my daughter, the wookie

Not only is there now the emergence of two teeth, babyQ has encountered what may be her first cold virus.

Okay, the stuffy nose, hunger and slightly longer naps may also be related to the teething, but the fact that both Mr.Q and I seems to be battling something sinusy makes us think somebody passed around a bug. [damn them all, anyway] It was bound to happen. We were just hoping it wouldn't. She's been taking it a lot better than Mr.Q or I do - mostly happy, alert and interested except when the stuffy nose interferes with her falling sleep.

There is, however, an interesting side effect to all this. BabyQ has always been a little more vocal when she's a little grumpy or tired but now she has a blocked up set of sinuses while she is a little grumpy and tired. And so, she has begun mimicking the sounds of some bastard Ewok/Wookiee love child.

She just looks at us with a little smile and concentration furrow between her brows and utters a long string of throaty, purring, warbling grumbles.

And we are now the worst parents in the world for thinking our tired, teething, stuffy little girl is the funniest damn thing...