Halloween 2010

Well, we survived our first Halloween! Sarah was so stinking cute in her little sunflower costume...and it just so happened that my friend that I teach with and his wife had given Sarah a bumble bee basket when she was born. So we used her bumble bee for her "trick-or-treat bag"- only used for pictures of course- because lets be honest she has two teeth, unless people were handing out puffs, she really didn't need to go door to door!

I tried to get some pics before it got too crazy, but Sarah was already interested in all of the people...we didn't have daddy to help with the picture taking- he had to work :(

The Carlton's came over to trick or treat with us. Every year, Michelle hands out toothbrushes and wasn't sure of the crowd she would have in her new neighborhood, so they joined us- knowing our neighborhood would be hoppin...and it was!!Sarah and Kyleigh....how cute is this?!

Mom and Ms. Patty getting their station ready....

Sarah taking it all in. For some reason it was really warm tonight- the past two nights it was nice and cool- not tonight! We ditched the costume very quickly and she was much happier.

The calm before the storm. Craziness- that's all I can say! We saw over 500 people in 45 minutes- ran out of toothbrushes and candy!! At one point you couldn't even see the street because there were so many people on it at one time! Last year was our first year in this neighborhood and we knew it was crazy so we left...this year we stayed and I can't even tell you how overwhelming it was! After we ran out of treats, we packed up and headed inside and watched Kyleigh and Sarah play and waited for Cooper to get back from trick or treating with his friend. All in all it was a really fun night.

House Divided- NCAA

When you marry a boy whose "not from 'round here", you tend to get differing views on the household team-then add a Great Uncle's influence in the mix...thus the confusion that lies ahead for my child.

Saturday LSU played away, so it was the perfect opportunity for Sarah to sport all of her NCAA gear- she goes threw a few outfits a day anyway, so why not be festive right?? I will attempt to narrate for Sarah in the following pics...

ORANGE mom REALLY!?!? Waving of the wheat?!?!

Ok, I realize I got my Orange shirt dirty, but what is this??? Why when I look down at my shirt it says no. I didn't even do anyting yet!

At last mommy...You know how to make me happy! You know my colors are purple and gold! That's why I love you!

Thanks Grammy for the adorable OU onesie and Thank You Uncle Eddie for the awesome OSU outfit - we really do appreciate the love you have for our Sarah...but seriously, you heard the kid...her colors are purple and gold ;0)

PS: Uncle Eddie this pic is for you!

**Side note: ALL three teams lost today!! Guess she's going naked next week!

DSHS Football

Sarah got to attend her first DSHS football game Friday night-which happened to be homecoming! I work the gate at all of the home games and my mom usually keeps Sarah for me because Andy isn't home from work yet...well, mom has gone to Oklahoma for two weeks, so other plans had to be made for Sarah.

I asked my great friend Missy (who I teach with) at Carroll's Chaos if she could help me out and she said yes! She has two young girls who are absolutely in love with "Baby Sarah"....so she had lots of help. Sarah stayed with the Carroll's for an hour or so and then they all came to the game- Missy's husband coaches for our school.

This is the pic Missy sent of Sarah with her girls - Katie and Emma.

Sarah was such a trooper! She made it through halftime of the game and probably could have stayed a little longer, but I didn't want to take my chances. She was passed around to many of my teacher friends, introduced to many of my students and even met "Butch" our school yellow jacket mascot and just took it all in!Trying to figure out what why mommy passed her off to this big headed thingy .

Sarah and her new buddy Katie. She smiled big when she saw Katie-but was sure to not smile when I took the camera out!
Enjoying football game concessions...or puffs- details, details.

Sarah and Mommy! (Sporting one of her Grammy made onesies)

The Carlton's were at the game too...so Sarah got to see her buddy Kyleigh.

I was so worried how the night would go, because after she woke from her afternoon nap she was a bit fussy...but I guess she had so much to entertain her, she was a happy baby!

Pumpkin Patch 2010

Sunday we took Sarah to the Episcopal church's pumpkin patch here in town. It was another beautiful day. She has never really been in the grass or on the ground...so she was very interested in the hay.


We were finally able to get her to pay a little attention to us and then the pumpkins..


But really all she was interested in was the hay...Too many new things around her...no smiles on this trip- just taking it all in...maybe next year she'll smile!

7 Months

Sarah with her pumpkin from the pumpkin patch that Daddy decorated for her! We created this little photo shoot in our back yard trying to find leaves that Fritz hadn't already "found". It wasn't long before every leaf in that pile was making its way to Sarah's mouth! We gave up on getting a smiling picture.

