Today, I am 1!

Hi, there. I know you have spent the last many months (has it already been 7?) wondering what happened to me? Did I ever figure out what was at the top of the stairs? Did I find a way to "settle in" to my home? Did I get a lot of treats for being a good boy?

Yes, Yes, and OH YEAH!

Yup, it's me: Ziggy. And, I'm writing today because I am one year old. I don't remember the day I was born (do you?) and I don't remember most of the time that happened between that and when I met my real mama a few months later (see my other posts for more about that). But, I've been told that I have a brother who is now on Cape Cod and I know that my birth mother was kind of cute and my birth dad was a stud (literally) and that maybe I look like him? Not sure, since when my mama shows me things on her little black rectangle, she thinks that I can see it, but I live in the real world, where what she shows me is just a way for me to look at myself, but that's just how it is, I guess.

I know that today is my birthday because when I woke up (in bed with my mama) she sang me a song about birthdays and so I kissed her and kissed her and kissed her.

I got a present this morning: a teddy bear with my initial on it (a big "Z" for Ziggy!) and I love it and once my mama gave it to me I took it to my play area (mama calls it the "living room" but we live in the whole house so I think she's wrong) and played with it and played with it and played with it. For about 10 seconds.

Then, I got bored and it will probably now be added to the pile of "toys that I used to like but that now bore me". But, it was fun to have a teddy bear and maybe I'll play with it more later when I'm more awake (but I doubt it).

Anyway, speaking of kissing my mama when I woke up: I've turned into a "big boy" (like my mama says; not a "peanut" like someone called me the other day, although, ironically, I do like peanuts!). We have steps that lead up to the bench and so if I am on the floor I can climb up the steps to the bench and then do a cute little leap to get on the bed! And, if I'm in the bed and I want to get off, it's bed, then bench, then floor! I know that my mama likes that I don't wake her up in the night if I want to wander around the room, like to go on the little bed near the warm fireplace or to explore the mat near the bike or even to check out the mat in the bathroom. Also, I found out that there's an "under" for the bed and if I want to be hard to find, I go there some times!

I've also been going to school a lot. Two times a week I visit my friends at GoPlay and then there is another place that my mama takes me to where I have more space to run around and both places are really fun and when I get home I am one tired little boy.

And, for my friends at GoPlay, my mama says she is going to have a treat for everyone this week (since it's my birthday week), even though today is my birthday and I hope that everyone has a nice time since I have never had a birthday before but other friends there have had birthdays and it's fun but I've never been the one and so fingers...I mean paws...crossed, it'll be a good time for all (and maybe we'll all get treats...hint...hint...hint).

Today, I'm going to rest for as much of the morning as I can since the afternoon playtime is going to exhaust me; I just know it (there's things to climb and outdoor space and a lot to explore) and so I have to keep the potential energy at a max before I begin to turn it into kinetic energy.

Happy birthday to me!!!

Arf, Arf, Arf, Grr!

Ziggy