Cute

Look, another free write! Yay. So much to think about at the end of the year (yeah, this was written last year, I'm just now getting around to posting it...), but sometimes it is nice to think about something else for a while.

Finally got him down for his nap. Babies are usually cute, but they are definitely cutest when they're sleeping. You can't be tired of or annoyed with babies while they're sleeping. You forget about how hungry they always are, how loud they can scream, and how much they can stink--well, as long as they don't stink while they're sleeping. For just that little bit of time that their eyes are closed they have a look of complete serenity and peace.
One of the cutest experiences is watching a baby fall asleep as you sing a lullaby. Babies sleeping are adorable, but watching them fall asleep is even sweeter.
Babies in general are the cutest. They kind of have to be. If they weren't so freaken adorable, people wouldn't be as inclined to have them. Who wants something that isn't adorable but costs a fortune and makes your hair turn grey? If you don't believe me, go change some dirty diapers, watch the same show 20 times in a row, and try to stop a baby from crying. And clean up after feeding them. Bathe them. Read the same book again and again. Hurt your back by lifting and spinning them too much.
But despite all that, they are the cutest. Helpless little beings that make you helpless to do anything but love them and take care of them. It'd be pretty manipulative if they actually knew what they were doing. But they don't so it's the cutest.