The Cuteness

The system is down at work, so what better time to write?!

Last night, J-Man and I finished the movie Babies.  You know, the one where you just watch four super cute kids from around the world discover their toes and their balance and the universal mistreatment from older siblings.  It's darling.  And J-Man wins major extra bonus points for sitting through it with me.

Now we started this baby-watching experience on Halloween.  Why? You ask.  Well we needed something a little lighter after watching Teeth.

If you haven't heard of Teeth, you should look it up here.  I'd explain, but it's creepy and weird and yet kind of funny.

We decided after a fun weekend of Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert rallying and pre-rallying and visitors from Pittsburgh we would chill for Halloween night and watch a scary movie.  And then afterward we decided we needed to restore our faith in the female reproductive system so we turned to these cutie pies.

It was classic.  J-Man and I are immersed in big decisions about what sorts of testing we're open to with regards to how much science we want interfering with our lack of success in the baby-making arena and so on and such, so in the meantime we just needed some cuteness.  Which is all it is.  Simple background music and adorably cute kids doing their thing.

Have I mentioned how precious they are?  Usually it's the toddlers that tug my  heartstrings but these here infants here stepped up their game.

Also, this makes you wonder about "modernized civilizations."  We have all these great toys and books for our kiddos but should we instead just let them roll around with the dirt, risk getting stepped on by cows and goats, let them eat toilet paper while chained to a bed just to see the satisfaction of baby independence and gummy smiles?  It's pretty tempting.

This is all to say nothing at all.  Except maybe.  Do you think we ever learn as much as we do during that first year of life?  Is anything ever as new and satisfying as first steps and first words?  Are we on a downhill journey where we peaked at twelve months?  Am I falling into the deep thoughts cyclone that ripped apart last week?

Here's one more shot to bring us back to the cuteness.