it's in the genes!!

I’ve been wondering lately…. is silliness learned, or is it in the genes? you see, Emma is a total goofball, and she truly knows how to get us to laugh. she just makes a silly face, sits in the fridge or wears a headband across her eyes, and she gets us laughing every time. Emma also seems to know instinctively when someone in our family is being goofy – especially Braden. with just a silly look, he gets the best belly laughs out of her.




this has got me thinking… and reminiscing. I will never forget the time that my nephew Jeremy belted out his first gut busting belly laugh. he was probably around 9 months old at the time. I was lying on the couch and he was sitting on my tummy. we were playing and interacting when for some reason that I do not recall, I said, “da!” in a fairly loudish, startling voice. well, this tickled Jeremy’s funny bone because he started laughing – hard, which of course made my sister and me laugh as well. for the next 5 or so minutes, I shouted “da!” and Jeremy laughed his guts out. did someone teach him that was funny? no, he just knew it instinctually. it was one of my favorite moments.




babies laugh at the most unsuspecting moments, don’t they? you’ve probably seen the video of the little baby that thought the most hilarious thing in the world was the sound of paper ripping. or the one of the quintets that all laughed in unison when their daddy said, “boing!” (if you haven’t seen these, I will place the links at the end of this post). I absolutely love watching video clips like this. and I am thrilled when we catch Emma on video laughing her heart out, like we did on Easter (the video is still here on the blog if you want to watch it again).




all in all, I think babies are born with a great sense of humor. I think it is because they are so fresh from Heaven. and so I guess that I’ve decided that silliness is most definitely in the genes!

Here are the youtube links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXXm696UbKY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb9RJlHvjXQ