Ready for fall

I am SO ready for fall weather. I want to exercise outside again (I want to exercise in general!), I want to actually take the dog for a walk at NOT the crack of dawn (not that I do it that much anyway!) and I want to feel chilly in my bed and snuggle under the covers. As long as I've lived in Arizona (5 years this August), it's always like this. Once the weather cools down, we all forget about how awful the summer was and instead talk about how we love living in AZ.

I wasn't even outside much this summer because I was busy being a new mom, not wanting to take my baby out into this massive heat. Yet still I'm ready for fall and winter in AZ. Living alone makes for some boring days and me and the little man need to get out and about as much as possible.

Speaking of our little man, he is doing wonderful and taking better naps lately. (knock on wood!) I see all of these moms online who are giving their 5-month-old babies sippy cups and bragging about them standing or pulling up and I wonder why they are trying to rush things. I want my baby to be a baby while he's supposed to be. I want to savor this time. That is one blessing about Jeff being gone. I can really focus on Andrew and our time together. I get upset about not being able to share him with his family, but the positive side is that I get extra mommy 'n me time. He's gonna be a mama's boy for sure!