What Do You See?

So years ago when some of our closest friends told us they were going to have a baby we immediately had the talk.  The talk about what everyone thinks but never says right after a baby is born.  “If our baby is ugly, will you tell us?””  We promised we would and they promised they would admit if their kid came out looking like something off The Walking Dead.

Yes they are cute and cuddly and tiny and new.  But some of these babes come out all cone head-ish and goopy eyed, and then the parents hand them to you and all you can honestly say is “ohhh, it’s a baby.”

Lucky for them they had 3 perfect and beautiful babes.  Having beautiful babes isn’t a contest (wink wink, momsters whose kids have a better wardrobe than mine.  Baby Zara, really?  I once bought 1 glove from the clearance bin) but if it was a contest, I think we’re down a few.  Even the very excited, incredibly loving grandma said “wow, they look like planets in outer space” (don’t worry mom, I’ll never tell them.  You never said it, like you “never smoked a cigarette”).  Someone else suggested a pile of dirt, so come on, don’t be shy, what do you see?  Best answer gets to name the first one out!

But to all 7 of my little frozen buns, let this be your first life lesson.  It’s only a stage, this will pass…and if you are ugly as sin forever I will always, always love you anyways-because when I look at you all I can see is the most precious gift I have ever been given…

…and moon craters, a little.