Guest Writer:

Please welcome Clara, today's guest writer. Though she's only 6 months old, she has an interesting perspective on life. Enjoy!

I slept good last night. I think I only woke up once during the night, which is pretty good for me. I usually suck my thumb if I start to wake up, and wow, before I know it I'm feeling pretty drowsy and can't stay awake anymore. Especially since mama keeps my blanky close by. I like its silky softness next to me, and it smells so good! I think it is a mixture of my smell and my mama's. You might think it stinks, but I don't!

Anyway, after I woke up this morning, Mama gave me a toy to play with while she tried to sneak some zzzz's, but I made enough noise and rolled around and kicked her in the chest so that she couldn't go back to sleep. Pretty good, huh! This toy she gave me had a tag on it.... oooohhh, there's something so fascinating about tags! I love to grab them, suck on them, and generally just make a big sloppy drool mess of every tag I come into contact with. Its especially fun to hold the tag in my hand while I suck my thumb. I don't know why, but I find it to be quite comforting. You should try it!

Well, after awhile, I got tired of that toy and I started to talk to mom. I said things like.... "ba..oooh...na....ni...ma.....unnnhhh." You get the picture. I had other things I wanted to say, but mama started tickling me and I couldn't concentrate anymore. By the way, I think my mama loves me too much. She is always squeezing me and kissing me. But I like it.



(This picture is a little out of date, but you can see what I was talking about. She's squeezing the juice out of me!)

My dad is just like her. I have to be careful when he kisses me, though, because sometimes his nose pokes me in the eye. So I turn my head a little, so his kiss lands on my cheek, thereby avoiding the nose-in-my-eye situation. He's really cool. Have you met him? He has a deep voice that I love to listen to. I feel safe when he holds me.

Then there's my two brothers. Let me tell ya, those guys know how to have some fun! I just love it when they push me around the living room in my stroller. Sometimes mama makes them slow down (she thinks they get a little too wild!) but I'm really having a good time. Can't she tell? I'm laughing and squealing and smiling - I don't know what else I could do to prove it. My brothers kiss me and hug me a lot too. I get 'em back by drooling on their faces, necks, and shoulders - its hilarious when they say, "Ew, Mom, she drooled on me!! Yuck!" They don't know it, but that's how I tell them that I love them a lot. You see, I only drool on the people that I really love.

Well, mama says that's enough for now. She says I might get to do this again sometime, if people like what I had to say. No pressure though. ~Snort~ I think computers are boring anyway. I have a special holler that I use when mama has been on the computer too long. I also arch my back and wiggle a lot. She knows its time to go when I do that.

I've got to go now. There are tags in this house that need my attention. Here I come! Oh, boy! Tags, tags tags!!!