Firsts!

This morning on the ferry Jacob did his first real hearty giggles.  He has been giggling every now and then but today on our ride back to dockyard while I changed him on the seat he let out some real hearty giggles. He sounded just like Marley when she first started to laugh.  People say she gets it from me; i'm not sure of that as my own laugh is kind of annoying but their little giggles are the best sound in the entire world! Its so pure and sincere you can't help but laugh out loud yourself!
Tonight was Marley's first trip to the movies.  I knew she would be fine as she has her daddy's habit of becoming completely engorged in whatever she is watching.  A bomb could seriously go off next to them and they wouldn't notice if the TV is on.  So I knew she would be able to sit through a film without becoming restless or getting distracted but I didn't know it would be this much fun.
Auntie Abbie had bought us tickets to the movies for our birthday's (nana and I share the same day) and we decided to add Marley into the mix.  All weekend she talked about her outing with "just the girls".  Tonight daddy met us in town and "just the girls" filed into the 5:45 showing of Happy Feet Two at Speciality Theatre.  We got Marley some dinner and made sure she went to the bathroom before we went in which meant the previews were already over than the lights were off.  This didn't bother her one bit, she just marched in (asking us if this was where the movie was) and sat in her own seat, dinner on her lap and special "Eric" drink cup on her arm rest.  She even attempted the 3D glasses but soon gave up on them as they were too big.  She sat through the whole thing without complaint.  There was the odd humorous comment about the plot of the movie but all in all she did excellent!!!
Side notes:  When did the movies get so expensive?! also Happy Feet (both of them) have to be some of the greatest movies, they have so many layers (any age can enjoy) and the message is better than any other Disney movie.... Mambo reminds me of Captain Planet from our day!
Bad news is the weather was gorgeous today, perfect boating weather and there is a scheduled 30 knots for Friday and the weekend.  Asked Mark if we should just go sailing during the weeks and send him to work on the weekends instead to sort it all out!