The Sweet Sound of Laughter

Today has been another typical day for me. Jacob left last night to go to a water park in Erie with my mom, sister and aunt. Greg left at 430 this morning to go pre-fishing for a tournament he is in tomorrow, so I woke up alone with Andrew. Lindsay came at 930 so I could run, I had a decent run - 4.25 miles - not bad, but not great either. Lindsay stays until I shower, which is usually around 11 or so, then she heads home. After I fed Andrew lunch we went for a 1.5 hour walk around town and to the grocery store for a few small items. When we came home, he needed to eat again and then we were just hanging out as usual. I laid him on a blanket on the carpet and played some games with him, as much as you can play with a 3 month old. Then out of my own boredom, not his, I decided to pull his basket of toys over and try out each and every one of them! I showed him the yellow duck - got a smile. Showed him the pink elephant, thought "aren't pink elephants indicative of drunkenness" - got a smile from him and myself. Showed him the blue bear rattle and got a smile too. Nothing big. Got out the multicolored fish rattle, a hand me down from my niece, and shook it in front of him. He laughed! I mean a real full-bellied laugh! What!?! I shook it again and he laughed again. It was the first true laugh for him and it was amazing! My cell phone was close, so I quickly filmed him laughing so I could share it with others, especially Greg. He wasn't laughing as much once I got out the phone, because he was noticing the phone as well, but you can still hear it. (I'll post it later) It almost brought tears to my eyes, it was so cool. Amazing how much those little things can make your day.

I also sent Greg a text and said that perhaps the fact that it took a fish toy to get the first laugh out of Andrew is a good sign for his tournament tomorrow! We shall see!