Laughter makes life full

You know those people who have really great laughs? The kind that you remember forever, that every time you hear it, you can't help but laugh too? My daughter is one of them! I absolutely love her laugh. When it is a really good belly laugh - a geniune laugh - it is one of the greatest sounds. I can think of a few people in my life who have these laughs and even though some are people that I haven't seen or talked to for YEARS I still remember the laughs in my head - and they still make me laugh. Genuine, fun, contagious laughs are the best! I finally got a good video of Brenna's great laugh - I am tickling her like crazy to keep it going - so here it is for all to enjoy.

P.S. you can really see her top teeth here - for those of you who haven't really seen what they are like following her cleft palate repair - you can see that she'll need braces eventually, but they are not so bad!

Cousin meeting

Brenna met her new baby cousin Rylan this weekend. She was so excited - we had a countdown going all week. Saturday morning we woke up and headed south to Tucson. We had a great day of visiting and giving kisses to that precious boy. He is pretty mellow and it was fun to hang out with Aunt Mamie. Jamie and Josh are also doing well and adjusting to parenthood pretty well I think! We didn't get to visit too much with Josh, but will next time. Although it was a mellow day, the time really flew by. I finished the scrapbook I'd been working on for him and we had fun watching Brenna tackle some new puzzles (she is really good at puzzles). If we would've had more time, I think we could've started a blog for him, but things didn't really work out. Some day though....

Here are some adorable pictures of the proud big cousin. Some of the adorable things she said as we prepared to visit: "Mom, I have to squeeze him soft, I can't squeeze him too hard." and "I can't touch his face, just tickle his feet and hands." When I asked what she thought of him, she said "he's pretty." Too cute!