Much better

Charlotte is feeling much better today. She hasn't had a fever since 5am, so hopefully we are in the clear! It is kind of scary having your kiddo run high temps! She never really had any symptoms that would lead us to believe she had something scary going on, but when her temp was 104.2 in her armpit (roughly add a degree to get an accurate temp = 105.2), I was pretty worried. But she seems to have come through it ok, so we'll keep our fingers crossed and a bottle of Tylenol near by.

We took little sickie to the Minnesota Zoo yesterday. She loved the meercats (like Timon on the Lion King, funny little prairie dog like animal from the African desert). They have a glass enclosure where they all run around and Charlotte loved sitting on the ledge watching them. They weren't shy at all and they would come scratch in the dirt next to her. She thought that was great! She also loved the monkeys with the red butts (who doesn't?!) and the giant aquarium the size of our living room full of fish. She loved watching them swim by, especially the old shark that didn't have any teeth. Kristi especially liked the tank full of seahorses! If she didn't have such a bad record of keeping things alive (Charlotte not included), she would probably get a few. Charlotte was afraid of a few things, and a little clingy since she was still running a temp, but overall I think she had a good time. Some people have said we are bad parents for taking our sick kid to the zoo (you know who you are!), but really, what sounds like more fun when you feel a little under the weather: moping around at home with all the same stuff you always play with, or being carried by your mom and looking at neat animals? Charlotte picked the second one.

Charlotte has a new word. She can say "ball." Which suddenly made us realize that most of her words start with the letter "B." Baby, bird, bean, breakfast, and now ball. Her only non-B words are hi and uh-oh. I guess we'll have to start working on some new ones!