Mardi Gras Fun!!!!

We had so much fun Saturday...it was so cold. I think it never made it above 35. We were bundled up and trying to stay warm via alcholic beverage...haha did not work very well. We are not championship drinkers like some on our float, but mangaged ok. Here are some pics.





Our Float



Me & Chris at the back of the float.



Ready to roll!!!




Me & My friend Mary.



Me & Gari. I loved her eyelashes.



The Trekkie Girls

March Of Dimes Fundraiser

I am raising money for the March of Dimes march for healthier babies. My beautiful daughter is a preemie and was born at 34 weeks 3 days. She was born completely healthy but very little. She weighed in at 4lbs 1oz and lost down to 3lbs 11oz, I am very lucky for Brooke to be as healthy as she is. I know it is because I had a really strong group of family and friends praying for both her and I. March of Dimes has touched your life if:

.your baby received a vaccine to prevent polio

.your baby received critical newborn screening to check for potentially dangerous but treatable conditions

.your took folic acid before and during pregnancy to prevent birth defects of the brain and spinal cord

.you had a premature baby who spent time in the NICU

.you had a healthy baby due in part to good prenatal care at home and from your doctor.

Please help me raise money for healthier babies. Here is the link to my website where you can donate securely online. www.marchforbabies.org/jenniferlandman

Me & Brooke Thank you!!!!

Mardi Gras Time

Chris and i are in the Krewe Of Centaur and we will be on the Star Trk float this year. We will be on the bottom row of the float on the drivers side. Look for us and we will throw one the specialty beads. Here are some pics of the float.

Don't Blink You Might Miss It

So it is not just raining today in Louisiana there is a little snow mixed in there with it (Yay Brooke's first Snowfall) Although I would not look for her to notice...since she is probably sleeping due to the fact that she went to bed at 830 last night and then woke up at 1130 and did not fall back asleep until 330...thats right 330. (yawn) This is very good sleeping weather. Just in case you did not venture outside today and heard a rumor of snow it was true...but you had to look very closely.

A picture from the BIG Snow storm...haha

I told you She thinks she is a BIG Girl

Mommy has the Hiccups

The other day I had the hiccups and Brooke thought it was funny. She had the hiccups at least 2 or 3 times a day when I was pregnant with her and she and she gets them at least once a week now. By the time we got the video of it she was not laughing as much but as you can see it still kept her entertained but not enough to quit eating.

Little Miss Independent

Brooke is growing at a alarming rate and becoming more independent by the day. Last night as I was feeding her veggies in the high chair she was grabing for her spoon. I put some veggies on her spoon and let her try it herself. She did manage to get what I gave her somewhat near her mouth...but then decided she would have a go at the handle of the spoon. I took it out of her death hold grasp only to have her scold me for taking it away from her....she would not eat anymore after that. She thinks she has to eat everything we are eating (I have to trick her and act like I am dipping her spoon in my bowl so she will eat) I have since stopped eating at the same time as her...its easier. She has to drink out of a water bottle everytime I do and will become very vocal if I do not give her a sip. Just this morning she grabbed my coffee cup and held her mouth open to get a drink of that....I said No Mam Mommy can't share this with you and she fussed but easily got over it. Who knew that at almost 8 months she would be big and independent....I want to keep her little just a while longer. Everyone tells you how fast kids grow up...but I never truly realized until here recently how true that statement is.

I hate Mondays

I miss my little girl. It sucks after being with her all weekend to have to take her to the sitters on Monday. She does not seem to mind (I hope she misses me)like I miss her. I do have to say I look forward to picking her up every day. I will go in and she will be playing and I say "Hey Punkin" want to go home and she has the biggest smile and is sooo excited to see me. Kinda makes me want to go out and come back in...only 6 hours and 7 mins and I will be on my way to get her.

A napless day.

Brooke is so terrible at taking naps during the weekend. I guess she is afraid she is going to miss something. She has taken 2 naps today about 20 min each...40 min for the day is not enough and often leaves her over tired at night. We finally got her to sleep and hopefully she is down for the night. She has had a big weekend with saying her first word "DaDa" and then last night during the rain storm we lost power for a little over 2 hours. We had a dozen candles going and Brooke was jumping in her jumperoo by candle light she did not care and seemed unphased by the whole thing. Chris and I decided to break out the boardgames to past the time and played Battleship (he won) I forgot how much I liked to play that game. It was a fun change from watching TV...but then the power came back on and we just had to watch the end of America's most wanted...blah

Video of Brooke saying DaDa

As the day went along yesterday she really got better at saying it. Too cute!!

Santa?? ZZ??

Chris's work had his going away party last night. It was bittersweet for him to leave but he is excited about his new job. Cliff above in he pictures (a mix between an anorexic Santa and ZZ top) wanted to hold Brooke so bad but he kept scaring her. We finally figured it was the facial hair. She loves to look at peoples lips when they talk and as you can see...you can't see his. It was some what funny that EVERYtime he would look at her she would bust out in tears.

Brooke said "Dada"

Ok, so it is not exactly what I wanted her to say first(would rather she said "Mama") but I still loved it the same. She has said it about three times since last night. To bad for Chris, he has not heard her say it yet. Another wonderful thing happened to. Brooke slept from 9PM last night to 8AM this morning. I guess it just goes to prove my previous post that she was soooo tired.

Soooo Sleepy

So Brooke has not been sleeping very well this week. She has been waking up at least once a night just to talk. She will talk for about an hour or more. She also is not napping very well and she wants to play instead. I have included a pic of her in her jumperoo sleeping. When we try and get her out she cries and jumps up and down. Haha

Little Miss LSU

Geaux Tigers. BCS Champs.

Welcome to our new blog

Ok, My friends in the June babies group have inspired me to make a blog for my family and friends. I am going to play around with and see what I can come with to add etc. Look for more things to come. Jen