HOT

My friends living outside of California are posting lovely pictures and comments about their fall weather--it sounds so wonderful to be starting to pull out cozy sweaters and drinking hot chocolate at night (sigh) since it's 98 degrees here in Dixon, with a "6 weeks from my due date heat factor" of about 198 degrees. I've managed to make it through the whole summer with only 3 pairs of maternity shorts, and i'm growing quite weary of them.
Lest there was ever any doubt, it does cement in my mind the fact that were I alive 150 years ago, I would NOT have been one of those brave pioneer women crossing the plains in a covered wagon. Guess I'm more Little House in Civilization than Little House on the Prairie :)
P.S. Have I mentioned that R has condensed his vocabulary into 3 essential words? "UP" for up and down, "HI" for hi and bye, and "WATER" for every single other thing under the sun. However, he recently learned a new word besides "water"...he loves the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar--which he now calls a "waterpillar." (perhaps he's destined to be a plumber??)