Thankful

Today I'm thankful.

I feel really sick. STILL. But I'm healthy. The baby is healthy. I'm no longer at a risk for miscarriage. A lot to be thankful for.

Today I'm particularly grateful for a group of women that I meet with. AKA the Wives group.

I was completely blessed during and after our meeting last night. This is an incredible group of women, who by default, have become my closest friends because we began meeting just a few weeks after I moved to St. Louis.

I hope you have a place you can be transparent. Where people know you and love you. We don't love perfectly, but I can say, we sure are trying.

Photo shoot

I started taking a few pictures of Claire as she pulled off all of the refrigerator magnets and put them in her stroller. Apparently, she thought this was a photo shoot and was practically posing for the camera. She's a very unhappy child, can't you tell? :)

Ode to Coke

I'm so very grateful for Coke. The legal kind. That comes with the red label.

It is the ONLY thing that makes me feel less nausous.

I bought the small cans today to limit my intake a bit. Which was very disappointing with my lunch but I don't want to overdo it with the caffeine. Plus, I can just get another later instead of wasting a whole normal-sized can when I don't want it. This thought made me feel a bit better :)

Nothing beats a fountain coke, though, and it makes me happy that Jimmy John's has cherry coke.

Love it.

Happy Mom's Day!

I didn't get any pictures with Claire today but I had a GREAT Mother's Day and Mother's Day weekend. Jeremy, Claire, and I went to Larson Park for a while yesterday and then to a party celebrating our friend Perry who just became a police officer. (and if read the previous post, you know how we spent our Friday) Then today I got to sleep in while Jeremy and Claire picked up Dunkin Donuts before church. I had a blast spending time with the kiddo and husband this weekend.

Thanks for making me feel appreciated, husband.

Happy Mother's Day, Moms!

Trip to the Zoo

Jeremy took the day off of work today which was fun, especially since he was out of town for a few days this week. The three of us went to lunch and then headed to the zoo. It was so great!!

Claire pointing at the ground hogs. She got excited about them!

Claire really liked the primate house.
She loved watching all the monkeys jumping and moving around.

Claire got so excited about the spider monkeys that she kept bouncing up and down.

This guy is totally worth going to the zoo to visit.

The bears are my favorite.

It was a very fun afternoon.
I know that trips to the zoo are only going to get more fun as Claire gets older.

Lean on me

I took these a little while back.
I'm so glad that Jack is so incredibly sweet and patient with Claire.
And I love that Claire always wants to cuddle with both Jack and Diane.
Diane, on the other hand, is not so patient with the cuddling.
Especially when Claire tries to get her in a big bear hug or lays on top of her.

One track mind

All I can think about is chicken salad. Particularly from Straub's and on a croissant.

I hate cravings.

And I wish that the Yogurt Shop were in St. Louis and not only in Columbus, GA. They have the BEST chicken salad. And sweet tea. And it was one of my favorite places to have lunch with friends. Good conversations have been had there.

That's it for today. I thought that maybe blogging about this might help. At least until I possibly go to Straub's later this afternoon to pick up my dinner. :)