It's not an
understatement to say watching a child grow up is
fascinating. And when you're talking about the
definition of something as elusive as "humor", it
boggles the mind even more. On Friday, Vienna never as
much as smiled at LeeLoo, last night? LeeLoo was
funny. It was like someone replaced our baby because
she had never done anything close to a laugh.
I was so shocked I didn't even grab my
camera and then finally realized it and ran to grab
it. I caught the tail end of it and it was a bit
more subdued, but it's clearly something she couldn't
contain...
As a parent you're
struck with whatever combination of things made that
kid laugh because you wanna put it on a LOOP.
Jimmy "big pimpin"
Kontras had a pretty "friend" come by and Vienna
noticed her right away. She smiled and looked
positively enamored. Maybe it was 'cause the girl
smelled pretty too? Who the hell knows, but I can
honestly say I had never seen her act like this
when anyone else came over, but even that could just
be one of those things that wouldn't have happened the
previous or following day. She was also tired, no idea
where that plays into it...
So LeeLoo jumps on
the new person and the girl tells her lightly, no stay
down, and LeeLoo just can't stand it and is jumping in
little circles and jumps up again. Vienna is watching
this... the third time the girl tries to stop LeeLoo
from jumping Vienna straight up guffaws. I look at
that kid in sheer amazement as she continues to
actually laugh at LeeLoo jumping on this poor girl. I
now stop trying to get LeeLoo to chill and proceed to
tell her to jump all OVER the girl. She does the same
as we're all laughing in amazement. We try to explain
to her that this has never happened before, and I'm
not sure she believes us. It keeps going and
I finally realize I'm not recording it. I grab my
camera and as you saw, catch the tail end of
it.
But, what the hell
is that? I mean, I get it, there has to be a
point where you can laugh when you couldn't before...
it's not like a fetus is finding the placenta
hilarious... but what clicks over? I mean, kids
laugh instinctually when they expect one thing to
happen, and another thing does - but could she really
have gathered at 14 or 15 weeks on the planet that we
don't want LeeLoo to jump? It could just be that
LeeLoo acting like a spazz was funny but LeeLoo's
middle NAME is spazz... so, I'm just... bewildered
that yesterday Vienna's little noggin' said:
"HA. That tiny bitch is a riot." Though subsequent
attempts to make her laugh with LeeLoo failed once the
girl left. <throws hands up>
And listen, I know
I'm doing exactly what I said I wouldn't when it
comes to documenting every damn thing that kid does,
but since I don't technically have a JOB? I
really am just documenting my life. I work on
stuff outside and I play with that kid, so if The
Journey is going to exist for the foreseeable future
I'm gonna be doing entries like this. It's much more a
testament to the fact that I have fuck all going on in
my life career wise, than it does that I'm
uber-baby-obsessed...
...but if
I don't get the next kid's first laugh recorded?
Oh I will hear that shit in a decade.
Whew.
