ah, man, a good belly laugh is always a great way to wash away the stresses and annoyances of a long day at work. funny enough, our child was happy to help this evening.

i got home earlier than usual since we’re coming off the holiday weekend and the traffic was almost non-existent. that meant that i got about two hours with ellie, which was nice, but she was not feeling it when i first got here. it’s not that she was in a bad mood, she just wasn’t in a particularly good one. that all changed when i sat her up on the floor and mommy decided to say hi.

so you may be wondering why we videotaped this. so what, another laughing fit. we’ve seen it. right? wrong. these laughs are different. they’re HUMAN laughs, not just little alien baby sounds. they’re the kind of laughs that make her entire body giggle and they’re hilarious. both bryn and i were hot and tired after this fit finally ended, some five minutes after the video stopped.

it’s such a pleasure to watch ellie grow and change. just when we get used to how she is, we reach another minor milestone … and in the video she’s basically sitting up by herself. soon we’ll have her up without any help whatsoever. go bells!