Juliette's Giggle

So, here's a video of Juliette giggling.  Before you watch it I would like to explain:  We've been trying to catch Juliette's giggle on video for weeks.  Two nights ago, Brittany sang the Austrian Yodeler song to her.  When she got to the yodeling part, Juliette went into the from-the-belly-falling-over kind of laugh.  Since then she has consistently laughed when the song was repeated (and we have laughed along with her).  So when we got home from church today Juliette hadn't napped and was very tired to the point that she was giggling when you said "Hi" to her.  We figured this was the perfect time to catch her with the webcam.  Of course, as soon as we got the camera out she decided that the song was no longer funny, thus thwarting our efforts to capture that delicious belly-laugh of hers.  We still got a decent giggle out of her, though, so we're posting it.  Enjoy it . . . we do. 

Who WOULDN'T love cold mashed up peas?

Juliette has taken to covering her head with anything she can get her hands on in her crib.  I think it helps her sleep.  If she can't reach her blanket or burp cloth she improvises . . . 

Another week has flown by . . . it's hard to believe it's October already.  Not a whole lot has happened this week out of the ordinary.  Brittany and I have been trying to eat better lately, and discovered that whole wheat pasta is actually pretty good, as is 1/2 the fat ice cream (although it's still 100% of the sugar).  Emilie, if you have any good-nutritious-not-too-expensive recipes to pass along we'd love that.  Actually that applies to anyone who reads this blog.  E-mail us recipes!

I spent this week preparing for yet another test.  I'm still trying to figure out how to study most effectively, so as to maximize my learning and minimize my cramming.  There seem to be thousands of details I could be learning, but since I am unable to learn them all I am forced to use my psychic powers to divine which details we will be tested on.  And since my psychic powers don't actually exist, I'm in a tight spot.  I guess as long as I'm in the same tight spot as at least half the class, that's not so bad.  Brittany has been really busy as well.  It's hard to fit in all the work time she needs but she (we) love the fact that this is extra money we didn't budget for.  Hopefully we can replenish some of the emergency savings we depleted when we moved over the summer.

Juliette is amazing.  She had a little cold this week, which kept her (and us) awake at night, but that only lasted a few days, and it has worn down now to a slight case of the sniffles.  She tried peas this week, which was very exciting.  She was a bit dubious at first (as she is with all new foods), and despite our "Mmmmmm"s and "Yummy!"s she got a very puzzled expression on her face and let the peas sit on the end of her tongue for quite a while.  Our encouragement won out in the end and she finished the peas with gusto, so we're considering it a success.  Britt and I decided we were going to be extra excited about everything green, just to get her in the habit.  I admit I was faking it: the thought of eating cold, liquefied peas is pretty revolting to me.  But Juliette doesn't need to know that. 

In summary things are good here.  We're excited to watch the rest of conference.  We only caught about half yesterday, thanks to an anonymous fussy child who didn't take enough of a nap.   But what we saw was great.  So, happy conference watching and our best to all!