Christmas

Halen really enjoyed himself this Christmas. We had everyone at our house on Christmas Eve and we went to Carl's Dads on Christmas day. All of the Aunts and uncles, Papa & Grandma and Grandpa spoiled him.Santa was good to Halen too. He got a THX Elmo and a real old fashioned fire engine! He loves it! He sits on it and says "woo-woo" Too cute. He especially likes the magna doodle that we got him.
He just scribbles away, then erases and starts over.
It was so fun watching him open gifts. Next year should be even better!
































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New Words 62-83

One of his newest words is Carl. When daddy doesn't answer to Daddy, he yells out "Carl" How flippin funny is that? He will stand at the bottom of the stairs and yell up to Carl when he wants to see him. He must have got that from me.

62. see-saw
63. coat
64. blue
65. clues-clues (blues clues)
66. blank (his blanket that he loves)
67. puppy
68. choo-choo
69. train
70. ho-ho-ho (not ha-ha-ha)
71. gentle
72. uh-oh
73. go
74. mow (for meow)
75. Cathy
76. Carlos
77. gall gone (all gone)
78. Tommy
79. Auntie
80. cawkee (coffee)
81. Pablo (his favorite Backyardigan)
82. nany (the new work for banana)
83. Carl

TANTA!!!

Well, the kids loves Santa. Actually, it's more like an obsession. Carl and I along with Bill, Renee and Tyler went to see the big guy on Thursday. Once Santa was in sight, Halen wanted to get to him! "Tanta,Tanta, Tanta" he kept saying. When we got really close, he was trying to get past the other couple of families in front of us to get to Santa. When it was our turn I just let him go. He ran up to Santa. I put him on his lap and he just sat there staring at him and touching him. He was sooo good! After a while I picked him up and we got out of the way so as Tyler could have a turn. "Tanta,Tanta, Tanta" was all he could say. He was trying to get back to Santa. I had to leave the area and go into a store. He was still trying to get out of his stroller to get to him.

Ever since a cashier gave him a Santa picture about a month ago, he can't stop talking about him. Every time he sees a picture, commercial, toy of Santa he gets excited. I think that seeing him up close on our Polar express trip was the deal clincher though. He got to shake his hand and Santa gave him a jingle bell. He plays with that bell all the time.What a fun night that was. We actually were kinda bummed out when we got a late November date for the ride. We wanted a snowy train ride. Well, just as we were getting in line for hot cocoa, it started to snow. I know.....just like a movie or something!


I even found a Santa doll that my mother had bought for him before she passed away. It plays "You better watch out". When I ask him to have Santa sing him a song, he squeezes it to make it play. Then he dances around with it.

I know that next year is supposed to be the BIG Christmas. But I think that this one so far, is pretty big for him. I cannot wait to see him open gifts!!

#59

It seems that Halen adds a word a day sometimes. It is so fun to hear him repeat things that he hears us say. For instance, boobs. I am not counting that as a word though. Funny, yet not at the same time.

59. Ravi (ravioli)
60. Deal
61. Yes/jes

It funny, because Carl and I talk to Halen like a little person and not a baby. So, sometimes he talks or answers back in the same manner. When Carl tells or asks him things, sometimes he says something like, "I'll be back in a minute and then we'll play. Deal?" To which Halen replies, "Deal"
I will ask him a question or pose a deal to him and he answers either "deal or yes/jes" Now I follow that up with "Let's shake on it." I taught him how to shake hands with me. Now I make him shake on it with me to seal the deal!

Picture Day

Well, we took Halen for pictures today. We went to a new place. Portrait innovations, in front of Lakeside Mall. I have to say that of all of the places we have been, I like them the best. We got great quality pictures, a lot of pics for the price and the girl who worked with us was wonderful. Halen was more interested in running around at first, but we managed to get some excellent photos. We ended up with 13 sheets of pictures! We also ordered our Christmas cards too.

This is the picture that we used for the card.

I love this one of his face close up and the one with the teddy bear!

I want to also add that Halen has some new words.

