Lessons in Footprints

First a quick baby update - Brian and I went to the doctor on Wednesday. It was about a 5 minute visit, I've gained 4 lbs and numerous stretchmarks, and we heard the heartbeat.

Last night brought with it about 1/2 inch of fluffy snow, and since it wasn't that cold (upper 20's) Brian and I put on our sweatshirts and walked down to the video store. We were the first people to walk through the snow so there were only our footprints, and about 1/2 way to the video store I started walking inside Brian's steps. Of course he, being the buttmunch he can be, started hoping and taking huge steps etc. lol, but I just continued stepping into his footprints even though I didn't hop on one foot like he did :) On our way back from the video store I led the way, but still stepped in each of the footprints we had already made (yes I know I'm goofy, Brian made me very well aware of that - while he stepped in them too!) When we got home I told Brian that the footprints were kind of like marriage, technically Brian is the leader of the household, but it's my choice to follow, and the more we stepped in the footsteps the harder it was to see whose footprint it was, making it "our" own distinct footprint. He laughed and called me a goofball, then said that I was going to be a good teacher since I can think so conceptually.

I have found an apartment in Wichita Falls which will be near to Brian, but I haven't been able to locate a health care provider, specifically a midwife. I hope that before I move I will find someone I am comfortable with, and someone who will see birth as a natural process ordained by God instead of a medical condition, I really hate it when my doctor refers to it in such a way, it's a baby not a tumor.