chats over coffee!

every morning i drag myself out of bed with one goal in mind: coffee.

well, first i have diaper duty, necessary wardrobe changes, toy retrievals, getting the fluffy pup out and fed and such…

AND THEN COFFEE!!

i mean, i don’t mean to place some kind of weird importance on coffee, either. i just look forward to it! i love the warmth. the taste. and of course i love the boost of caffeination! God gave us coffee. i’m sure he knew moms would appreciate it. heck, i’ll even enjoy a cup of decaf. but you shouldn’t really drink too much decaf because they use nasty chemicals to remove the caffeine. so, there’s that.

bottom line: i love having something so simple and so attainable to look forward to every morning. it makes me happy.

and something else! something else is that i really love bonding over coffee. i love that coffee brings people together! i love sipping on something comforting, musing over all sorts of life’s *things* with someone else that loves that, too. 🙂

so! do you have your coffee? i drink mine most of the day. so. i do.

let’s muse! today’s topic? coffee, duh.

…apparently, your coffee drinking can have health benefits, if you’re drinking black and organic! coffee cheers to that? we usually get subtle earth organic coffee. it’s delish!

…OH! with my coffee lately i have so been loving catching up on elizabeth minchilli’s snaps [eminchilli on snapchat] from italy every day! she has zero idea who i am, i can promise you that, but she’s a food writer, and her snaps make me soooooo happy, as she goes between her homes in rome and umbria, talking about food and wine and coffee and flowers and her puppy, picco. 🙂

…speaking of, before we visited italy, knowing of my adored ritual, my old bloggy friend rachel, who used to live in rome, shared with me a link on how to order coffee in italy! we ordered many a cappuccino. 🙂

…wondering how much coffee to drink when pregnant and nursing? there doesn’t seem to be a completely definite answer, but i feel like this topic comes up in conversations a whole lot, so! here’s my account: while pregnant, it’s important to remember that caffeine can cross through the placenta. based on what my doctor said and my own reading, i felt pretty safe sticking with one cup of coffee a day! while nursing, i gave it up for the first handful of weeks, and then started it back in slowly both times because babies can be sensitive to it. then, for a long while i stuck with just one cup. now that rocco is 10 months, i’m drinking two in the morning and maybe one later in the afternoon! good thing, too, because that boy is on the move!

…okay, also, i found this recipe for a lavender latte. how incredible does that sound?! i can’t wait to try making one!

…and to eat with your coffee! maddalena and i have been LOVING this easy little treat for breakfast: cinnamon raisin ezekiel bread, toasted, buttered with grassfed kerrygold, sprinkled with organic coconut sugar and extra organic cinnamon. tastes like such an indulgence!

…ps. every darn time i see this i melt… johnny cash’s description of paradise: “this morning, with her, having coffee.” swoon. and wait til you read his birthday love letter to june. <3

…which reminds me of one thing i love about my parents: whoever wakes up first gets the coffee maker all ready for the next person, mug out, water filled, and pod in place [they have a keurig]. they always include me, too, when i’m with them, and it’s such an easy way to make your person feel cared about!! coffee is a love language, absolutely, for sure.

[ha, and finally, please note that my fav go-to uniform has clearly changed zero! 😉 piko // zellas // happily ever after. and [!!!] i’ve got my eye on these babies. oh, you know i need them!]