I STAND, THEREFORE I AM

Hello aunties and uncles! I am back!


I know, I know, I have disappeared along with mommy for four weeks, without so much as a word, but you know that I can't press keys and I rely on Mommy to press keys for me on that Thing With Buttons (which I managed to grab, by the way, after much hard work, but that's another story). She's been very busy with work, always sitting in front of the Big Box with Colourful Things and just pressing keys night after night. Daddy isn't here, he's gone for one of his long trips again, but a very odd-looking couple came to stay with us for a while recently: People mommy call HER aunty and uncle, and my grand aunty and grand uncle. Grand Uncle Francis, that's his name, this man who had big eyes, a bigger nose and a loud, deep voice. He reads to me but I can't understand a word he's saying. Grand Aunty Irene looks like mommy but much thinner. She has a funny smell. She smells like burnt leaves.


Okay, so the big thing with me is I've been standing on my own. People have been asking me to walk, but I prefer to stand. I've been doing a spot of dancing as well but I just don't feel like walking. Maybe soon but it's a little scary, to go about being so tall. I am so used to being closer to the floor you know, so to suddenly have my face so far away from the floor - it's daunting.


Anyway, mommy and daddy have also been trying to make me sleep on my own but because the other room has been occupied by Grand Aunty and Uncle, they've shifted me back to their room and because Dad isn't here, mom lets me sleep with her in their bed again. I think I'm not going to let them leave me in the crib again. It worked for a while but not anymore!! We'll see!


THis weekend is Jamie and Josh's birthday party, so Yay! I wonder if the Big Brown Thing with Lots of Hair will be there...