5 mos prego today!

I'm 18 weeks prego, which is the beginning of the 5th month, according to the baby books. I felt better all week -- more energy, not requiring as much sleep, no weird dizzy spells. But then today I was really tired and weak. I guess it takes a lot out of a girl to make a life. I felt so different with Evan... more sickly in the beginning, but healthy and energetic by this point. And I was a vegetarian with Evan! But not now. Hmmm.

The daycare is going well. The infant I watched left me for a cheaper provider (hhmmmph) and I had to 'let go' a toddler I was watching who wasn't understanding that I had rules. But now I have 2 new little ones coming next week (infants). The group as a whole will be younger than I expected. I was expecting 2-4 year olds, but I get ten times more calls for infants.

As it turns out, I love watching the 2 two-year-olds together (Evan being one of them): they are 6 weeks apart and are so compatable. They giggle and squeal like 14 year old girls when they see each other, play weird pretend games (like pretending to throw up toy cars and laughing hilariously each time the other does it), pretend to tuck each other into bed and say "night night," chase the cat while yelling "KITTY!" (because surely that will make the cat love them), and crashing trains and trucks into one another. They fight sometimes, but nothing bad. The other kid's mom is happy that there is not huge group of 2 year-olds (as am I), so this should work great.

Evan is learning so much now. Every week we are learning a different color and shape, tied to a theme. This week ("fall") we learned about pumpkins, which are round and orange! So Evan says "oranch" and "kir-cle" (circle) and a word that vaguely sounds like pumpkin. He even identified a "heart" shape the other day in the store, totally unprovoked by me, which was pretty cool since I had only mentioned the name of that shape once or twice. He knows a few of his colors now.

We have our big ultrasound scheduled for a week from Monday, October 17, when we find out the gender. More on that later!