The Present:

Part 1

By

J.L. Hart

I can’t wait to give mommy her birthday present.  It’s the neatest thing that I could think of to give her.  I ran back up to mommy and daddy’s room after I gave Regina her hug for helping me make mommy’s breakfast.  I asked daddy if I could give mommy her birthday present now, but he said that I had to wait until the party.  I hate waiting.  This is as about as bad as having to wait for JJ to get here, but at least I don’t have to wait for 7 months for a baby this time.  I just have to wait until dinner this time.  Daddy says that since its Mommy’s birthday he is declaring it Jennifer Hart Day.  He does this on everybody’s birthday, except with me and JJ.  Neither of us gets to get our own day on our birthday because its already Valentines Day, so instead I get the 13th of February and JJ gets the 15th of February because I was born first.  Which suits me fine because its 3 days of fun.  Since its Jennifer Hart Day, mommy can do anything that she wants too.  So she says that she is taking her best girlfriend out for a day on the town.  Its not fair.  Why does Aunt Pat get all the fun.  Do you think you can have yourself bathed and dressed in about an hour JL?  ME, she’s taking ME out for a day on the town?  OH YES I said, but only if someone could help me with my bath.  I’m not allowed to run my own bathwater yet because mommy and daddy think I could hurt myself if it gets too hot.  I’ll tell you what says daddy, since mommy is going to be busy getting ready, why don’t I help you?  OK daddy come on we’ve got to hurry, I’ve only got an hour.  Daddy looked at mommy and said YEP that’s definitely your daughter.  Mommy threw her pillow at him.       Daddy got my bath water ready for me and put in my favorite Bath and Body works bubble bath in it.  I like the smell of it.  Its really called Juniper Breezes, but I call it Jumper Cables, because that’s what it does, it gets me all Jumpy and excited whenever I get to take a bath in it.  Daddy washed my hair and then blow-dried it for me after I got out.  Its still short, but its growing.  Daddy laid out this pretty yellow sundress that mommy got for me when she went and visited papa the last time.  Papa had a bad accident and fell from his horsey a couple of months ago and broke his arm.  Mommy went out there to make sure he was all right.  She was only gone for a couple of days, but it seemed like she was gone for a lifetime.  I missed her a lot, but I got to talk to her and papa on the phone every night which made me feel better. When we went downstairs there was mommy waiting for us.  I hope my 2 best girls don’t max out my credit cards.  Don’t worry daddy, we won’t, but we sure will have fun trying.  Mommy started to laugh.  Bye Daddy!  Bye princess you have fun today, you too darling.  We will, I love you.  Bye.  And with that we were out to the Bentley.  I love riding in the Bentley, its big and silver and we hardly ever have to put the top up.  Mommy turned to me and said where would you like to go.  Me?  But today is your day, what do you want to do?  Well since it is my day, I want to spend it doing whatever you want to do.  Your kidding right?  Nope, I’m serious Miss Jessica Louise Hart. Where would you like to go.  How about the Zoo?  Just you and me.  Then the zoo it is.  We had a wonderful time at the zoo.  We got to see the lions, the tigers, and the bears, oh my.  Then we went to see the Giraffes, and got to go for rides around the carousel.  I chose a white horsey with blue eyes, and mommy sat on a black horse with blue eyes too.  After the zoo, we went and got ice cream cones and I even had sprinkles on mine.  Then mommy said, ok there’s only about an hour left before we have to be home for my birthday diner, where would you like to go.  WELL…..Daddy wouldn’t like it if we didn’t at least TRY to spend some of his money, so how about going shopping?  Now that’s my girl lets go.  So we went to Rodeo drive in Beverly Hills.  We went to this place called Cartier.  It had a bunch of pretty diamonds in it, and a bunch of neat watches too.  Mommy and I looked at all of them, then I asked her if she could pick out anyone of the diamonds that she wanted which one would she get.  She looked at me and said you know something…..I don’t need any diamonds sweetheart, you are my diamond.