Dear Emilia,
You’ve started laughing at us! We could tell that this was just around the corner for the last few days. Whenever I change your diaper, you love to look around the room and smile at me. We’ve been teaching you bad habits by blowing rasberries at you. Both of your Grandmas tell us not to teach you stuff like that because it will come back to haunt us. I’m willing to take that risk for now.
Anyways, a few days ago, I gave you a zerbert on your belly. (rasberry, or “blubber kiss” as your Colianni relatives will call it)
You immediately froze and gave me a new look. Total shock. I imagined you thinking, What the heck was that?
Immediately following the shock and awe was another huge smile, so I figured that I hadn’t yet scarred you for life.
Last night I gave you another blubber kiss, and this time you responded with a full-on laugh. I didn’t believe my ears for a second, and through my own laughter I called for your mom. “Sonja! You have to see this!” I called.
She came running in the room, and I did it again. More laughs.
Along with the first time you cried, moments after you were born, It’s one of the most wonderful things I’ve ever heard.
Love, Dad
