Some interesting changes...

1. Christopher likes to eat crayons now...he ate a blue one yesterday.
2. He now likes to say uh-oh THEN drop his cup.
3. He also likes to point at me and say no....we are totally in for it!

His vocabulary is expanding (haha) and he is starting to make more sense. Here are his current words and their meaning:

Uh-oh = I'm about to throw something.
Pupu = puppy
Dad = Charlie
Dada = just about everything else
Stick = we have these sticky letters and numbers for the bathtub and when we put them on the wall we say "stick". He started doing it too and it's so funny!
Mama = GIVE ME!!! (so annoying) He even does this to me in the car when I'm trying to eat breakfast on the way to drop him off at school. I think we played "mama" for an hour or so on the way home from Austin yesterday. Once I give him what he wants he giggles and smiles at me.
This/That = pointing at something.

There are a few others we are trying to figure out. He's just a little ham! He loves to smile and do everything we tell him not to do. I disciplined him the other day for the first time by popping him on the hand. What did he do? He popped me back. What did I do? I laughed...oh well!

Anyway, he is keeping us beyond busy right now and we are loving it! = )

Chicago!

We went to Chicago/Valparaiso last weekend for the 2010 Schumann family reunion! I cannot even begin to tell you how wonderful it was to catch up with the family! The last time we were all together was at our wedding in 2007 but Chuck and I really didn't get a chance to catch up with everyone...so this was a treat!

I will spare you the travel horror stories but getting there and home was a near disaster...but the actual time spent in the Chicago area was awesome!!! We loooooved Chitown!

Friday we spent the majority of the day traveling. On Saturday my cousin, Lara, took us to Chicago for a day of site-seeing. We went to Taste of Chicago which was super yummy! I had spinach stuffed Chicago style pizza which is to-die-for!
We saw a lot of cool architecture, including "the bean".
We went to the John Hancock building which apparently has the fastest elevator in North America...in all honesty I was scared to death looking out of the windows and it scared me even more to have Christopher up there. The views were amazing though.We ventured by Wrigley field while we were there too. Christopher was so tired by the time we got there BUT this is a picture every dad should have with their son so we went anyway! = )
Sunday was our official family reunion day. Lara rented a pavilion at a local park and we grilled, played games and enjoyed each other's company! It was a great day that ended with a fantastic firework show. I was so nervous about taking Christopher to the fireworks but homeboy slept through the ENTIRE show!! It was nuts!
Here is a picture of the Schumann family before the firework festivities began!
Again, I will spare you the travel details but our trip ended up being one extra, unexpected day! We took advantage of this and Lisa, Charlie and I took the "El" downtown and explored. Grandma Henry (once again!) stayed in with our bambino so we could enjoy ourselves! Thanks Grandma Henry!! We went and had some fabulous custard and Chicago style pizza!! Yummy!


We had such a great weekend! Thanks to cousin Lara for coordinating the weekend! It was a blast!!

Cutest Kid In The Universe...

Well at least for the month of August in Parents magazine...haha! I sent this picture in months ago for fun and sure enough it was picked to be published! What a stud!