Something must be right :D

Tonight I went to our ward's (actually, it was our ward and the 7th ward) Relief Society Christmas dinner. I had a great time and highly enjoyed the company of women :D I think that I have reached the point in our marriage that I am now ready to starting making friends again and actually socialize with other people than family and my friends via internet... imagine that! Perhaps I was really ready to do this early, but it did not HIT me until this week. I suspect that this epiphany occurred due to the fact that I have had the past 2 weeks off. I have noticed that when I have 2 weeks in a row off that I end up getting depressed... this has happened about 3 times. Anywho... I went to Relief Society and enjoyed it! I set at a table with my visiting teachers and 4 other women. One of my visiting teachers is pregnant and as you may suspect, that was fun :D She is expecting a boy too and like me, she is switching doctor's. She is 33 weeks and switching in about 2 weeks... she has already switched once because her first Dr. was one of those in and out, to the point kind of people... which is hard with a first baby. She is switching this time because she found out that her doctor has a very strong opinion on epidurals, pain medication during labor, and episiotomys. She wants to do a natural birth and her Dr.... not so much. Needless to say, that has presented a problem for her. I am having to switch doctors, although I REALLY do not want to, because of my insurance. I have an idea of who I might go to, although, I am really thinking about switching to a certified nurse-midwife instead. I want to do labor without pain medication (as much as possible) and for more than one reason, I do not want an epidural (the blood clotting problem being one reason). Nor do I want an episiotomy if it is not needed, which from what I have heard, the doctor that I am thinking about switching to does them A LOT. So, I think a midwife would be a good thing. Another one of the women sitting at my table was Sister Wallace... her husband and her are serving a mission in our ward. Interesting thing is, Sister Wallace's brother in-law (Bishop Stewart Wallace) is who married us. So, I got to tell the story of how Daniel and I met and then got married :D People's reactions are always so funny. My visiting teachers thought it was the coolest story ever (they are around my age). Sister Wallace asked how my parents reacted and then told me as a mother, she would have killed me. She also asked me a question that many people ask, "How is that working out for you?" I find this question to be particularly funny for several reasons. 1)We are still married (something must be going good)... 2) We are expecting (we must "like" each other at least a little) 3) What do they expect to hear... if I was really unhappy in my marriage, do you think that I would be like, "You know what, it was the worst decision that we could have possibly made... we regret it!". I mean, SERIOUSLY... obviously it must be working out for us :D On a side note, I have not felt the baby move much today and he suddenly started moving around in there a bunch! So, we had dinner (salad and lasagna) and then there was a little presentation. It was done by a lady (yeah... I do not know if she was in our ward or not)...she talked about an organization that she set up in honor of her son who passed away at the age of 15 (he was struck by lightening on a bunk at Scout Camp). The organization is called Paul's pass-along books. The concept is simple, you take a book, you read it, you log it into bookcrossing.com, and you pass it along. I got the book Knuffle Bunny... it is a book that I have heard a lot about in various pregnancy and parenting magazines and was planning on buying it to put into the baby's book collection (which is not in existence at this time). I thought this would be a great chance to take the book home, read it, share it with Dan, see if it is something that I really want to buy for the baby's collection, and pass along to someone else. It is most certainly a book that we will be buying and putting into the collection. I thought the book was really cute and both Dan and I LOVE the pictures :D I am adding pictures of my belly at 16 weeks too... then, I am signing off!