At 7 months:

• Sarah's crawling is becoming much faster and she is now starting to pull up on furinture and anything else that will stay still long enough...Sarah has learned Fritz moves!
• Starting to eat finger foods and is much better about eating her baby food.
• Sleeping well on most nights...although I vow to never talk about her sleeping habbits, because as soon as I do....it all goes down hill!!
• She is getting such a little personality...she cracks herself up all the time and thinks Andy and I are hilarous-which is nice considering we do some reall silly things to make her laugh.
• Loves Peek-a-boo
• Still only two teeth and still blues eyes (I know I say this every month, but it just amazes me I have a blue eyed child!)
• Weighs 20 pounds (I only know this because last week we had to go to the doctor for a sinus infection) as for height, I have no idea- she won't sit still long enough for us to get a good measurement.
• We are really enjoying this stage in Sarah's life!!

LSU 32 McNeese St 10

Another gorgeous weekend for tailgating!

Jocelyn filled our tummies this weekend with fried fish, crawfish hush puppies, wings and french fries...all very good!!If you are ever out at LSU and your trying to find us just look for the tackiest SUV on campus and you will have found us! From this view alone, I count 8 stickers/magnets, two wind socks, two turn-ie things and then of course the four flags! Jocelyn really loves her husband's style when it comes to his ride ;)Lots of visitors this weekend...although I didn't get pics of all, I love having people stop by on game day. Buck and his two boys stopped by with Jeremy and his little man. Josh was with us the whole tailgate and went to the game with us.

Ronnie and Emily- Jeff's dearest friends- joined us for the game as well. They are currently living in Lake Charles and Emily is back in school at McNeese, so they were dressed in the blue and gold! Jeff sadly could not be with us because he had drill this weekend :(Former LSU players Chris Hill and Rusty Barrilleaux (who I now work with) also stopped by to hang out for a little while.We made it to the dairy story for homemade LSU ice cream this weekend as well. I have tried to make this a new tradition with Ashlyn and Brooklyn now that they are with us every game- except we didn't make it in time for the last game before they closed.All of the kiddos with their ice cream! Lucas was able to bring the whole family to this game so he and Rachel brought Chance and Tory to get ice cream with Cooper and the girls. Poor things they were all trying to get into that ice cream and we all wanted pics!!Weekly hubby pic.And the "JOCs" as Ben has named us....The Jacobsen's, O'Neal's and Carlton's. Love tailgating with you all!!

Everyone needs a piece...

Of Daddy time...
Fritz fights for Andy's attention with Sarah when Andy gets home of Fridays. This pic cracks me up Sarah is either thinking "Save me momma!" or "Get the heck off of me dog!"

G- rated?

With our new adventures in crawling Sarah has found a new favorite spot.

NFL

We are a house divided...San Diego Super Chargers! Go Bolts!

New Orleans Saints! Who Dat!!

Don't get me started on our house division with college football!! I am still having a little trouble putting her in OU crimson and cream...I mean is it really necessary- well all know she will follow in her mommas footsteps! (at least I hope!;)

LSU 16 Tenn 14

What a gorgeous day to tailgate!! A week earlier we were worried about the game time being changed to 2:30...but as luck would have it a cold front moved in and it was beautiful!! We started early...8am! On the menu breakfast.. Andy cooked up some pancakes, eggs and bacon. Cooper was his assistant.Gotta wear the apron if you're cooking!Cooper showing me his first missing tooth...it's on the bottom.UGH!!! This satellite is going to cause Mike to loose his hair...oh wait to late! Every week we have to wait on Waylan to get to LSU to set it up...it hasn't dawned on these boys to pay attention to what he does so that maybe one week they could actually set it up by themselves...boys!Me and little bro Jeff Jocelyn's brother Justin and his wife Jessica were in from Illinois for the game- Great people!

Me and the hubby!Time for lunch already...pass the apron!Michelle, Glenn and Ben

Ben showing us is "guns".

http://www.tailgatetrivia.com/ showed up at our tailgate. You get 5 questions- you get them right you are put in a drawing to win a prize of some sorts. Since Justin was the out-of-towner, we put him up to it. I will have you know that if I hadn't been there- he would have missed out on 2 of the five questions- What year was LSU in the SEC? Justin was given an "ask a friend" life line. So he comes to the group to ask and what da ya know- THE GIRL knew!! The SEC has been around for 75 years and LSU has been in the SEC from the beginning! The other question: Who was the first football coach at LSU? I also knew this one...well, kind of there is a building on campus named after Coates. Other questions: What is the shape of the uprights T or H? H in case you didn't know. How many years has Les Miles been the coach at LSU? 6. and I can't seem to remember the 5th...Any way, the website is suppose to put some of the answers on line by Tuesday- we will have to see if we made it!

Andy, me and Jeff...ready to go. Really the Nichols coozie?!?!

Stadium pics...To sum this game up...Thank goodness Tennessee can't count!