Laughter

If you know me at all, you know that I am very conscientious about how I am perceived by others. I'm very aware of social etiquette, though it may not always seem that way :) Well, lately I've noticed that going out the window. I am having SO much fun with Danika. She's in such a crazy fun stage, though it also has it's pitfalls, too.

I find myself walking through Target grocery shopping and blowing raspberries or other ridiculous noises to keep her giggling. I will do just about anything to see that litte girl smile. Her beautiful, precious grin melts me. It reminds me to enjoy the simple things, such as chocolate, soda (toda! - NO I do not give it to her, I have no  idea how she knows that word), her daddy, and her dog. Her excitement over cheese, bananas and eggs is overwhelming! She almost jumps out of her highchair when she sees a scrambled egg coming her way - it's HI sterical! 

Yesterday was a blahish day for me - worries came at me left and right and I spent most of the morning away from her in a training. I felt like I had no QT with her, like she was neglected the whole day - and even fell asleep for the night before eating dinner or having a night time milk. I felt HORRIBLE! BUT TODAY! TODAY was fun! 

After breakfast we spent about 1/2 an hour chasing each other (more on that later). Then we went to playgroup where she played with her buddies and snuck a few treats from the other mommas. From there we came home and took a nap (well, she did ... i finally got to vacuum!)  and had lunch. As I made lunch she sat on the floor of the kitchen with a bowl of water and about 5 measuring cups. It was so fun to watch her fascination and her oohs and aahs. Silly :) 

THEN ... we made playdough :) It made me feel like I was 5 again. Her squeals of delight as the playdough squished through her fingers was priceless. It was utter and total joy for about 15 minutes. I hooked up the gates, closed all the doors and we, again, chased each other through our little apartment. 

I took her Christmas shopping for about an hour, then we had dinner AND ... chased each other some more! 

This girl is so fun! SHe makes me laugh so hard! She starts at one end of the room, gets my attention, then TAKES off running and hides behind the couch. Then she giggles hysterically, and peeks out from behind the couch to make sure i'm chasing her. When she sees me she collapses into a fit of laughter and squeals some more when I 'get' her. THen I get on all fours and scurry away and she comes running after me and throws her whole body on my back. This gets repeated about 25 times or until I'm exhausted. We both laugh so hard, it's ridunculous. 

These are the moments I'll remember :) I hope. 

It's amazing what I will do to hear her laugh, or for us to laugh together. It's so neat to feel our little bond get stronger and stronger. She is such a special, beautiful little girl sometimes it's hard to believe she's mine. What a gift I have!