Adelaida's laugh

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Several people have commented that Adelaida always seems to be smiling in the pictures I upload. This is not because I upload only the pictures in which she is smiling; rather, she smiles almost all the time. Sure, she has her fussy moments, but they are really few and far between. We have been blessed with an extremely happy, content baby.

Early in the morning when she is awake but still in her crib, talking to herself, I walk into her room quietly and wait for her to notice me. When she does, I get the biggest, most sincere smile, and it melts my heart. Those smiles make me forget about the fussy moments.

In addition to a beautiful smile, Adelaida has a wonderful laugh. Here are several videos you might enjoy:

Adelaida has enjoyed her jumper for several months, but never really jumped in it. She'd stand and twirl in it, but never jumped. Dale decided to demonstrate jumping for her, with two wonderful effects: she started jumping herself and we got a great video of her laughing.


This video is one of Dale bathing Adelaida. She always likes it when he pours water on her, but when Dale poured water on her belly by first turning the cup upside down in the water, Adelaida just couldn't get enough of it.


In the last video, Adelaida is sitting on the couch laughing almost hysterically at Dale, who is behind the camera. Murphy also thought Dale was pretty interesting and barked at him several times in the video.