"Boo!" and Girlfriend Bear

Here's a video Jen took last week. It makes our day to hear Hugo laugh, he's got a great laugh, so we're starting to find a few things that get him going when he's in a good mood, and knock on wood, he's generally in a good mood. I do this "boo!" thing with him and that's usually good for a giggle. Hugo also loves this little toy, affectionately dubbed "girlfriend bear" by Jennifer. He seems to like to grab it with both hands and bring it to his mouth. Come to think of it, he does that with just about everything. Anyway, enjoy Hugo's laugh. [If you're wondering why I look like a million bucks, this was the day after the century ride].

When Hugo's in his crib, he's got two "musical" options. The monkeys, whom he loves and is usually fascinated by, play the standard Brahms Lullaby (90% of all mobiles play this--boring!), and the frog-prince in the corner, a gift from Jen's younger brothers, and that plays "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" which I find a bit more delightful. Honestly, I think there's a gold mind out there for whomever decides to develop 80's hair band ballads into musical baby mobiles. Say, if you have a girl, you could have a mobile that plays Warrant's "She's My Cherry Pie," or perhaps for all babies Quiet Riot's "Cum On Feel The Noize" or something along those lines. Or maybe 90's grunge ballad's: "Smells like Teen Spirit"? Whatever, as long as it was once popular, is now nostalgic, and maybe slightly ironic. "Sweetheart" as I just googled, was written in 1910 and perhaps that's a little too nostalgic. Incidentally, I may have those bands on cassette tape in a milk crate in the back of our closet.