Weight...

Unfortunately, I seem to have a tendency to gain a good deal of weight while I'm pregnant. I don't mean to, but it just seems to happen. When I was pregnant with Carter I remember that at 20 weeks I had only gained 9 pounds. I got all smug about it and thought, "I don't know how some of these girls just blow up. It's easy being pregnant and not gaining much weight." Then the last 20 weeks happened... I gained around 30 pounds in the last half of my pregnancy alone! I'm sure you've done the math, and now know that I gained about 40 (yes, 40!!!) pounds while pregnant with him. Thankfully I lost it all (and then some) after he was born. Anyways, I've now reached the point in this pregnancy where I'm gaining weight at a frightening pace. At my last appointment, my doctor mentioned that I might want to "take it easy" with the weight gaining. The problem is that I'm just so hungry all the time. I think I eat more than Justin does because I'm so hungry. I try to eat good stuff and get plenty or protein but it doesn't seem to curb my appetite much. Well, in light of the comment my doctor made about my weight gain, I have come to a decision... I can either be pregnant or be hungry but I refuse to do both at the same time. Therefore, I'm going to eat when I'm hungry and try not to worry too much about what the scale says. :-)

Speaking of eating... last night the whole Smith clan celebrated Justin's brother and mom's birthdays by going to a fabulous little place called PF Changs. OH.MY.GOODNESS!!!!! It was out of this world!!! I love chinese food anyways, and this place just blows all the other chinese restaurants out of the water. It was amazing! If you've never been there, you've gotta try it sometime!!! We topped it off with a little ColdStone Ice Cream. I think I probably gained 5 pounds last night alone but it was worth every bite and I'm not going to worry about it! :-) I sure hope my doctor isn't reading this...