Hello Hello and Happy February!

All is good at the Schmidt house. Halen is excited about his Auntie Natalie and Uncle Eric from Florida coming for a visit next week. Their kids,Jaxon and Bailey are coming too. Bailey has never seen snow before so we are praying that the snow stays around at least until the 7th. Halen hasn't seen them since our family vacation in St Pete Beach in July.

Halen is talking a lot. I don't always understand him, but he keeps telling me things anyway. He asked me "Where's daddy?" the other day. He seems to want to know where Carl is when he's not here. Halen looks for him and calls out for him all the time. I have to call Carl sometimes just so Halen can hear his voice. My favorite thing he does is when he wants to watch cartoons. He will gather up his blank and whatever else he feels like, climb up on the couch and get comfy. Then he says "Mommy?!" When I answer him he says,"toons." Usually he follows that up with which toon he wants. Usually, choo-choo (Thomas) clue-clue (Blues Clues) Pablo (Backyardigans) or Dora. It is so cute!!

His love affair with Santa is not over! He still brings me The Night Before Christmas book to read him at least three times a week. He still wears his Santa hat every day. Sometimes all day long. He even takes it to bed with him. Sometimes, he prefers his Santa hat to his regular winter hat. So, if you see a kid out in public in the near future wearing a Santa hat, it's probably Halen.

He also has a few new words.

84.couch
85.buddy
86.watch
87.toons
88. Sowy (sorry)

Sorry................

Well, he is continuing to be a happy, healthy little boy that we enjoy soooooo much. He has his moments like every other toddler though. He slapped me the other day when I asked for a kiss. Carl was holding him at the time. Carl "smacked" his hand and told him NO. I asked for another kiss. He slapped me again. This time Carl smacked his hand a little harder, told him no again and told him to tell mommy sorry. His bottom lip went out and he started to cry. He just looked at me and said "sowy." So, now when I tell him no or raise my voice even slightly, he tells me sorry.

I finally got him on video this week showing us where his body parts are!

Happy New Year Everyone!

I hope that everyone had a great New Year! We sure did. I thought I would add a slide show since individual pictures take up so much room.

Halen is doing great. The doctor says to keep doing what I'm doing because Halen is happy, healthy and right on track. His little personality is so fun to watch develop. He just loves to sing and dance. He enjoys books and flash cards a lot too.

He knows lots of words, 83 to be exact. You can check the archived posts to see all of his words. He also knows several animal & other sounds. He knows where his eyes, nose, mouth, ears, head, hair, feet, toes, belly, hands and tounge are.

All in all, he's fantastic;)~

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

#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!

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.

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.