When I was pregnant with The Boy, there weren’t many things I didn’t want to eat. The only thing that made me sick (food-wise) was coffee. I know!! It was such a bummer, because I loooooove my java. But straight coffee – the taste and scent – made me super ill. However, I found that coffee in some forms was ok. Most of those forms were a tiny amount of coffee and a huge amount of milk and syrup and fat =) How did I discover this? In early September, it arrived: the Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks. I ordered a small one (from the drive-thru, so I didn’t have to smell it), took a deep breath, and sipped.

**for the rest of the story AND my Best Ever Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte recipe, click over to my friend Rebekah’s blog!