It's day two of my 99 Days of Laughter, and what a fun day we had today! After only waking up three times last night (woo hoo), we started the day off right; with laughter. And I'm sure it ended that way too!
Once again, I'm the fool in the video snorting at my daughter to get her to laugh. She thought that noise coming out of my mouth was just so bizarre and amusing! Though I didn't get the laughter, and it's mostly my snorting, I did get a few of her giggles in the video.
After a fun morning of laughing, Samantha and I celebrated the end of 2012 at TheMuseum. Joined with some friends from momstown KW, TheMuseum hosted a fun Noon Year's Eve Party, complete with a fun pinata candy drop!
We arrived just in time for the countdown! 3-2-1 Happy Noon Year! Though at 6 months old, Samantha couldn't bat at the pinata or eat the candy that fell; she certainly enjoyed watching all the children bat at the pinata and clamber over each other to get the most candy! Ok, I enjoyed it too!
After the potential baby trampling was over Samantha inched her way across the floor to play with her friends, well at least play with their toys. Their toys are obviously so much cooler than hers. Oh dear, I thought that wasn't supposed to start until she was at least 6 years old.
After a fun filled Noon Year's Party, Josh and I headed out to celebrate New Year's Eve with a movie while Grampa Dave babysat his favorite granddaughter. With my dad as the babysitter, I just know that Samantha had twice the fun tonight and ended her day the same way it started - with laughter.
Happy New Years Baby Girl and may your 2013 be full of discovery, love and laughter!
Well, day one has come and gone and laughter certainly filled the air! But I just have to let you know, after writing last nights blog...boy did I ever watch yesterdays video more than once. Last night is just a blur of snoring husbands, crying babies, snowplows and falling strollers! By the time the sun came up I was snuggled into my robe and breast feeding pillow on the couch in the living room. Luckily, Josh woke up with Samantha in the morning and I was able to get another hour of sleep before starting the day.
But after a coffee and a hot shower, I was ready to get the giggles going!
Today, Samantha laughed 3 times! A great start to my 99 Days of Laughter! But, as I mentioned in yesterday's post, Samantha is not the easiest baby to get to laugh. She tends to get bored quickly and move onto the next thing, so getting her giggles and laughter on video is not an easy task.
The first giggle fit, I heard while I was "sleeping in" this morning. I'm not sure what exactly Josh was doing, but she was laughing hysterically. By the time I made it downstairs, the laughter was over and she was crawling over to her story book.
The second fit of laughter happened while we were having lunch at my Cookie Grama's. (For those of you who don't know, my Cookie Grama is my 93 year young Great Grandmother. She is exactly who I want to be when I grow up.) While we were preparing lunch, I heard that amazing contagious laughter coming from my daughter again. Josh was "attacking" her with his size 13 feet. I ran over, phone in hand and missed the laughing again! Geez...this is going to be a lot harder than I thought!
Finally, once we all finished our dinner and were ready for bath time, I made it my mission to get my first day of laughter on video. So, I set up the camera, made sure Samantha couldn't see the camera (huge distraction for her, must get mommy's phone distraction) and made her laugh!
I might look and feel like a fool, but once that addicting giggle erupts, it's completely worth it.
First off, thank you for taking the time out of your day to read and follow my blog.
My name is Lindsay Laur. I am the wife of a loving husband, Josh, and the mother to a beautiful daughter Samantha. When Samantha was born in June, our entire lives changed. Obviously, the lack of sleep was not the best change but Josh and I developed a new sort of love, one that could never be explained, and that changed our lives for the better. Watching Samantha grow and experience life for the first time has given me an entirely new appreciation for life.
Samantha 6 months old
Samantha only a few days old
Before Samantha was born, I was constantly an on-the-go girl. I had my own event planning business, Destined to Wed, which allowed me the travel and experience some of the best resorts in the Caribbean. I also did a lot of charity work and worked part time as a waitress. Like I said, I was an on-the-go girl!
When we found out I was pregnant, I had to teach myself to slow down. Even my midwife would ask me "Today, did you relax like Lindsay or the rest of the world?" Little did I really know how important it would be to slow down.
Samantha is now 6 months old and all I want her to do is slow down! Tell her to stop growing so fast. Ask her to snuggle back into Mommy and not try to crawl away. I feel as if these past 6 months have just flown by and I haven't really had the chance to enjoy watching Samantha grow, learn and experience life. It breaks my heart to think I'll never get that time back, but at least I will always have my memories and the thousands of pictures I must have taken!
Feeling the crunch of the Autumn leaves
Unfortunately, it took the Newtown tragedy for me to realize just how important these days really are and for the first time in my life, I am going to slow down. I want to watch my baby girl grow before my eyes. She amazes me every single day and makes me so proud to be her mother.
This past week, I have realized that my favorite sound in the entire world is the sound of my daughter laughing! Just thinking about it makes me smile. When we've had a tough day, I just listen to a video of her laughing and it makes it all worth it. See for yourself...
So, with the New Year only a few days away I have only two resolutions:
First, write down any moment that I want to remember. Then this time next year, we will go through all of those memories and laugh.
Secondly, to make my daughter laugh. If I can get my daughter to laugh at least once a day (which believe me can be harder than it seems) than I know that I am doing a pretty darn good job at being her mom and she deserves the best!
I hope to share with you each and every laughter, for at least 99 days. I'm curious to see how this turns out.
What will she laugh at, why does she think it's funny, did I think it was funny? And hopefully, this will help me to slow down and laugh with my baby girl for at least the next 99 days.
