Since We've Been Gone

A lot has happened with the Schmidt family in the past few months and the blog has been sorely neglected. Here's a quick recap.

Sam and Ashley went to Puerto Rico with some other Kellogg students

We had fun at the aquarium in Chicago!

The boys and Ashley took a trip to Texas and went to the pumpkin patch

The Schmidt boys on Halloween

Visited the dino at the Field Museum

Lincoln changed from this...

...to this!

And our view went from this...

...to this!

Swimming with Parker

My little fish!

Five Months

Lincoln is now a rolling master. His favorite time to practice is when he's in bed and should be sleeping. Or is it because that's the only time he's put down all day long?? He's definitely getting to be a spoiled little thing and usually cries when he's set down. Lincoln is also a little grabber and will try to pick up anything that is within arms reach. Today he knocked a giant container of pretzels off the counter while he was sitting in his Bumbo. He's getting bigger (and cuter) everyday! We love you Lincoln!

Addy

One of the things we miss most about San Diego are our friends and neighbors the Cowgills. Their daughter Addy and Parker were best buds and were so cute together. I love all these pictures of them together.

First date

Check out Parker's hand!

Engagement picture :)

This one is my absolute favorite! We love Addy!!

Fourth of July

We didn't have any big celebrations for the Fourth, but I wanted to post a picture of Parker in his festive bow tie that he wore to church!

Dad Life

My dad showed me this video today. Hil.ar.ious. Which one is your dad?

Four Months

In all the packing/moving craziness I forgot to post Lincoln's 4 month pics! He's growing, growing, growing! At his 4 month appointment he measured in the 99th percentile for length. He is still such a sweetheart and gives anyone who will look at him a big gummy smile. We love our Lincoln!

Lasts

Get it? Like instead of firsts? The last couple weeks we were in San Diego, we tried to hit up all our favorite spots one last time. So sad.

Last trip to the zoo

Last day at the beach

Sam, Parker and Lincoln's last trip to Disneyland

My last trip to Disneyland (Sam was awesome and let me and Lucy go BY OURSELVES!)

I'm really sad, but am also looking forward to lots of firsts in Chicago!!

the Mormon Battalion Museum

Did you know that San Diego has a Mormon Battalion Museum? It was closed the whole first year we were here for renovations. It opened up again in January, and we finally went and checked it out last weekend. It's awesome! First, you hear/watch the story of the Battalion. I learned so much that I didn't know. Like, did you know there were some women and children that marched too? During one part we were in the "store room" and Parker got to be the soldier and wear all the gear. He was into it for like a second and then quickly stripped it off.

After the tour we went outside to pan for gold. Found some!

Then we pumped water and learned to make bricks.

We also got a family picture (proof that Lincoln is still around...poor kid).

Definitely a must see while you're in San Diego!

the Fair

We're trying to pack in as much sight seeing as possible in the next couple weeks, so yesterday we braved the traffic and headed to the San Diego County Fair! We had tons of fun playing and eating!

Parker in the smelly Livestock Pavilion

Watching the hypnotist make people shake their booty

Parker rode his first rides ALL BY HIMSELF!

On the planes. Isn't he cute?

Big Truck! (as he would say)

My favorite ride-the swings

Of course we loved seeing all the food offerings and sampling some too

Turkey Legs

Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich...totally fried!

We decided to try deep fried oreos and a deep fried twinkie