Slowly Understanding the Baby Need

Everybody that knows me knows that I have never been a fan of babies. I have never understood how a pooping, peeing, puking and crying machine can be so adorable and so wanted. I have also heard over the years many times that “Once it’s your own it’s different.” I still don’t get it; however as I get older I am slowing starting to understand the want of a baby…very slowly. Our friends had a baby last weekend and we went to visit them last night. Baby Ella is only a week old and she is so tiny, cute and she looks like a doll. She also looked very breakable and that is why I didn’t hold her at all last night. I have never been one to hold babies, so why start now? No, the reason for anti-baby-holding is because they are pukers and because they look so breakable and I do not want to be responsible for breaking my friend’s baby. I will leave that responsibility up to the parents. I did see how precious that little baby is (which is something new to me) and I saw she has her dad’s nose and her mom’s skinny legs. That is all new to me as I have never seen parent’s qualities in babies. I could never see that until the baby was a toddler. See how I am changing at my old age? Maybe there is a possibility that I will want (and have) a baby someday. It could happen! Until that day Andy and I will just enjoy our babies Izzy and Madison. They are easy to take care of and I am not worried of breaking them as their solid 50 pound bodies could break me.