She Laughs!!

Tonight Jess had a basketball game. We almost went along, but I wussed out at the last minute, because I wasn't sure if Jenni and Rylee would be there. I figured if he could run around with Rylee I'd be able to keep Caso off the court. :) So we stayed home and the older two took a bubble bath. Now I'm glad we stayed home because I got to hear Neely laugh.

A couple weeks ago we thought she MIGHT have laughed, when Jess held her up above his head, making her fly, but we weren't sure. It seemed like kind of a happy squeal, not necessarily a real laugh.

Well tonight I sat in the bathroom with her in my lap helping me supervise the bath. After a while I started draining the water, and told them when all the water was gone they'd have to get out. When it got really low Paige started getting chilly, but still didn't want to get out. So she started being silly, slapping her thighs and belly. Since she was all wet it made an especially loud noise when she slapped her legs and Neely started giggling. We were all excited, so Paige kept doing it and Cason joined in. Pretty soon Neely was CRACKING UP! It was the cutest thing ever. She was laughing so hard her head and belly were bouncing up and down. :) I ran for the video camera and had them do it again, but the battery immediately died. :( Hopefully we can reenact it soon.

Jess and I kept trying to make her laugh all this time, figuring it had to happen soon, since she started smiling so early. We should have known we couldn't compete with the hilarity of her big brother and sister.