Happy Halloween!

Mickey Mouse!

Duke's first Halloween! I was hoping to find a stink bug costume but Mickey Mouse was much cuter. He did good. We went over to the Rhoads' for a Halloween parade and then went trick or treating with cousin Avah!!

Cousin Avah as a 50's waitress.

Duke and daddy's first ride on a horse.

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I Have a 10 Month Old!

Duke was 10 months old on Sunday, which means that Christmas is two months away!!! A first birthday and the holiday's coming up!! We had a full weekend with visitors and fun fall activities.

Saturday we went to Merrymead Farms to get a pumpkin and caramel apple and to run through the corn maze. Lots of fun and lots of people.

Family day ;-)

On your mark, get set, GO!

Dad and Duke running through the corn maze.

Crazy cousins

Someone is getting a little tired of taking pictures.

Sunday, Grammy and Pappy Wood came to visit for the night. We went out to lunch and played in the yard and had a fun day. We love company.

Two weekends ago, Matt and Kim had the first "Horganfest" at their house. They had hayrides, pinata and lots of fun stuff for the kiddies. Duke had fun playing in the corn.

Digging through the corn at Uncle Matt's and Aunt Kim's.

Getting a little taste of the dangerous life from Uncle Brian.

Skills

This morning I woke up at about 5:15 am. I wish I could get up even earlier than that but I just can't crawl out of the warm comfort of my covers earlier than that in the fall. I woke up hoping to accomplish a year's worth of cleaning in about 2 hours before the dried snot nosed little "angel" woke up. He's been sick with a cold and not the happiest or most independent little camper around town. Still, I love being home with him and not working.

This is the sum of his attitude after he woke up at about 6:15 am. I think he has a sixth sense to when I am awake and wanting to get work done. On a normal day, I am waking him up to drag him out the door to Aunt B's house in the morning. Not today and probably not tomorrow.

This is his reaction to finding out the cupboards have all been "Duke proofed" in the house. Not happy.

Through the past few days he's been starting to walk, point, and do all sorts of fun things. I just can't even keep track of his mad skills.

"Peek-a-Boo"!!!! "Wheeeerrrrrrreeeee's Duke?"

Here he is pointing at me. Now I think this is pointing. It could be "no, no, no" too because when I say "no, no, no" I am pointing my finger.

These are the stills of him taking some steps. He's been taking up to about 8-10 steps on his own and without our encouragement. It is only a matter of days before he is tearing through the house.

Yes, mother of the year was snapping pictures as her child came crashing to the floor. Mom-mom, Gramma and Grammy - he was just fine.

Duke is showing off his ripped abs in this photo. I actually don't know what he was so excited about in this picture but as long as he is smiling - I don't care.

I had to put him in the living room while I folded a basket of laundry because it really shouldn't take 45 minutes for fold one basket of laundry. He is always trying to find ways to escape and he's a climber!

And FINALLY! Aunt Megan and Uncle Marc came to visit!!! At first Duke played shy guy but he gave Aunt Megs hugs and then it was back to his normal self.

Early Birthday Present for Duke

Playing with the wheel - he is so excited.

"Can you put it together dad?"

For some reason he kept kissing the girl on the box. Heh! As if she is the one who got him his new wagon. What's a mom gotta do to get some love?

Okay, so I found a good deal on a Radio Flyer wagon online Friday. I decided to cash in on the deal and order it for either birthday or Christmas for Duke. I ordered it by noon on Friday and it showed up at my door Saturday!!! That was the fastest free shipping EVER!!! So I got really excited and had to give it to him right away. I know, I am going to be one of those moms who get more excited than the kids. Now I have to come up with something else but I have a few ideas. Plus, it's good to have when the weather is still nice to cart him around outside (convincing?). Duke loves it and helped his dad put it all together.

Going for a ride in the house with Rose.

Time to take it outside!

Going for a ride with BF Rose.

And Rose makes her escape!!

Time for a bottle and a nap - long day of assembly and riding. He cozied up in his wagon and chilled for a bit.

Go Phillies!!

Once again, the Phillies are in the playoffs for the World Series!! I am hoping that they win this year so we can tell Duke the Phillies won his first World Series!! He got this outfit from Rock and Jill and it fits perfectly just in time!!


This is Duke's new pj set that was on sale at GAP. Too cute for $5. It glows in the dark too. And yes, that is a dog toy in his mouth and a doll in the background.

I don't know if you can tell or not but we attempted a hair cut. His hair is shorter in the Phillies picture and longer in the pj picture. It is hard enough to trim his nail so we just did what we could get of his hair. I think it's ok.

We're all feeling a little under the weather this weekend. Just coughing and tired. Duke has a runny nose so we're trying to lay low and relax. The weather is so beautiful. It makes it hard to want to stay inside. I want to take him on hayrides and pumpkin picking - blah.

Punkin'

Duke picked out his first pumpkin this weekend! I was so excited to take him and we have many more places to go but we made a quick pit stop to Freddy Hill Farms on the way to mom-mom's house to get some pictures. I love this time of year with the fall colors and knowing the holiday's are coming up - QVC watching time!!! The pictures always come out so pretty.

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