Welcome to another episode of WWATW (What We Ate This Week), How I Prepped and What I Spent (hint: it was a lot $$$)!

Don't let this episode stress you out. These are all gentle suggestions of things to maybe think through if you're in your second or third trimester. Even if you do nothing, you and your baby will survive!

Just 38 weeks pregnant, and super hormonal, reflecting on what a blessing it is to raise little children, that's all.

Today, I'm reviewing three popular 2024 summer romance novels (spoiler: I strongly disliked two of them):

1. Funny Story by Emily Henry
2. The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
3. Just for the Summer by Abby Jiminez

These are the cleared zipper pouches I use.

And here is the Tote Savvy Bag.

Starting a 75 Hard / 75 Soft / 75 Mom / 75 Pregnancy Challenge is the perfect way to focus your mind, body, and spirit. And that's exactly what I'm looking forward to during these last few weeks of my fourth pregnancy. Here's my *super* adapted version of the 75 Pregnancy Challenge:

1. Drink a gallon of water every day (128-ounces = 1 gallon) — this will include a mix of water and coconut water for the electrolytes.
2. Exercise 2-3 times per week for 45 minutes -- this will include an upper and lower body workout + a walk
3. Read 10 pages of a book everyday
4. No screens past 9pm — this is for my mental health more than anything. It’s so easy to find myself scrolling on X until 10 / 1030 / 11pm when the best thing to do is to unplug, and not have the last thing I look at be a blue screen.
5. Gratitude journal — because the days are long and hard with three kids, and it just keeps a healthy spirit.
6. Take a picture everyday, I like this idea, mainly because I’ve gotten really terrible with taking photos. I hardly take them anymore, yet I know I’ll be thrilled to have them. Especially during this sweet time as a family of 5 for just a few more weeks.

And continuing on in the Toddler Books We Currently Love Series, today we have installment number 4. My three children are 5 and under, and that's the target audience for most of these books:

1. Piranahas Don’t Eat Bananas by Aaron Blabey
2. Eat Pete by Michael Rex
3. Snail Crossing by Corey Tabor
4. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
5. Alice ’s Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
6. Ten in a Hurry by Lo Cole
7. Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson
8. Don’t Worry Little Crab by Chris Haughton
9. I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello by Barbara Garriel
10. 999 Frogs and a Little Brother by Ken Kimura
11. How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? By Jane Yolen
12. The Dinos on the Bus by Peter Millett
13. Spot Goes to the Farm by Eric Hill
14. Gilbert Goldfish Wants a Pet by Kelly DiPucchio
15. Bad Dog by Mike Boldt

Also, be sure to listen to Parts 1-3!

• Episode #13: Toddler Books We Currently Love, Part 1
• Episode #46: Toddler Books We Currently Love, Part 2
• Episode #81: Toddler Books We Currently Love, Part 3