Big Experiment". We were going to try out the whole stay-at-home-dad thing. Oda Momma went out for the day and Oda Mae and I spent the the day together, just the two of us for the first time.

You'll have to scroll down to the very bottom of the page to start reading this series.

Friday, June 3, 2005

-OD

Wakin' Up

Here's a pic of Oda Mae wakin' up from this afternoons nap. I should have taken pics of Oda Momma and I as well just wakin' up from a nap today too.



Today's look at the past was a pic I took of Oda Mae when she was playing Star Wars!

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

All Good Things....

Like I said last week, it's been more than two years since I started this blog. I believe that things have run their course. I tend to not be posting very much and even the pics have slowed way down. I still enjoy blogging. I still enjoy taking care of Oda Mae. It just seems that there really needs to be a change. Next Wednesday, February 14th will mark the end of The Oda Mae Baby Blog.

I'll keep the site up for a while while I begin archiving my little journal of the last 2 1/2 years. I can't tell you how much fun I've had with this project. I started way back on Saturday, August 21, 2004, with my first blog post. Since then we've gone through pregnancy. We had a little girl. I became a stay-at-home-dad. And now, Oda Mae is very quickly turning into a little kid. How crazy is that. After Oda Mae was born several people asked me if I was going to keep posting. Well, it was more like..."You ARE going to keep posting, AREN'T YOU????!!!!!" And of course I said yes.

This blog has helped me stay in touch with my family and friends. I've even been able to make some new friends through the "Mommy" and "Daddy" bloggers network I have over there to the right. It's really nice to know I'm not the only one in the world who is staying home with their kid. It's even better to know that we all have the same problems, questions and concerns. These are the reasons that I've decided to start a new blog. The new blog will begin on February 15, 2007 at a currently "undisclosed" location. Like I said, I just need a change. I've been working on new projects that I really didn't think were appropriate for the "Baby Blog"; I have lots of new ideas that I'd like to talk about, and that will give the new blog a personality of its own. On the 14th I'll put up a link to the new site. I hope to see you all there!

In the meantime, this week I'll be linking to my favorite posts of all time from The Oda Mae Baby Blog. I think that would be a very nice way of bring things to a close.

My first look back at TOMBB is the post where Oda Momma and I told our families the good news.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004

-OD

Little Miss Grownin' up...

More that two years have passed since I started this blog. Since that time I've come to learn a lot about my self, a lot about Allison, and a lot about what I want out of life. Recently, I realized that Oda Mae is not a baby anymore. She is turning into a wonderful little girl. (with the exception of that whole "NO" thing.) This week, I've found that it is easier to teach her something new and positive rather than to try and get her to stop saying "NO". We are working on "Yes (NO), sir", etc. It seems to be taking a little bit of the edge off of "NO". We'll see how things turn out in the coming weeks.

Doing this, I've realized that now is the time to begin teaching her good manners. All of the "magic" words, being polite around other kids; all that kind of stuff. I hope that I'm not starting too late. Hind sight is 20/20 you know. I look back and see where I could have been doing so much more all this time. Please don't let my kid turn out to be a hoodlum!!!!

I suppose all parents feel this way; not knowing if they are doing the right things or doing them enough. I figure that ultimately, she will turn out to be the person she is meant to be. What ever that means. I can just try to teach her not only to look out for herself, but to watch out for others as well.

In the meantime, we'll play with our Little People, try to keep food off of the floor, and learn cool stuff like hopping like a frog. Speaking of Little People, we had a pretty big hit yesterday. Go check them out....

EDIT: Of course, after I make this blog post, this evening Oda Mae goes and sticks mac-n-cheese up her nose. I really wanted not to laugh, but I just couldn't help it. Someday I'll have a picture of that to show to future suitors.

-OD