I got to smell the baby

Des is gonna be so jealous. my adopted son, the teenage boy upstairs, Kalan, and his girlfriend had their baby the other day. He's so totally cute, and I woulda known if he wasn't. But he his, so I don't have to squnch up my face at him and lie and say, "um, yeah, he's uh, adorable." He's absolutely precious. In fact he and I had a nice little conversation about how it's not nice to pee on daddy no matter how much fun it is and how much he might deserve it. I did most of the talking, he's a good little listener. His name is Casey Michael D---, I kinda like that one Casey left the world and another one came into it. Being Wiccan and believing in reincarnation, I tend to look at death pretty comfortably, it doesn't scare me, it only saddens me because I won't get to see that person again. But having a baby born right after such an awful loss is a great reminder that it's all just part of the cycle. And I only hope that when/if the other Casey is reborn it will be into a life without so much sorrow. Maybe that's one of the reasons that I chose to reject Christianity, you have to turn to Christ before death to go to heaven. I feel like if someone kills themselves then it's because they don't think they have anyone to turn to, including Christ. At least my beliefs give everyone a second chance, a chance to do things right, again and again. Although personally I'd like to be reborn as a housecat.

Anyway, I went off on a tangent there. The point was that I got to hold the sweet baby, and touch his tiny fingers, and rub his little belly, and smell his darling little head with it's sweet baby smell. Just like Des, I love the baby smell. Can you tell I'm suffering a bit from the baby cravings? Just a bit. I'll get pictures as soon as possible. His mommy's doing great, especially since she was in labor for 55 hours, before finally having a C-section. Poor baby, that's just not something a 15 year old girl should have to go through. I'll tell you what though... she won't forget to take her pills anytime soon! She will be the mother of all birth control promoters.

So, I guess in a weird roundabout way, I'm a gramma! Very roundabout. Kalan's my baby despite all his flaws, but I can see after tonight that he's gonna be a great dad.