Simple Joys of the Week, May 3rd Edition

And just like that, it's May 3rd. Now that we're in May, I feel like we've reached the home stretch of this pregnancy, which is insane. When your due month is just 2 months away, things start feeling *very* real. So how about we slow time down by reflecting on our #SJOTW? Here's what brought me joy over the past 7 days...

HEAR: "I am Enough" by Beautiful Chorus
This is my May savasana song and I love it so much! I love almost every song put out by this group, but this is a special one. Listen below (all of my yoga class playlists are here).

​SEE: Fiiinnnaaallllyyyy cleaning out/organizing/Marie Kondo-ing the basement 
I've had "clean out the basement + garage" on our household "tidying" list since January. We saved them until the end because we knew they'd be such big undertakings (and so far, the basement has been) but it has felt SO good to chip away at this big project over the past two weekends. I think we'll finish it this weekend and I'm pumped! The amount of NASTY bug-carcass-filled dustballs I've vacuumed up are scary, but we're almost there. 

TASTE: Ben's birthday cake [my family's favorite homemade Sour Cream Pound Cake/our birthday tradition]
Charlie Mae and I made Ben our traditional family birthday cake last Friday (so fun) and after his small family bday party on Saturday night, enjoyed it for a few more days--well into this week. There really is NOTHING like this cake. I can't imagine a family bday without it ;)  
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SMELL: Made-from-scratch chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven
I guess it's been a sweets-filled week around here--whoops! But Charlie Mae LOVES baking with me and she's been home a lot lately! And how can you tell a toddler 'no' when she looks up at you with those big eyes and says, "Mommy, can we make some chocolate chip cookies?" You can't. You just can't. So we made some yesterday and they were enjoyed by all! 

TOUCH: Being cough-free for the first time since April 3rd (HALLELUJAH!)
I started coughing (from what I found out two days later was the flu) on April 3rd. Last week, I was finally put on antibiotics for what had turned into pneumonia and a sinus infection. By Sunday, my coughing was officially gone; all it took was 5 days on antibiotics and the cough that had rendered me sleepless for almost a month and left me with a pulled rib muscle was gone! I usually hate antibiotics but this time I am completely grateful. Thank goodness for feeling better again.

That's it for this week. As always, I hope you can find some time to reflect on your simple joys of the week today, too...