At about week 7 of this third pregnancy I developed a strong coffee aversion. Like, the thought of drinking it was instantly nauseating. I gave it up practically cold turkey. That coupled with complete and utter exhaustion for those first several weeks meant I was a zombie. I had never been that tired in my LIFE.
Now that I’m into my second trimester, I’ve added iced coffee drinks into my routine in the morning. Hot coffee still sounds repulsive, but since the temperatures have turned colder I’ve ventured into Chai tea and lattes. Justin almost never drinks coffee but when he’s sick he likes to get a “no water chai” from Starbucks. I tried a sip of his recently and was pleasantly surprised that it tasted good! We dropped the kids off at school the other day and the popped down to a local coffee shop so I could pick up a chai latte for myself. This place has the best chai, much better than Starbucks in my opinion!

We didn’t stay too long, but it was nice to have a little time together that morning after dropping off the kids but before we both secluded ourselves in our home offices!
On a completely separate note, I’m in an “in-between” stage with my purse right now. I rarely carry a full diaper bag around, though it’s always in the car if I’m out with the boys. The most I need on me, in terms of what the boys may need, are wipes, tissues and a diaper for Luke. I have a pretty good amount of small to med...