Sick baby

Poor RC's got a runny nose. Right now, that seems to be the extent of it. She just has constant flow. She's also got the blotchy cheeks and *NASTY* diapers. All that put together and you get...that's right, teeth (at least mama hopes it's just teeth)! Yeah...we can feel a sharp one below the surface. I can't tell which one it is. She's waiting on her lower right eye tooth, but this almost feels too far over. A canine, maybe. I need to find a tooth map and see what all we're in for.

Of course, she was also swapping cups with everyone at her gym class so she might have picked something up. For now, though, I'm going to be optimistic. I mean, we're getting ready to cross the Pacific Ocean. Her body HAS to know it's time for another tooth to pop because that's what she does over the ocean. Nothing better to do on an umpteen hour plane ride, right? Oh well...it's not going to change anything regardless of what it is. I just hate trying to keep the booger nose clean, especially when she likes it less than I do.

In other news, she now says "do-uh" which usually means she wants to out the door. She mimics most words we say, but few make it into the daily vocabulary at this point. "dider" is used to identify a need to potty as well as the done deed and need of a new one. She can now "raaah" like a lion in as deep and rumbly a voice as a little girl can muster.

She still loves to brush her hair (hay-uh) and teeth (tee) and does so multiple times a day some days. She identifies her eyes, nose, belly and sometimes belly button. She's starting to identify numbers and be able to pick them out of the mess of ABC123 magnets on the fridge.

Her plans for today stopped at sitting with her head on someone's chest and drooling while she tried to breathe. Given that, we started watching "My Neighbor Totoro" today and she seemed to enjoy "toto". With any luck, we'll get to the Ghibli museum before we leave Japan, but that's something else entirely.

She asks for "boo dd" multiple times a day. I have to wonder what they put in kids' videos that makes my one year old so addicted to "Blue's Clues". For my own sanity, we'll get a couple of new Blue DVDs for the plane ride home.

Just a few things to hand finish on her dress before it's done. She's going to be a very cute Cinderella next week!