A First

So Ava had her first real belly laughs last night. I was laying down and had her sitting on my belly...I would sit up a little and make a zerbert sound with my lips and tongue and she would laugh and squeal. And then all of a sudden one was a real hearty laugh from the depths. It was so cool. Becky was in the bathroom taking out her contacts (we were getting ready for bedtime) and came in the bedroom cause Ava laughed so loud. Of course as soon as we grabbed the video camera she was done with that and got fussy and hungry. But it was so neat!

I'll have some pictures from Great-Pa and Great-Grandma's visit before they went home. We had a nice evening. And Grandma's getting her training today. She starts taking care of Ava starting this Friday. We're so lucky...my mom has her on Fridays and Becky's mom has her Tues/Thursday. Between such great and willing Grandma's and Becky's flexible schedule, Ava has family instead of day-care. It was how we wanted it before we were even expecting. I'm so grateful for our families.

So here's something off the subject...I've created a blog of my own, not related to family. I figured it was about time to put my writing and interest in information to use. Those who know me, know I occasionally pull out my soap box from which I rant about everything from drivers to politics to music. So that's what I've done...created my very own Soap Box.

Be warned...this is not necessarily the same kind of nice, PC writing I do here. This will be a place where I put forth information I find and talk about whatever strikes my fancy. I'd love to have anyone stop by for a visit and debate or chat with me through the comment and email and such, but I'm not sure yet what I'll be posting. It won't be a porn site, or full of vulgarity...but I can't guarantee what it will be. So feel free to visit.

I'll be posting pictures here soon. And we'll try to get more pictures for everyone to see.