Lets catch up!

Wow, have we been busy! What a great vacation we had while our friends were here from Florida. Halen and their daughter Bailey went sledding for the first time ever. As a matter of fact, they landed the day we had that huge storm. (2/6) It took them several hours to get to our house. When they finally did, the kids wanted to go sledding right away. So, at 10 pm we ventured out to the hill down the street. The gate was closed, so we parked at the road and walked. It was so much fun! Just us and about four other people. When I put Halen on Carl's lap to go down the hill, he said "Weee" The next day was a different story though. We tried to go back and there was about 200 people out there. (no school that day) We also went downtown for the WinterBlast on Friday. That was fun too. The kids tent and marshmallow roasting was neat. By far, My favorite was the Kahlua & Hot Chocolate trailer. lol......

Well, Halen gives knuckles now. sometimes not so willingly though. He says "knuckles" and gives them to himself more often then he gives them to others. He also looovveess Thomas the train. He calls him choo choo. He now says chug-a chug-a choo choo when he plays with his Thomas toy train I bought him.

He has also discovered a love for basketball. I bought him a net to go along with the 10,000 balls he has. He really likes dunking the ball.

Halen likes to walk around the house in mine and Carl's shoes. He also like to dig into the winter accessories basket for dress up. He will put on hats and gloves along with the shoes and while he's on his way to show me, stop and grab a spatula or spoon. He will check himself out in the mirror and laugh.

My favorite new thing is how he really enjoys throwing his diapers away. He grabs it away from me and runs to the garbage can. He steps on the foot pedal and holds it open while he throws the diaper in. Then, he claps for himself and says "yeah" I love it!!!

I have new words to share.

89.ouch
90. Happy
91. No
92. cracker
93. crayon
94. color
95. team
96. paper
97. milk
98. monkey
99. bunny
100. nuggle (snuggle)
101. mote (remote)
102. shopping
103. knuckles
104. chuga-a choo choo!
105. basketball

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;)~

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!
































xxxxx

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!!