I don’t know what it is about this boy, but he is truly a clown. In my ezperience with babies, they always usually enjoyed a good laugh. But they mostly waited for you to make them laugh or they just sat there laughing at nothing hoping you would join them. Hunter seems to have this crazy personality where he spends his time trying to make other people laugh. I first noticed it when he would recreate certain noises that he knew would make you laugh. He then moved on to waiting for you to look at him and then making faces that he knew will make you laugh. Now he uses his voice as well. It is like he is telling you a joke and gauging his own laugh on how well you like his joke. Of course he chuckles at his own material, but if you give a laugh he busts into a good guffaw, and then moves onto his next joke. You have to experience it to know what I means. See you at Caroline’s…

Two weeks in Puerto Rico tyrned out to be a remarkable experience in this boy’s growth. First flights and he was amazing. people on the planes kept making remarks about how good he was and asking what we were doing. I said nothing, he’s doing it all on his own. Within this time period he sprouted 4 new teeth, improved his mimicry both vernaly and physically, and began trying to take steps (which I really wasn’t ready for). It is like he went from infancy to almost toddler overnight. Second day home from trip, he learned to stand up on his own and hasn’t turned back. Put him down and ten seconds later he is going to be standing there looking at you and smiling or dancing or both. Oh well I better start toddler proofing the apartment… And stretching out…

-e