I was super close to the action at Marathon Park last night getting video for our website of the Jaycees 4th of July fireworks. (the link is: http://wausaudailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080705/VIDEO0901/80705048/-1/FRONTPAGE) I could feel and see the shell debris falling onto the stage and kept thinking "I wonder how loud this is for baby". A few weeks back, my husband and I also watched the fireworks display at the old barn in Wittenberg and it was even louder. I suppose the sounds are fairly muffled in the amniotic fluid.

The funny part is although I didn't notice movement during the fireworks, when I started to edit the video this afternoon and heard the pops and crackles again through speakers, baby moved a lot! I don't think it was necessarily responding to the sounds. S(he) moves at regular intervals about every 4 hours now.

I did feel a little guilty about the excessive noise I've been around lately. I'll make up with it with a quiet, early bedtime tonight! Carrie