When October Goes...

It is crazy to me how quickly time is passing, and yet it seems to stand still at 3:00 in the morning when the baby is sad... But I have so many friends who are having babies and I watch them go through their pregnancies, and it is SO amazing how much quicker time moves when you AREN'T pregnant. Ha ha.

Here I am, in Rexburg, Idaho. I never thought I'd live in Idaho. Not that I ever had anything against it, but growing up I never really pictured myself living here. I love it! I have been loving the mercifully beautiful weather we've had this week. I took Audrey out in her stroller the first time this week! She loved it. I think she really liked the bumping of the asphalt which isn't perfectly paved... because Rexburg doesn't take care of their roads like Mesa does... and she also really liked the sound of the crunching of the leaves. Another thing Mesa doesn't have- FALL! I really wish I'd taken pictures of the gorgeous colors that we've gotten over the past few weeks. It has truly amazed me. I've never experienced colors like that before! I'm excited/nervous for winter to come. I'm not sure how I will deal with the snow. But I'm nervously excited for it.

I'm completely in love with being a Mom. Ever since we've been up here I've felt so much more like a wife and mother. I LOVE having my own house to take care of. I LOVE being home all day with Audrey. It really truly is exactly what I want to be doing. I've also learned that I need a variety of things to occupy my time. If I spend all my time taking care of Audrey and trying to clean etc, and I never do anything for myself, I go nuts. I have to do something for myself every day, even if it's just a nice, hot shower. I've found that helps me stay that much more sane as I cope with less sleep and the resulting mounting stress. I also have found that I need to get out of the house at least once a day. I need to remember the rest of the world is still there and beautiful. I've loved going on walks with Audrey this week. This will be tricky once winter hits. But being on campus a few days a week has helped too. I've really enjoyed having new music to practice and work on. LOVE it. I'm also excited to get back into Mary Kay, since I've kind of had to take a break from it when I had Audrey and the whole adjustment process. I need to add friends of my list of things to do.

Life is wonderful! Totally loving it!

I do find myself missing all of those wonderful people back in Mesa... but we are WAY excited to come visit for Christmas! We will be flying down on the 19th of December late- and then we are driving back up to Rexburg probably the Tuesday after Christmas. We want to see all your smiling faces! I'm sure Thomas the social mastermind will have tons of fun things planned that he wants to do. But PLEASE tell us if you're doing something fun and want to see our gorgeous baby...