Barbecue

At my first prenatal appointment after coming back from the Pacific Northwest, one of the nurse widwives pointed out that I'd gained quite a bit of weight since my last appointment. Well, yeah, I was on vacation. And what do you do when you're on vacation in July? You barbecue of course.

We had barbecue at Jeremy's parents' house, at his brother's house, at his Aunt Becky's house, when visiting his friend from high school, when visiting my friends from high school, at the block party in my parents' neighborhood, at my parents' house- some of these places more than once. I ate a lot of hamburgers on that trip. And much of the time the kids were too excited about playing to eat so I finished a lot of hot dogs as well.

Not to mention all the birthdays that were going on with cake and ice cream- celebrating Nichole's birthday in Washington, Aunt Becky's birthday, visiting friends on their son's birthday, celebrating Nichole and Jr.'s birthdays in Oregon.

And the occasional "just because" ice cream.

So, yeah, I'm not surprised I gained a lot of weight. I was on vacation during my second trimester when my appetite was definitely increased and people were doing barbecue.

It was a good vacation.