I want to start off by saying how happy I am to be in the second trimester. It is so nice to be feeling better and actually having energy to do things. With that being said, we have had a much busier week than we have in the past few months. Saturday morning we checked out the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dallas. After living in South Boston for the past 4 years our expectations were pretty high. We loved living on the parade route and always had a lot of fun. Dallas' parade was a lot of fun and the floats were awesome! The best float, of course, was the SEC Alumni Group's float.
After the parade we made a little shopping trip to get some maternity clothes. The weather is getting warmer so it was time for some shorts and tank tops. It was actually a little harder than I expected to find stuff I liked. Primarily I try to make my current wardrobe work as much as possible. However, after moving to Texas I realized that I no longer own a lot of warm weather clothes. My wardrobe used to consist of tank tops, shorts and flip flops. Now, I have more long sleeved shirts, pants and boots! Due to the fact that I will spend the majority of my pregnancy in hot weather, I knew it was important to get a few staple items. Matt loves shopping- no he really does. It gives him time to catch up on espn.com, Angry Birds, and Word Feud. I tried not to torture him too much though. Afterwards we headed to a Mexican restaurant called Mi Cocina which has a gluten-free menu. Let me tell you, it was fantastic! Thus began our week of Mexican food. There is no shortage of Mexican restaurants here in Dallas and I couldn't be happier about that. I would eat it for every single meal, every day, if it was possible. I just love it!
Wednesday I finally got an appointment with my dentist (Matt) and was long overdue. It's always fun to visit Matt at work because he comes home everyday with great stories about his co-workers and patients. They are an awesome group of people and I know Matt is having a lot of fun there. After an excellent cleaning we headed to one of my favorite restaurants, Iron Cactus. I discovered this place when my friend Juliet came to town to visit. It's right downtown and is so yummy! Afterwards we me up with two of Matt's co-residents, Geoff and Simeon, at Dave and Busters. It was nice to get out of the house and have some fun. The picture is Geoff and me racing motorcycles. 
Thursday we got together with the AEGD residents, assistants and families for dinner at a Mexican restaurant in Mesquite (noticing a theme here). However, upon our arrival everyone (except me) was a little disappointed to discover that the restaurant did not serve alcohol. No margaritas?!?!? It was still a lot of fun and I got to meet Matt's co-resident Matt A.'s wife and 2 of his 6 kids. This included their littlest one who is only 4 months old. So cute! Every time we see a baby it just makes us more excited. They also gave us lots of good advice about babies and parenting.
All in all it's been a fun week and we topped it off with more Mexican food (see weight gain total below) and gluten-free apple pie from Whole Foods. We also have an exciting weekend ahead. Tomorrow we are going to see the Hunger Games. This is the only book that Matt and I have both read. It took some convincing to get him to read it but in the end he loved it. After that we are going to watch the Gators in the Elite 8 against Louisville. Following that our wonderful friends Megan and Danny are in town visiting so we are going to meet up with them for a little Top Golf. Finally, we will cap the weekend off with the return of Mad Men!! It's been 17 long months since the last season and I am so excited!!!
Pregnancy HighlightsHow far along: 18 Weeks
Size of baby: Sweet potato or large mango
Total weight gain/loss: 6 lbs (I should probably take it easy on the Mexican food)
Symptoms: Round ligament pain (basically things are expanding and it's a little uncomfortable)
What I miss: Margaritas with my Mexican food
Cravings: Mexican food!
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