Working Mom to Stay-at-home Mom

I have been back to being a stay-at-home mom for about a month now.  The beginning of my time did not go as expected... penicillin allergy and all.  Then we had a vacation which was much needed.  Now for the past 3 weeks I have been focused on my mom routine.  At the start of my internship I thought the stay-at-home thing was just going to be for the summer.  However, I cannot imagine the beginning months of my future child's life without me there 24/7 for longer than 6 weeks.  And no, I'm not pregnant.  Seeing the true rigors of a teacher's life I have decided to postpone that career till I am done having kids and all of them are at least 1 or 2.  I know it may be harder to get a teaching job after this... but I know I will never regret staying home.

The first couple of weeks I feel like I was just playing catch-up: laundry, dishes, grocery shopping, reorganizing (a tiny bit).  Now at the end of my third week I feel like I am finally getting a rhythm.  The time I am getting to share with Cooper is precious.  Being away from him for 4 months was much harder than I thought.  I definitely missed the kid!

Now that I'm caught up on the cleaning, (though it is and endless task because I have to keep it up!) I am trying to figure out the many things Cooper and I can do.  He's not walking yet so somethings we cannot do.  So far we have been to the zoo and the park.  Cooper is not a big fan of grass so the park is an adventure.  He was standing in the grass and slightly raised his foot today!  One step closer to walking!  Next we conquer swim lessons and maybe Spring Valley Beach (water park... kinda).