For two reasons:
1) I cooked. I roasted a chicken, made couscous, cooked broccoli. That’s an accomplishment.
2) Claire laughed for the first time — tonight! Husband was the recipient of the first one. He called me over and continued to tickle her and make funny noises, and she laughed again. And again. It was priceless.

My son’s laughter is the best sound on earth. May Claire’s laugh be the same for you.
oh, baby laughs are the best thing in the whole world! hooray for claire’s giggles! 🙂
There’s nothing as heartwarming and welcome as baby’s smiles and laughter …… it’s the “gold” we receive for every other bit of “parenting”. 🙂
. . . oh lordy, what’s better than roast chicken and laughter????????? both so very very delicious . . . yes 🙂