babies! babies. babies?

i just saw THE MOST PRECIOUS baby in the clinic. five years ago, i would've said, "ew, babies." now i go down to the pediatric clinic i work in, and inevitiably see an adorable baby, and inevitably go over and hold it and ooh and ahh. i've even started playing a little game with myself, seeing if i can guess the baby's age. "are you fourteen months yet?" i'll pretend-ask the baby. "she'll be a year and a half in november," says the mom.

i'm getting good at this baby business; someday i'll be ready for my own. then i just have to grow a womb.