Mr. Smiles

We reached an amazing milestone today – Caleb began to copy facial expressions! There he was, lying on my lap with his ever-present burp-rag (which we have a plentiful supply of considering the copious amounts of “urp” he spews on a regular basis) under his head.  He was staring up at me with those big beautiful eyes just as content as could be. I smiled at him just as I was just enjoying the calm and the serenity of the moment when within a mere moment, his eyes lit up and he let loose the biggest grin I’ve seen from him so far! You can imagine the reaction I had so I made Missy pause the show we were watching and looked at him with a serious expression again. He just looked back at me contentedly. I smiled big and again, a split-second later, Caleb cracked his big beautiful smile too.

Well, the serenity of the moment dissipated quickly as I began trying all kinds of different facial expressions including suddenly “booga-ing” at him which would make his eyes go wide in shock and then it would resolve into silent giggles as he’d open his mouth as wide as his little face would allow with his eyes twinkling and a look of utter amusement and joy on his face. I have some videos below I’ll share of Mr. Smiles but I didn’t get any of the best ones as he always seems to know when he’s being video taped and doesn’t perform for the camera. You may think I’m just an over-exuberant dad, but trust me, this wasn’t gas!

Anyway, it got me thinking about how our heavenly Father must feel about us. When we laugh and have joy fill our hearts, it must fill his heart just like Caleb filled my heart up tonight. It amazes me how my mood improves when Caleb responds to me in that fashion. His bright eyes and innocence are so refreshing to my soul. And just imagine with me that maybe, just maybe (I’m convinced honestly) that we can affect the Eternal God in the same way!

Well, goodnight for now, but I had to share this and wanted to share a couple of really cute videos. Please enjoy!