Duracell-Hannes
I just can't believe how much energy a little person has. Jessica told me a few months ago how some Swedish lightweight boxer had tried to imitate his baby an entire day. Like, whenever his baby waved his arms, the boxer would. When the baby crawled, the boxer did, too. And so on. Until the boxer was all wiped out.
Another amazing fact of babies: Babies laugh, on average, 300 times a day. 300 times! A grown-up person laughs, on average, 15 times a day. Now, people with babies probably laugh a little more than that, but still. What a difference! (The babies also cry, on average, many, many times a day, I have no precise stats on that.)
So, basically, Hannes is at it all the time. He's standing up, against anything vertical, laughs, he waves, he falls, cries, he crawls, he chases a ball, laughs, he builds things, laughs, he takes things apart, cries, he examines the VCR, laughs, cries, then crawls back to the VCR...
Forget the Joneses. I have a hard time keeping up with Hannes.