Feeling Better?

I think Rubie might be feeling better. No fever in 24 hours. She actually ate a piece of cheese and some grapes today. This is huge because she hasn't eaten anything in a week. We aren't out of the woods yet, coughing and labored breathing are still with us.


Here she is watching the Little Mermaid. Rubie doesn't watch much TV, so we don't have very many movies. In order to keep her breathing calm, we have been watching a lot of TV. I have seen The Little Mermaid 80 million times in the last week, in addition to Backyardigans, Olivia, Sesame Street, and many others. As you can see, Rubie is afraid of Ursula - and doesn't like to watch when she is on...

Tonight at dinner (when Rubie wasn't eating), I asked her to write some letters. She said, "r - u - b - i - e." I had no idea that she could spell her name, so I asked her to write it, AND.SHE.DID. I was shocked! Here is the very first time she wrote her name with no help. Please ignore the "n" that you see, it was her first attempt at the "u"...