Happy Birthday, Elinore Grace!

[Today, we have a special guest blogger, Elinore Grace Peterson..]

So, today was really a weird day.

It started off normal. I woke up at 4:45 a.m. bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (it's a new time I have been trying out the past week...). Mommy and Daddy tried to ignore me for a long time -- I think they really hoped I will go back to sleep! -- but I was hungry aaannnd ready to play! So I let out several drawn-out and high-pitched cries that I have found to have a high success rate in getting the lights turned on. By 5:30 a.m., both Mommy and Daddy greeted me with yawns...and a SONG about a "Happy Birdy," or something like that. What the...??! This was certainly new!

After I was changed, fed and had played a little bit, everything seemed to be normal again. Daddy went to work, and Mommy and I went to my Sign and Sing class with Ms. Jennifer. Today we learned the signs for different animals, like kee-kats and cows. Then I went home for my nap, but when I woke up, I had a fun surprise: Daddy was home early! Yay! Then he gave me some strange, brightly colored things that I, of course, tasted and touched.

So cool! They ended up being new books and clothes, which is great because I needed both. My books were getting so boring, and I always like looking cute.

Then, I got this totally awesome drum. I looooovvve drums, and just about anything I can bang around, general. This drum plays music and lights up. I got into a groove and started dancing while I was playing. It was addictive! I was so into it, that when Daddy picked me up, I kept drumming...but on his HEAD! But, he didn't make music when I banged down with my hands. Oh well!

I think I was so revved up by the drum and cool stuff that I had trouble going down for my afternoon nap. In fact, I just laid in my crib and cried into my lovey until Mommy came and got me. Then we had to go to Daddy and Mommy's bible study, and they took me, puffy, red eyes and all. But I cheered up when I got there, because my friend, Adam, was there. We played and had the adults all chasing after us left and right. It was so fun! Then, it got all weird again. Everyone was singing the "Birdy" song again, and they were all looking at me. Then, I saw these little lights in front of me, and I wanted desperately to reach out and touch them, but Daddy and Mommy wouldn't let me.

After all the singing (and the temptation of those little lights) had past, Daddy gave me a strange tasting food. It was so good! I had a great time digging my fingers into it, and licking them off.

In the end, I looked like this:

So that was my weird day. I hope tomorrow is even weirder!