Celebrity

RC has celebrity status here in Japan. It's a bit annoying for us because I'm worried about how she'll deal in the US. Everywhere we go, she's fawned over. She waves at people and they wave back. They LOVE to get her attention and return it. She gets gifts and presents just for being cute. Sometimes she turns on the shy, but mostly she just soaks it up.

When we were stateside in September, she was waving to everyone and few people waved back. It's going to be a harsh reality for her to look like everyone else and no longer have special status for being the blondish, curly headed baby. There are lots of those in America. It won't be unique and she won't be a star. I hope they let her down easy. The two-year old ego is very fragile, I fear.