Halloween Fun

  I love this time of year!  Cool fall weather, fun decorations, pumpkin spice, costumes, and of course, carving a pumpkin.  If you know me at all, you know that I am absolutely addicted to Pinterest, I mean, who isn't... amiright.  Anyway... I went to Pinterest for some fun fall activities for babies who are not yet old enough to paint or carve a pumpkin and I found the idea to pre-carve a pumpkin, scoop out the seeds and slime and put it into a gallon zip-lock bag so baby can safely play with the pumpkin guts.  Genius!  Luke was all about his bag of pumpkin guts for approximately 3 minutes, so  we moved on.  

I am always on the search for a hilarious picture to take of Luke, so of course I am going to cut holes in the pumpkin and make him sit in there for 10 minutes while I try to take a picture fast enough to keep him from trying to eat the edge of the pumpkin.  We took quite a few pictures, got a few pretty cute ones of just him and a few with all three of us, none of them Pinterest quality, but good enough for me!  "I'm more of a capture the memory" kind of girl rather than a "I have to have the perfect picture" kind of girl.

On another note, I love reading Luke books, even if he is crawling around and playing and not really paying attention.  I have found a few really cute halloween themed books and have been pretty much reading them on repeat this month.

Goodnight Goon // Love Monster // Frankenstein // I Need My Monster // Dracula

My parents get home on Saturday morning, Halloween!! So we are all going to the airport in our costumes to pick them up, I can't wait!  Another post will be coming soon with all of our halloween fun.  

Happy Halloween!

Luke's 9 Month Update

 Lucas turned 9 months old on September 30th, not a ton has changed since I wrote his 8 month update but I like keeping track of the little things.

At Luke's 9 month Dr. appt he weighed 18 pounds and was 27.5 inches long, he is getting so big!  Our Dr. also gave us the go ahead to start giving Luke small soft pieces of what we eat, so far he has just had cheese, lunch meat, kiwi, and a few other fruits.  I'm just easing myself in because I am honestly just nervous to give him much when it is just him and I  at home.

 Luke still isn't walking but he is getting so so close!  He can now stand up without holding on to anything, he kind of does downward dog then stands, it's pretty funny to watch.  We have a little push around walker for Luke and he has recently been pushing it up against the couch and climbing up the front of it, he is absolutely all over the place!  He has been saying "dada" for a few weeks now but over this week he has started to say "mama", which I LOVE!  Even though I know it's just sounds to him at this point, it makes me feel so good every time he says it, he's so sweet.

Luke has been getting really good at waving when we say "hi" and "bye" and every once in a while when Luke hears Zack's truck start in the morning to go to work he will turn and wave at the door, I don't know why... he started doing it on his own, it's pretty funny.

Fall is in full swing here and I love it!  Alaska doesn't really have the greatest falls, they are really short and this year we have had tons of rain, but it is my favorite time of year so I try to soak up every bit of it while it lasts.  The weather has cleared up this week so Luke and I have gotten out and taken a few walks.

This week I realized that I am totally one of those moms that constantly tells stories to anyone that will listen about how awesome my kid is, and these stories almost always include pictures.  Oh well... #momlife