Weitzeil Halloween Party

My dads work does trick-or-treating, so Friday afternoon, me, Christine, Mom, Somre + the kiddos, spent an hour walking from office to office loading up on candy. It was pretty impressive how much they got!

After trick-or-treating, my mom threw a Halloween party at their house for the family. She made curry and some spooky side dishes. Oh, & her house looked quite cute, too! 

'Twas a spooktacular night with the fam!

Haunted Moonlight Lift

One of my favorite traditions that Chad and I have been doing every year since we met is going on the Haunted Moonlight Lift up at Sundance. I was so bummed when we couldn't go last year because of bed rest, so I was determined that we weren't going to miss it this year. Chad's mom was so sweet to come over and babysit Duke while we went up the canyon. We froze our bums off, which was a harsh wake-up call that winter is just around the corner. We sipped our hot chocolate and enjoyed our date night alone... it was weird not having Duke with us considering it was our 3rd date alone with each other since he was born! It was such a fun date night with my lover!

{yay for blurry iphone pictures}

Jaker's Jack-O-Lanterns

Last weekend we went to Jaker's Jack-O-Lanterns pumpkin patch in Springville. We have never picked pumpkins off the vine, so we decided this was the year we were going to start this tradition. We found the most perfect large, tall pumpkins + they were only $6.50 each (they would've cost probably around $20 at a grocery store because of their size!) This was seriously the cutest little pumpkin patch I've been to so far, and I've been to a lot!

Duke was loving sitting in the cart by himself and holding on like a big boy!

They had a little petting zoo, which had a kangaroo (what?!) We had never seen one before so it was fun to pet it (Chad only petted it, I'm a germa phobe when it comes to stuff like that) and watch it kick the ram that was in the cage with it.

Of course, we had to get ourselves some pumpkin spice Art City donuts afterwards, which were to die for! We downed them in less than 2 minutes. 

 We carved our pumpkins on Monday night once we put Duke down for the night. Call me crazy, but I LOVE pulling out all the gunk from the pumpkin. I probably like it more than carving ;)

Chad carved the thing from Ghostbusters (I don't even know what it's called) and I carved Snow White. This is one of my favorite traditions!! 

9 Month Update

9 Months! This has to be my favorite age yet. Duke has the cutest little personality and it kills me. He is my best little partner and I LOVE spending my days with him. He fills the spot in my heart that I never knew was missing. I know I say this every update I write, but it's because it's so true... Duke is literally the happiest baby! He is rarely grumpy and always has a smile on his face. His laugh is so contagious and genuine. He's the best thing that's ever come into our lives. We love you Duke!

Clothing: 9-12 months

Bedtime: 7 pm. Wakes up between 6-7 am.

Sleeping: Sleeps all through the night. Booyah! Takes 2 naps during the day, usually about 1.5 hours each.

Development: (this has been a big month! I feel like he has learned so much since his 8 month update)

- crawls everywhere

-pulls himself up onto everything

-walks along furniture, walls, fireplace, etc.

-still says 'mama' dada'

-graduated from the infant carrier and is now in his big boy car seat

-has bottom 2 teeth, top 2 just broke through the skin!

-knows how to give kisses and make the kissing noise

-claps

-feeds himself finger foods

-can suck out of a straw (10/2/15 was his 1st time)

Likes:

-jumping (especially when you say 'jump!")

-playing with the car keys

-playing with his toys (especially the standing musical one)

-exploring the whole house

-putting EVERYTHING in his mouth

-pulling Bruno's tail

-getting kisses from Bruno

-playing (more like pounding) the piano

-hanging upside down

-pat-a-cake

-being tickled

-flirting with everyone (especially the ladies) everywhere we go

Dislikes:

-being in his carseat

-getting diaper changed

-drying off after a bath

-getting dressed

-teething

-doesn't like sitting still, always on the go

Statistics:

24 pounds
29.5" long
19" head