Jenna has always been an incredibly happy baby. Very good natured, she rarely cries, fusses, etc. Always has a smile on her face. But... she was never an easy laugher. She giggled often, but not on command. I've interacted with plenty of babies whom, if you shoot them a funny look, or tickle their tummies, will burst out in laughter. That was never Jenna. She laughed, but you had to earn it. She made you work for that glorious sound!
Last night, the little miss decided that she wasn't tired. Figured, the one night during the week when I had to work late, she decided to stay up and play. So Josh was downstairs in the basement (converted to Jenna's toy-room) watching Jenna with one eye and football with the other. I decided to take a quick break and run downstairs to check on my favorite people. Jenna was amusing herself quietly, and Josh seemed content.
I decided to pull out one of those pop-up, crawl-through tunnels. We have a few that connect to make a longer tunnel, but last night I was just using one of the small tunnels, identical to one of the yellow ones coming off this big thing...
I got on one side, and Jenna got on the other. She poked her head in, and every few seconds, I'd poke mine in as well. You would have thought I was Chris Rock on his best night. For a solid 5-10 minutes, I had Jenna rolling in hysterics unlike anything I've ever heard from her. Josh and I were cracking up as well, cause we've never seen her react this way. The squeals coming out of this kid would have made a hyena jealous!
I had to return to work shortly after that episode, but this morning Josh told me that he had her going again later in the night. Who would have thought that a $3.00 tunnel from Toys R Us would have been the key to unlocking Jenna's inner hysteria. All I know is, the tunnel may have cost $3.00, but those ten minutes were priceless.
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