37. Sara
38. Buddy
39. Cray-Cray (Craisins)
40. Baby
41. Food
42. Papa (still working on Grandma)
43. cheese
44. cheese-cheese (grilled cheese)
45. Santa/Tanta
46. Tap
47. Dora
48. Elmo
49. Coffee (caw-caw) He eve recognizes the Starbucks symbol as coffee. I actually make 99% of my cappuccino at home, so I don't know why he knows it.
50. pie (for pie and pizza)
51.puppy
52. soup
53. blue
54. ghost
55. Feet
56. socks
57. ear
58. head

I should also add that Halen has learned several body parts:

• Head
• Eyes
• Ears
• Nose
• Mouth
• Belly
• Feet
  

What's new with Halen ...36 words and counting

Hello all. Can you believe that Christmas is just 6 weeks away? I am excited about Halen's first big Christmas. Although I think that next year will be the one that HE is most excited about. I have already started shopping for him. I can't help myself. I even taught him to say Santa.
It is crazy how fast he picks up words lately. I reposted his word list below with his new additions.

1. Daddy
2. Mama
   
3. Doggy
4. Eat
5. Chair
6. Juice
7. Shoes
8. Car
9. Tree
   
10. Tire
11. Tea
12. Cracker or Crack
13. Nana aka Banana
14. Grapes (a favorite)
15. Night-Night
16. Outside
17. Village (because of our Halloween village that we have on our mantel)
18. Hi
19. Bye
20. Ty-ee (Tyler)
21. Nay Nay (Renee)
22. Bill
23. Bottle
24. Hot
25. Sun
26. grrr..the sound a dinosaur makes
27. woo-woo....the sound for a fire engine
28. Snack (nack)
29. Flower
30. Cathy
31. Train
32. Frog
33. Coffee (caw-caw)
34. Cuck-uh (for when he sticks his hands in the plants or garbage can)
35. Ball
36. Book
    

He learns something new every day it seems. He loves to read books and for me to read them to him. He also LOVES his baby einstien flash cards. That is how he knows a lot of his words. He could sit forever and look at them.

Halloween Pictures

I finally got the film developed from Halloween!!!

The itsy bitsy spider

Eating My Kit Kat, spider Halen & Chloe Dog!!

Halloween was a lot of fun this year!

Aunt Cathy, Aunt Anita & Uncle Carlos came over for pizza. They passed out candy while we trick or treated.
We only went to three houses in our neighborhood. Halen ran the whole time. We went next door to Walt and Bonnie's first. Their dog Chloe and Halen are best buddies. Halen was so excited to see her and just let himself in their house to go see her. He went back to the door 3 times for more candy too.
Later we went to our friends Bill & Renee's house. We got to see Tyler dressed up and some of the neighbor's kids too. Scott and Tania stopped by with Julia. She was such a sweet lamb. Halen's first really big Halloween (for us anyway) was wonderful! I will have more pictures soon. The few here are from only one camera. I have to get film developed yet.

Pictures

Fall is here

Well, it's almost Halloween! Halen is going to be a spider this year. I'll be sure to post some pics next week when I get them!


He has been very busy learning lots of new things. He knows where his head, belly and ears are. He also has lots of words. It's ironic because I was just reading an article about a month ago about how kids should have 50-100 words by the time they are two. At the time Halen only had about 4 or 5. Now he has tons!! Just goes to show you how quickly they develop.

Here's the list:

1. Daddy
2. Mama or Mommy
3. Doggy
4. Eat
5. Chair
6. Juice
7. Shoes
8. Car
9. Tree ( he is obsessed with cars and trees right now)
10. Tire
11. Tea
12. Cracker or Crack
13. Nana aka Banana
14. Grapes (a favorite)
15. Night-Night
16. Outside
17. Village (because of our Halloween village that we have on our mantel)
18. Hi
19. Bye
20. Ty-ee (Tyler)
21. Nay Nay (Renee)
22. Bill
23. Bottle
24. Hot
25. Sun
26. rrr..the sound a dinosaur makes
27. coo-coo ....the sound for a fire engine
28. Snack (nack)
    

He loves to dance and most recently started spinning in circles. He is also a singer. He sings a song all about daddy and one all about momma.
He also sings his version of ABC's and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. He's not really into any cartoons or anything. He does have a certain fondness for Blues Clues though. He will sit for two episodes sometimes. The other day he got mad when the credits started to roll at the end of the show. He just looked at the screen and then at me and started to yell. I am good friends with On Demand. lol

His third love is food. This kid eats all day long. If he's not actually eating, he's talking about food non stop. I must hear the word grapes about 50 times a day.