We've been having a lot of fun around here lately, just enjoying life with little girls. On days that Travis goes to work but I don't, I usually open my eyes to the face of a beautiful girl or two asking to snuggle with me in my bed. They climb in with blankets and stuffed animals and snuggle with me until Travis leaves for work. Then we eat breakfast, where Audrey eats an unfathomable amount of oatmeal and raisins, and finishes off the PBJ crusts from the sandwich that Emily makes, all on her own. It's a pretty awesome way to start off the day. Emily and I generally get a good solid chunk of time to snuggle together in the afternoon, and it's really fun to read with her and point out words that she knows. She WORKS hard, though, in her play, writing her favorite letters and words, counting things, thinking hard all the time. She's really hard to keep a step ahead of. I watched Audrey count out three pieces of meat tonight at dinner, and then promptly drop them on the floor. Exasperating, except, what 2YO can count that well?
This may seem like a little, nitpicky thing, but I can see it growing into something that makes my life a lot easier as the girls grow older. They're starting to actually talk nicely to each other in order to resolve conflicts!! In one day, I saw each girl resolve something by settling down and asking the other nicely for whatever it was the other had stolen. It is so satisfying to see that all that endless yammering I do about using words and whatnot are actually starting to show results!
I've already started in with Braxton-Hicks contractions. Baby is really lively at different points of the day, and Emily especially loves to poke my belly and feel her sister wiggling back at her. She has all kinds of ideas about what Baby is thinking or feeling, and it's fun to hear her verbalize all those thoughts. I'm feeling pretty slow and lazy these days, and consuming just a ridiculous amount of food. I've decided that I'm not going to really care about weight gain so much, this time around, although I'm pretty much on track with what I did with my other two pregnancies. It'll be much more satisfying to watch what I eat when I can exercise, and actually feel good about my figure instead of just making it less awful. I'm a blimp - so what??
And apparently it's the way to be. Yesterday, I heard of two more co-workers who are expecting this summer/fall, to go along with two others that I talk with often and several others who I know in passing. We're reproducing like crazy. :)
I spent about an hour this afternoon calling around to other in-home childcare providers, and it is really, really hard to find people. I thought the kicker would be finding someone who takes part-time kids and has openings, but I can't even get people to answer the phone! And a lot of people are either in little, icky-looking houses (according to google maps) or townhouses. So do I put up with the dogs and naptime issues where we're at, or risk switching?? I've got two potential places to check out, so I hope one of them turns out to be perfect. Otherwise, I guess I'll wait until next fall and try calling around again.
Emily has a date with both of her grandmas this weekend. I got them tickets to the Clifford musical show that's at the Civic Center downtown, as gifts for the birthdays they both had in the past week. I figured, what could be better than spending time with my sweet Emily, right? :) She's pretty excited about it, and I think they'll have a pretty good time together.
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