Getting Stronger

So for the last few weeks, Ethan's kicks and punches have been literally making me jump in surprise. I think Joe finds it quite amusing lol.
One thing I find a bit funny is that Ethan goes not cooperate for anyone. Hopefully that is not a preview if what is to come lol. He would be kicking like crazy and then as soon as I tell Joe to feel, he would stop. This had been happening pretty much as long as I've been feeling him on the outside. Well tonight he was kicking like crazy and really high too, like right under my ribs. Joe softly put his hand on my tummy and  BAM! Kick. A few seconds later BAM! Another and another. Joe looked so happy since he really hasn't felt him kick in a while. He also commented on how much stronger his kicks are now. I think he understands why they make me jump lol.

Hospital Visit

So last Friday Joe and I made surprise hospital visit. On Thursday Ethan was very lazy and I barely felt him kicking. At night and early morning is when he is usually most active and I couldn't feel anything. I was starting to get worried. I tried different things to get him to move for us. Drank something cold, are something sweet, poked around on my belly, flipped to both sides a bit and still nothing. Finally I asked Joe if he could run out and get some orange juice and instead came back with Mc Donald's breakfast (with an orange juice of course! It was 7am, we took advantage of that lol). Told him if that didn't get him moving that we should go to the hospital. Clearly, that didn't work. Really scared and nervous we went to the doctor hospital. They were very good. We went up to Labor & Delivery and told them our concern and admitted me. I laid down on the bed and as soon as they hooked the monitor up, you could hear his heartbeat. Best sound in the whole world! The nurse just sat and listened for a while and said "let's just see if we hear him move". Sure enough you hear a big "swoosh!" and another big "swoosh!" that sound is him moving. While this was happening I wasn't feeling anything. It was really weird. She grabbed the doctor, who just happened to be my Ob/Gyn, Dr. Anstett, who said everything sounds fine and that the baby must be running out of room in there so I should be feeling more rolls than kicks now.
Sure enough, that day and all weekend I felt rolls. He has been making up for lost time, that's for sure! Lol. Last night I was having those round ligament pains which feel like your uterus is stretching and sure enough today, I'm feeling kicks again. So weird. I've come to the conclusion that this child will worry me for the rest of my life, in and out of the womb, lol.

Upcoming stuff:

August 13 - Doctor's appointment
August 18th/19th - Prenatal Class
August 26th - Baby Shower!
...September 4th - Back to Work :-(

Second Hand Stores

So let's start off by saying I have never been one to shop at second hand stores. Although we didn't have money growing up, I think my mom was a little weirded out by them lol.
Well, today I was on a hunt to find an old crib mobile so I could convert it into one for Ethan's room' no luck finding one by the way.
I started looking in the baby clothes section and was pleasantly surprised! Most of the clothes were in great condition and the prices were awesome! I ended up buying the baby 3 things there for under $10!
2 sleep sacks
A teddy bear suit
I also found a book by one of my favorite children's book author, Jamie Lee Curtis. It was a large book with 4 stories inside includingthe books on CD. And although I have 3 out of the 4 already, together with the CD it only cost me $2.99 :-)  It is also in great condition.

Diapers!

Our cloth diapers came today!
Pretty fast considering they came from China lol.
The yellow diaper below shows how small the diapers go, and the red diaper shows how large the diapers go.
Hope they work!

30 Week Cabbage!

29w4d

No GD!

I hadn't heard from the doctor's office so I assumed my glucose screening was fine but I called today to confirm and it came back normal :-)