Daddy's birthday started out with a little bit of singing in bed....."Happy Birthday to Daddy....Happy Birthday". You will hear me sing a bit in the video below. We read some books and then, we got a surprise visit (well, not completely a surprise) from Julie and Steven. They stopped in with some delicious ginger scones (homemade!). Yum Yum! They also brought Mommy and Daddy a refrigerator for upstairs (I think they really brought it for me because I will have as much milk as I want at my fingertips). Thanks, Julie and Steven!
(Sorry, no pictures of the earlier part of the day....long story short, Mommy left her purse in the carriage at the vegetable store yesterday....Daddy thinks the camera was in Mommy's purse....the purse was still there with credit cards, but no camera and no cash....we needed to buy a new one anyway because the old better camera was dropped in the ocean BY MOMMY and ruined about 5 months ago....maybe we just shouldn't let Mommy near the camera?)
For lunch, we headed to Pizzeria Mozza, as requested by Daddy. Pizzeria Mozza is Mario Batali's pizzeria at Melrose and Highland. I had been there before when I was about 2 months old, but obviously, didn't have the pizza since I was on milk only at the time. It was going to just be Mommy, Daddy and me, but Peri was a last minute fun addition to our celebration. When we arrived, I was sleeping and continued to sleep for quite awhile in Mommy's lap at the bar....I missed the first course (not pictured here) of fried squash blossoms.....and I woke up in the middle of the salad course (arugula, mushroom and some yummy cheese).
Then, came the amazing pizza. Mushroom pizza, my favorite! But, I really only had a little crust. Not really that interested in eating. Maybe it was because I had a half an avocado for breakfast and topped it off with Julie's delicious scone?
So, while Mommy, Daddy and Peri had pizza (they also had a gorgonzola and fingerling potato and one other -- of course, there were leftovers), I was busy sitting on the bar footrest reading some books...
Then, came dessert. We really weren't going to order any, but then we saw someone next to us eating what looked like the description of what we ordered....but it was actually something else. What we ordered was amazing.....no need to describe....here it is:
And, since Daddy went to Elmo's birthday party a few weeks ago, we decided to invite him along, too.
After lunch, we wandered up and down La Brea.....went into a few furniture stores and a lighting store.
And, after so much food and walking, I went running up to Daddy
and rested on his shoulder
Then, we came home....and remember how I told you Daddy is the best Daddy in the whole world? Well, he spent the next hour or so putting my new kitchen together (thanks Grandma and Grandpa!) while Mommy and I went to the beach with our neighbors. I helped out a little before we went to the beach.
At first, I was a little mad that the sink didn't actually work and kept saying "Help, Help" to Mommy and Daddy. But, then I got over it and happily played. 
