We had a boat show in Arlington from the 10th to the 13th. Getting ready for boat shows is always a busy time. Chris has to decide which boats to take, make sure the are rigged, clean, and ready to go. I have lots of signage to create based on the boats he's taking and then I put together a notebook that shows all of our new and pre-owned inventory (including boats, bikes, and ATVs). Then, Chris has to figure out how to get all the boats to the show and home from the show. Luckily, I got out of hauling to the show but I did have to haul one boat back to the office on Sunday. The show was fairly small but we did get a few leads and we've since closed a few deals. I was at the show Thursday night, Saturday evening, and Sunday. Sunday was dead. Between people sleeping in or going to church in the morning and then football starting at noon, no one wanted to walk around the Arlington Convention Center looking at boats, tackle, and other outdoor related products & services. We typically take a TV to the show to play our Bad Boy Buggy DVD but Sunday afternoon, we switched it over to football. We only got to see the first half of the Cowboys game since the show ended at 5 and we had to pack everything up and take the boats back to the office. Once again, the Cowboys didn't play very well and lost. Would have been nice to see them get a little farther in the playoffs after such a great season.
On the 17th, we had another doctor's visit. I gained another five and a half pounds and even though I've read that you're supposed to gain about 1 pound a week and it had been almost 5 weeks between appointments, I got the weight gain lecture again. My doctor said she would have ideally liked to have seen me only gain about 25 total. I was up to 17.5 so with 15 weeks left, there was no way 25 total is going to happen. I'm shooting for 35 or less... we'll see how it goes. Chris made a comment to me later along the lines of, just because she's a skinny little b*&$@# doesn't mean everyone is :) I seem to be hungry all the time now but I'm *trying* to eat a little healthier. I've been munching on carrots, green peppers, and celery with fat free dip. I think that is a smarter choice than the Krispie Kremes and Honeybuns! I took the 1 hour glucose test for Gestational Diabetes at this appointment and I just found out that I passed. (Thank goodness!). GD is the most common complication with pregnancy. If I failed the 1 hour test, I would have had to go back and take a 3 hour test. I've had friends with GD and while they say it isn't *that* bad, it is still a pain. You really have to watch what you eat and test your blood sugar.
Mom and Jen are throwing me a shower up there in Feburary so Chris and I had to go register before the invites went out. There are soooo many products out there. Trying to determine what we really need, what will actually be helpful, and what is just a waste of money is tiring! We ended up registering at Babies R Us and Wal-Mart. I wanted to do Target instead of Wal-Mart but their return policy isn't very good if you don't have a receipt. The Wal-Mart by us takes anything and everything back. Chris wanted to register for the 50" plasma TV at Wal-Mart as a way to get people to laugh when they saw our registry but I didn't find it near as funny as he did. I made him stick to the baby gear. Speaking of baby gear... do you know how hard it is to pick out stuff when you don't know if it is a boy or girl??? Even if we knew what we were having, I'd want all the big items gender neutral so they could be re-used when we have our 2nd child. It would be nice to know for the small stuff though... receiving blankets, caps, sleepers, onsies, even pacifiers come in blue, pink or yellow/green.... we are going to have sooo many yellow and green items around the house!
Okay, I think I've rambled on enough here. Enjoy the new belly picture. I'm starting to get bigger. A lot of the clothes I wear, you still really can't tell, but then other outfits makes it very noticable!
26 weeks - January 26th
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