{don't you just love it when I...}

Jax has been experimenting with his new voice.

Sometimes its deep, sometimes it sounds like a 5 year old girl and sometimes its crackling somewhere in between.

He likes to hear himself laugh.

He will over exaggerate a laugh that lasts for many seconds varying the depth and tone.

We were driving down the road and Jax burst out in a long laugh.

Nothing was funny that I could see...

he just needed to please himself with his own sound.

After a while, and I mean a looooong while of keeping my patience in tact, I turn to him and give a look like,

 "can you shut up already???"

Because when someone is laughing, just to laugh,

ALL THE TIME......

I find nothing particularly cute about that.

Quite irritating actually.

He looks back at me and says,

 "Mom, don't you just love to hear me laugh? 

Ya know, the way I can make it sound like this :

 hehehehooooooooheeeeewwaaahhheeeehooo.

Doesn't it make you so happy to hear me laugh?? 

 I know if I had a kid, I would want to hear him laugh like this."

I had to smile and remember how childlike he still is.

"Yes Jax.  I love to hear you laugh because then I know you are happy.

 Keep laughing :)"

nails on a chalkboard.....

but my kid is happy with laughter