Y’ALL. Blogging is hard. Getting dressed is hard. Leaving our apartment is hard. Feeding myself is hard. I am definitely in a cold coffee/soggy cereal period of life of raising two littles. I am hopeful that one day when my kids are in college, I will once again sit down and enjoy my breakfast or anything for that matter, uninterrupted.

So you remember the “Let’s go walkin’, Mississippi” campaign, right? Ya, nevermind. Moving right along.

As we waited (and waited and waited) for Asher’s arrival, we walked nearly every day, as recommended by the doctor. We walked almost 70 miles; remember how much good it did? I might would be more bitter about it if Isaac hadn’t let me plan every walk around trying some new treat. Shockingly, food can be an excellent motivator for an extremely pregnant woman (this also proves to be true for a postpartum woman…).

Lucky for us, there are lots of delicious things to eat within walking distance of our apartment, and we have taken full advantage of the numerous bakeries, coffee shops, and restaurants.

Just across the river we found this delicious coffee and frozen yogurt place. We may have misread the menu (extremely likely as it was in Korean) and have ordered three coffee drinks as opposed to two drinks and some frozen yogurt. Quite the mistake for the pregnant woman that was limiting her caffeine intake for the baby’s sake. Isaac had to bear the burden of having more than his share. What a giver. We did have to sacrifice our whip cream to the toddler that was expecting frozen yogurt since we thought better of sharing the coffee with him. Judah after espresso is the stuff mama nightmares are made of.

Caffeine, anyone?

Judah’s camera-ready face.

Standing Coffee has quickly become our favorite place to grab a coffee drink. (Fun fact: brewed coffee here costs as much as a coffee drink, unlike in the States. Also, many places, like our beloved Standing Coffee, only serves “coffee drinks” not plain brewed coffee. Isaac actually went to a coffee shop one day and he had to wait 10 minutes for a cup of black coffee, not because they had run out, but because no one orders plain coffee) The first time we had it, we stopped by after dinner one night since we were in the neighborhood. Knowing we didn’t need much caffeine, we shared a iced latte. About half way through our walk back to the apartment, we felt so energetic we ended up jogging the rest of the way home (keep in mind I was 37 weeks pregnant). Needless to say, we were also wide-eyed come bedtime. Now we know…delicious and highly caffeinated. As it is becoming apparent, coffee places are wildly popular here.

YES. Please.

Bakeries are also a dime a dozen here. Sorry I couldn’t help myself…But really. I think these people think they are French, which is totally fine with this macaron lovin’ gal.

I am most assured that heaven will have macarons.

“We’ll take them all.”

I feel like you are starting to judge us.

Oh, did you notice we fed Judah a banana while we ate the delicious pastries? We are selfless.

This yogurt place is AMAZING. They sell homemade greek yogurt and greek frozen yogurt. So delicious. So not cheap. Lucky for our wallets that it’s either a long walk or shorter walk and about 4 flights of stairs from our apartment, which can be a bit too exciting with the stroller.

Maybe the most delicious thing we have eaten in Korea came from this place. Or maybe we were really hungry. Or both…

Well that’s it for now. I will just leave this right here because you’re welcome. I pinky promise to be back before Christmas.