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Amy is quietly talking to her baby while softly rubbing her belly when Jake enters the nursery.

"Babe! I just received an email from one of our potential future babysitters," he says as he approaches his two dream girls.

Amy briefly turns her attention from the infant girl to look up at her husband with a curious frown.

"What does it say?"

He doesn't answer her question; simply hands her his phone for her to check by herself.

Amy should have known from that moment on what all of this was about – she should have seen it coming. But she doesn't. She naively looks at the screen and finds herself face-to-face not with a text like she thought she would but a video of a sheep whose scream soon rises into the air.

Tons of times. Jake played this prank on her tons of times in the past. But it still manages to startle her, taking a step back with the surprise before she shoots him a dark, not-amused glare.

He proudly grins back at her – it apparently still makes him laugh as well.

Amy's about to reply with something but the words remain dead at the back of her throat when a new high-pitched, light sound comes from the crib in front of her. Her dark glare soon turns into another curious expression as she looks down at Ana. She softens completely when she spots their three-month-old daughter squealing and giggling happily while she looks at her parents with visible interest.

Any possible ounce of annoyance she might have felt earlier has definitely disappeared now and, instead of a mock-sharp comment she was preparing in her mind, Amy only exchanges a quick emotional glance with Jake. He seems just as mesmerized by the sight and sound as she is; his eyes are even shining with upcoming tears of joy.

It's the first time they're hearing their baby laughing. And they don't have to say it to agree that it's the best sound they've ever heard – and probably will ever hear – in their lives.

Getting out of her awestruck trance, Amy suddenly grabs Jake's phone and plays the video again, showing it to their daughter as she does. Ana is soon to react; she starts giggling right when the ear-piercing sound of the goat screaming rises again into the air. She does it another time, and another time.

"Really?!" she asks with a chuckle of her own after the third try and equal third burst of laughter coming from the infant girl. "That makes you laugh?"

She shakes her head in disbelief though her heart is full of a blissful feeling she's been experiencing more and more ever since she learned she was pregnant with Ana.

"I made her laugh," Jake lets out a dreamy whisper by her side. When Amy checks on him, she finds him completely astonished and unable to take his gaze away from their daughter.

One tear has finally made its course down his cheek too.

A new pang of love and happiness takes over Amy's chest as she watches him stare at their little girl. Jake's been nothing but an amazing father from the start (even from before Ana was born) despite his initial fears of ending up like his own father. She can easily guess how this moment is making him feel, especially for someone like him.

Especially given their history.

After all, it's all because she admitted that he makes me laugh all these years ago now that they took the leap and gave romance a chance – which then led them to their greatest love story and the birth of the person they love the most in the entire world. Their daughter. Who just laughed for the first time thanks to him and his stupid prank.

(A prank she used on him herself before she double-tucked him back when they weren't a thing yet.)

Apparently, he's got the same skill towards their daughter. Amy can't say it comes as a surprise to her.

"Seems like it runs in the family." She leans against his side and shoots him a knowing look when he finally turns his head in her direction. He answers with a smile of his own.

"I love you. So much. Both of you," he whispers before he pulls her closer to him and kisses her temple. They both set their gaze back on their baby then, spending some more time trying to make her laugh and laughing along with her.

(It's only later that night, when Ana's long gone to sleep and her parents are still talking about the events in the comfort of their own bedroom that Amy eventually teases Jake.

"Seriously though, two years into our marriage and you're still doing that prank? You should be ashamed."

"Ashamed?" he repeats with a laugh, his big goofy grin never leaving his features. "Ames, our daughter laughed for the first time! She obviously loved the joke. I hope you'll get used to it because I'm gonna show her this video every single day."

His eyes are shining with amusement as he watches her and, even if she rolls her eyes (mostly for form) Amy stills lets out a heartfelt chuckle.

"Think I can get used to hearing you making our daughter laugh every day, yeah." She leans over and presses a soft kiss on his lips and settles more against his side, letting her head rest on his chest once they part.

It seems like Amy's going to have to deal with two Peraltas and their sense of humor in the house but to be honest, she wouldn't have it any other way – she loves them both so much too.)