Ok, let's get this party started!

That's the expression my mother likes to use when she's excited and wants to get things going. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it seemed like the right expression to use here, so I did.

Wait! What am I doing? Rambling on and on without even introducing myself! Ok, my name is, well, uh, I'm not really sure. See my mother's always calling me a million different non-sensical names, and I'm not really sure which is my 'real' name, but sometimes she calls me 'Cuticious' and I like the sound of that, so that's whay I'll call myself here.

Well anyway, if you're wondering why I'm writing this blog, it's because my mother made me do it. She says that when I get older I'll enjoy reading this stuff and be reminded of my younger days. Eh, I don't know, maybe she has a point, so I figure I'll give it a try.

Ok, since I started this a little late (I'm more than a year old already!) I guess I'll have quite a bit of catching up to do. First let me state for the record that I still have just one tooth! I got my first one on July 4th and haven't gotten another one since! Both me and Mommy are getting really fed up with the limited variety of foods she's able to give me - mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs (teeny pieces) and sour cream, bread (teeny pieces) and cream cheese, BABY JARS!!! What self-respecting kid my age is still eating BABY JARS!?!? It's embarrassing! Sigh... what can I do, I know I shouldn't be surprised because my big brothers also got their teeth late, but none as late as me. BB1 got his first at like 9 or 10 months, and BB2 got his at like 13 months, but I got mine even later than that! I shudder to think how late the next kid in our family will get its teeth!

Ok, enough about teeth. The subject is depressing me. Let me brag a little about how smart and cute I am. Mommy and Totty go absolutely crazy for me lately! I developed this huge crush on Totty. Lately I want to go with him wherever he goes. When I see him getting ready to leave to shul in the morning, I start crying because I want to go with him so badly, and he usually takes me along, but when he doesn't, I'm so sad, I cry bitterly. I also love to cuddle with him. I go into his bed sometimes in the morning and I adjust myself this way and that to make myself comfortable. It's so yummy and cozy to lay with him.

Ok, that was the cute part. Now comes the smart part. Mommy and Totty are so busy with how smart I am lately. I'm starting to understand more and more words and they love it and make the biggest deal about it. These are the words that I already understand: budy, vilst ah secret?, geb kishy, mach nicey, shufy shein in alawa, towshin pamps, gein bye-bye, vee iz...(whoever)?, botty, hami, trink, sheech, leig kepi, carriage, couch, mach a zitsi - I bet you don't even understand those words! There are probably more that I know, but I can't think of them now. Oh, I just reminded myself of one. When my parents say to me 'zug far big bird vee dahn tzein' I take the bb doll, open it's mouth and look for teeth! Ooh my folks love that.

There are also some words that I can already say, like hi, bye, totty, mama, and I can imitate the way my zaidy says 'yes!' after he drinks a good cold drink (with the hand motion and everything) except I say 'yay' instead of 'yes'. And another thing I can do that drives my family wild is I say 'na, na, na, na, na' like in a mocking tone of voice. I say that a few times with the hand motions (picking up my arms and twisting my wrists back and forth so my hands turn up and down) and then I make a mouthfart (I don't know the real name for it and that's the only thing I can think of right now) I must look so cute when I stick out my tongue and do that.

I just reminded myself of another adorable thing I did on Friday. BB2 was sad and he was crying, and I felt so bad for him. I went over to him and was looking up at him, and I spread out my arms and made a motion with one of my hands like 'come here'. Then I put my arms around his waist and gave him a hug. I rested my head on his belly and hugged him for a long time like that. Totty took pics of me with his cell phone and Mommy ran to get the regular camera, but by then, I was alredy done hugging him.

Anyway, I'm starting to get pretty tired so I'll stop now. But next chance I have, I want to talk about my big brothers. Remind me to tell you about how sweet BB2 is that even though I hurt him and hit him and pull his payos, he never gets angry at me or does anything to hurt me. He's amazing!

Good night!