what makes an 8-week old smile and giggle?

1. My chats and playtime with mom and dad.
i just love looking at their smiling faces and listening to their voices as they converse with me. and a day never pass without them narrating to me, singing to me, asking me questions and just plain baby-talking with me. makes me giggle all the time!


i have the latest chat video here. other chat videos are here.

2. My bonding time with dad.
And we are always in this position (see pics below). he would chat with me, exercise my legs giving it a bicycling motion (which helps with my gas, hehe), read bedtime stories with me (since inside-mommy's-tummy days), show a lot of his antics, and giggle with me. I just love my dad so much. #1 in the whole wide world!



3. A good night's sleep creating a happy morning.
And mom loves this so much! She's the one waking up earlier to nurse me when i wake up. Waking up with a smile on my face really makes her heart glow! Well, who wouldn't smile and giggle when you'd open your eyes to a very bubbly mom the very first thing in the morning? I also love waking up from naps to either my dad or mom's happy faces.

4. A nice dream, perhaps?.
Like other babies, i do smile in my sleep. Gas? I dunno. All i know is that my mom and dad would laugh with panggigigil whenever i smile as they watch me sleeping.

5. Being fed.
Ain't everyone happy when eating their favorite food? When im eating, I usually pause to give my mom or dad a smile, just to let them know that im happy being fed and that i do thank them a lot for that.



6. My bear friends.
Yogi, tedi, ker and sno never fail to amuse me. They are the ones hanging on my crib mobile downstairs. For some reason, the mobile in my crib upstairs,does not have the same mesmerizing effect as with my bear buddies. Whenever my parents would lay me down on my small playpen, i would automatically look at them. They never fail to make me all giggly and wiggly! I really want to hug each one, if only i can reach them. Aside from my parents, they are the only ones i talk to. That's why whenever i'm upset, and my folks already did everything to appease me, they would put me in my playpen, and almost always, like a switch, my cries will be converted to coos and giggles. They work wonders, according to mom. Haha.


home videos with my best bear buds are here, here and here .

7. My other toys.
Dad had been buying me toys since inside-mommy days. I also received lots of toys during my christening. Now that im more attentive, mom and dad started getting some toys out of their boxes for me to try. So far, those that are colorful and creating sounds appeal to me and definitely puts a smile on my face. Someday i'd be able to grab them and i'd be much happier.

I was on tummy time in this pic so i couldn't smile. Well, they seldom capture my smiles on cam anyway.haha

8. new things.
I had been really observant lately and sometimes, when my parents would present something new to me, or i'd see something new, i can't keep myself from smiling whenever i'm in the mood for it.

See, im not hilda all of the time you know.haha. How about you, what makes you smile?