First Giggle

Even though it's been a while since posting anything, things haven't gotten any less surreal around here. Mom and Dad are still often found to say, seemingly from nowhere: "we have a daughter". Yeah, it'll sink in eventually.

LS has been doing pretty well. We think she must be having a growth spurt in the last few days though. It really seems like she doesn't want to nap during the day much at all. The night sleeping is usually pretty good though.

Today was particularly challenging. None of the naps were longer than 45 minutes it seems. And then an hour after getting up, LS seemed to want to sleep again. And she ate and ate. And ate. This was all very tiring for mom.

LS has usually been doing pretty well on the night sleeping though. A stretch of close to 8 hours is pretty common now. Not tonight so far though. After getting to sleep at 8:10pm, LS woke up at 11:20pm - do Dad gave her the bottle and let Mom sleep. She went back to bed pretty well, although she seemed to lay there and talk to herself for a while. By 12:15am she was back to sleep though. If LS chooses that stretch to be 8 hours, then Mom will *really* get a good night of sleep!

There's no audio or video of it, but today also brought LS's first giggle - perhaps 5 "he"s long (he-he-he-he-he). That was it, no more after that. Dad was holding LS and making a stuffed bear ("o Orso") dance to the music we were listening to. LS loves o Orso, so it isn't a surprise that he was the target of her first laugh. That his head rattles is clearly in his favor.

There's been lots of pictures taken and little video clips made lately, and hopefully Dad will soon make some time to get those online for those LS fans out there. He knows that the longer he waits the more keep piling up on top.