cute chick mug. milo bean. beauty & the beast! sweet baby boy. chai latte. baby shower mints. chocolate chip cookies. baby bump. CAKE.
MOMENTS + HAPPENINGS
// i finally watched beauty + the beast. y'all - it was SO good. MAGICAL. i cried a few times because i'm pregnant and my nostalgic emotions couldn't be contained!
// my in-laws threw me the cutest baby shower. i got to see my mama + soul sistah + eat lots of cake.
// i had a lot of migraines this month due to my crazy hormones. it's a struggle, but i know it isn't forever.
// we've had an invasion of egrets in our backyard. there are over a hundred birds in our trees. it's insane!
// i was having a hard day + jared surprised me with an iced chai and taking off work early.
// i finally finished parks + rec. i put off watching the last episode [this was my first time watching it!] because i didn't want it to end. it is one of my favorite series ever!
LESSONS + REALIZATIONS
:: adding shredded cheese to ramen noodles makes them ten times better.
:: i'm learning to live slower evenings. what i mean by that is i felt like i was always rushing home at the end of the work day. now that jared is on a different shift, i don't have to get home and cook dinner or do this or that right away. so i'm taking my evenings slowly.
:: make a list for grocery shopping trips. monday nights are usually when i buy groceries, and as insane as it sounds, i enjoy them. jared texts me what he needs. i make a big list for the week + sort it out by departments/sections because i hate when i forget something on the other side of the store!
:: i have a small box of my favorite pens at home that i use for journaling/powersheets/etc. i left it sitting on the side table one day. when i came home, my favorite pen was sitting on the table WITH THE LID OFF. the perpetrator - husband - doesn't understand the love i have for office products, so i let it slide just this once. but i have learned to keep that box of pens in the spare bedroom on my desk - far, far away from him. i informed him that if he needed a pen, use the ones that "don't matter". he gave me the oddest look, but a girl's gotta protect her favorite pens.
:: this new shift for jared isn't too bad at the moment. i've had a lot of errands and to-dos, which makes the evenings go by quickly. we are making the best of it, even though we only see each other for a total of an hour each day during the work week.
:: i randomly grabbed a box of these cake in a mug mixes at the grocery store recently. it was the best purchase of the month, y'all. i let jared try a bite of mine and ended up having to make him his own. haha!
APRIL GOALS
MONTHLY
- make a huge master list of every to-do task before baby arrives. // well... i've started the list. haha.
- clean out the spare bedroom. // done! once i get the crib & dresser/changing table, we can start putting it together.
- read one book // i started reading chasing slow, but i haven't finished it yet. it's so good!
- listen to two podcasts. // oops. nope.
WEEKLY
- powersheets check in. // between work, a seemingly never-ending to-do list, and sickness, i didn't look at my powersheets much. it is what it is though.
- blog 1 - 2 times per week. // i only blogged twice the entire month [here + here]. but again- it is what it is.
DAILIES
- bible study
- drink three waters
- vitamins
- little by little
- eclp dailies
