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)