- We attended lots of fall fests, and though Beckham loved the corn pits, I was a bit wary since the hospital incident involving corn. Beckham also likes "spooky." Dallin invented a horrifying Halloween version of The Itsy Bitsy Spider and throughout October Beckham always asked for "Spooky Spider." He also enjoyed the Halloween version of other nursery rhymes and picked up some classic Halloween vocab words such as ghost, pumpkin and witch. I preferred to keep things on the more "cutesy" side rather than the scary side for Halloween. 

Beck loved guiding us and our friends through the corn maze, saying confidently, "That way!"

- We went to Arizona for 48 hours for Dallin's 10-year high school reunion. That weekend was the first time I have seen a monsoon in nearly a decade! 

- Dallin and I both turned 29! 

For Dallin's birthday, we went to the Sleep Token concert.  It was incredible. Dallin saw their show two years ago when I was freshly postpartum, and even though I was in no shape to attend back then, I was quite jealous of his videos.  This time, I checked with my audiologist friend Emily if it was okay to go to a concert while pregnant (I was concerned about the baby's developing hearing) and she said yes -- AND she was going to be in town from Idaho to attend the same concert! 

For my birthday, Dallin and I enlisted Eric and his girlfriend Gracie to babysit so that we could have a date night at the Cheesecake Factory. He also surprised and spoiled me with presents! 

- For Halloween, Dallin wouldn't drop his years' long joke of pregnant-me dressing as a whale, so I went ahead and got us Star Wars costumes.  10-year-old me, who dressed as my icon Padmé Amidala, would have been very proud of me dressing up as her once again but this time pregnant style!  Beckham loved trick-or-treating and quickly became a pro at holding out his little basket and asking politely for candy.

More fall hikes:

hot chocolate walks

a stop in Midway after watching his Grandpa Urness compete in the rodeo shooting targets off horseback

This Christmas the Urness family surprised everyone with tickets to an adults-only trip aboard a Royal Caribbean Cruise!  We dropped Beckham boy off with his Samuelson grandparents, and then off we flew to Texas to depart on the ship out of Galveston. 

I was incredibly nervous to leave Beckham for the first time, but text updates showed him having lots of fun, and for the first time I since he was born I was able to actually sleep in! For many members of the family, their idea of a fun cruise was participating in all the onboard activities, but me? I was ecstatic to be able to sit by the pool and read an entire book.  Our family was joined with a massive group of recent high school graduates (including Gracie) and their parents. 

The first full day at sea, Dallin entered a volleyball tournament. His shoes were not up for the task. A poorly-landed jump resulted in a severe ankle sprain, the symptoms so bad that our doctor brother-in-law Matt thought it was likely a break, although an X-ray on the cruise ship and again at home determined it was not broken. Dallin spent much of the cruise in a wheelchair and was only allowed to use the ship's crutches during excursions.

Cozumel:

In Cozumel, our big party with all the graduates was supposed to go on catamaran to a beach to snorkel.  Unfortunately, not long after getting on the catamaran, there was a major misunderstanding/argument between some of the adults in our party and the captain, resulting in our entire group getting kicked off. So the Urness family split from the rest of the group.  Dallin's dad gave a restaurant worker a tip in exchange for letting us swim at the private beach, and we swam and sipped virgin piña coladas until the restaurant manager kicked us out. 

Roatán:

Our day in Roatán was packed with adventure. We started off riding horses through the jungle and on the beach.  This excursion was followed by visiting an animal sanctuary where we were able to meet sloths, macaws and monkeys.  Finally, the group (excluding Kaeli and I) went zip lining.

We had to be careful to avoid the youngest macaw -- he bit hard!

Costa Maya:

More from the cruise:

70's night, when Danielle roped me and Devin into competing with her on an adults-only game show event. Some of the guys became cruise-famous for their participation in cruise activities, including the sexiest man competition.  Parley became known as the hot dog guy for lying on his side, wearing a captain hat and eating a hotdog during said competition.

Afterwards 

Our flight to Arizona was so delayed we thought it would be cancelled, but luckily it was not.  We pulled in very late and decided not to say hi to Beckham boy until he morning. When he woke up in the morning, I went in his room to find him with no pants or diaper, bouncing up and down with excitement to see me! 

Back with our baby on the flight home to Utah