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For his first month birthday, Peter decided to show us the trick he's been working on for a week now: a big, happy - if fleeting - smile.

I've been the recipient of both of the observed smiles. It's a benefit of being, unquestionably, his most favorite person in the world.

Peter's also making a few new noises, including an adorable half-cry that means (we think) hey, what's going on? Do I like this? I'm not sure. He also makes what might be his coo, or at least a happy sound, which is remarkably quack-like.

So far, no photographic evidence of these smiles, but they look a bit like this: