My Son's Laugh

My son is four months old and last night he laughed for the first time.

I was making a ridiculous face at him during his bath, the kind of face you only make when nobody else is watching, and he just burst out laughing. A real, from-the-belly baby laugh. It was the most wonderful sound I have ever heard.

My wife came running in from the other room. We spent the next twenty minutes making every silly face and noise we could think of just to hear it again. The bathwater got cold. Nobody cared.

I've had a lot of proud moments in my life. I graduated, I got the job, I married the love of my life. But nothing has ever made me feel like that laugh did.

I'm going to spend the rest of my life trying to make that kid laugh. I can't think of a better job.