Babies and bombs

I'm pretty sure my little peanut has super human strength. Last night I got to feel the little kicks for the first time and it was amazing. No matter how many times I've gone through it before there is nothing like feeling that little person kicking you for the first time. I was just as excited last night as I was when I felt Dyson's first movements over 6 years ago.
Of course simply feeling the kicks from the inside would not justify my claim to super human strength but what if I told you that Jason could feel them with his hand? I'm only 17 weeks and Jason could feel the spontaneous and supratic kicks of the little one with his hand. I was pretty amazed and so was he.
We don't know what the gender is yet (we'd actually have to go to a doctor to find that out) but I'm sure baby Johnson is practicing either some excellent dance moves or some serious soccer kicks.

Feeling the baby move last night was such a blessing in more ways than one. Of course any mom to be will tell you that feeling those first movements create a moment so special that I can only describe it as a blessing from heaven. But this time it meant something even more significant. Since we have been having some insurance issues with us moving out here I haven't been able to see a doctor yet. I have been a little anxious and it's been extremely hard to not know if there is a heartbeat and if the baby is growing properly. I was having some concerns and I think my imagination was getting the best of me but still, the fears were real to me. So feeling the baby last night meant to me, that the baby was in fact growing and getting stronger.

We are now getting ready for the 4th of July weekend and we are lucky enough to have Jason home with us Sat and Sun. He is on call on Monday but at least he isn't on call on Saturday when all the fireworks are.
We don't have any special plans and since we don't have a bbq grill there will be no grilling for us. Sad day.
I've been having trouble finding out where all the festivities are out here and I'm hoping to come across something or else we are going to have a really boring 4th. We can't even buy fireworks because it is illegal to buy, sell, or possess any fireworks, including sparklers, without a permit. I'm not sure how you get a permit but I wouldn't be surprised if they were super expensive.
Last night we had some neighbors who though it would be a great idea to set of some fireworks, or firecrackers rather, at some unknown hour in the middle of the night. It scared scared me to the crap (as Ridge would say) and after about 10 -15 explosions that sounded like gun fire, we had a cop show up and that was the end of that.
It was an eventful night to say the least.