I have met Kathrine Marie and she is beautiful. She is also quite possibly the smallest baby I have ever met (at only 11 days old!), not counting my sister because she doesn't count. It was really nice to be able to see Sean and family yesterday and I am glad I was feeling fine so that I could go along. And I'm really glad Joe didn't pick up what I had so he could see them too. :) I think that was the best part of our day. :) The movie was enjoyable too though, especially the Canadian moose eh? Locke, Jon, and Jon's brother came along.

I'm starting to think I might be growing out of my Disney tradition. :/ But that was probably due in part to the company, and probably in part to the fact that it wasn't the GREATEST movie (nowhere near "Finding Nemo" or any of the other Disney/Pixar creations -- those have been excellent), and probably in part to the next animated creation looking rather dumb. *sigh* Oh well... there are good ones and less good ones... "Lilo and Stitch" was great, "Treasure Planet" was good, "Brother Bear" was good, the next one might go either way. What I need is Molly to see it with. Or kids. :P Or, well, they could just come out with a GOOD animated feature, but that might be too much to ask. :P

But anyway. It is raining. Yesterday, though fun, wasn't quite the day we had pictured for ourselves. Today will be good, but poor Joe is stuck at work for right now. I'm half-tempted to go down there for breakfast. But I won't. :) I do hope the rain lets up though. *checks Weatherbug* Fat chance. It's supposed to rain all week. :P

I have babies on the brain. :P I can't help it. Babies have been the news lately -- Sean and Emily's newborn, my sister's friends expecting, my friend Crystal just became an aunt again. It won't be my turn for awhile and I'm more than okay with that... far too much other stuff to worry about right now. ;) My baby cat is more than enough baby for me. Eventually it'll be my turn but for now it's just as exciting seeing other people's kids. In some ways I can't wait for Molly and Grant to reproduce. I know it'll be awhile. ;) I guess they're just the next ones I know of that will be likely to.

Unfortunately not all the baby news of late has been good news. :/ The saddest part is that in other circumstances it would be joyous happy news. I should say... the saddest part is that a new baby should ALWAYS be joyous happy news. Babies are precious miracles who deserve every chance in the world to live and to be loved and nurtured and to grow up happy. My sister's friends who are pregnant are 19 and 20. One is not married and the other shouldn't be. :P Neither of them planned on this. Both of them have been hiding it. I don't know the one girl at all but from what I hear she's handling it pretty well and has a lot of support from family and the father... the other one is I guess unemployed, unsupported, and in denial. She'll have her baby and her parents will probably end up taking care of it. I know what I think she should do. But at any rate, it's not for me to say, and the most I can do is pray that the best things are done for that baby, and so I have. And I thank God it didn't happen to me, because it could have, but I was lucky. I was VERY lucky... my life would have been completely different... I'd be linked forever to a guy I don't love... I wouldn't have Joe at all... that's the worst part. I would never have known what I was missing. :( I would have dealt with it very well. I've always wanted kids and I know I would have been a responsible parent, even at the tender age of 20. But now that I know what I could have missed, it breaks my heart to think that I almost threw it away. I was lucky... God has a different plan for me... and I managed to grow up and figure that out.

God has a plan for those other babies too, and their mothers. It's hard to know what it is now. Right now all anyone is seeing is a consequence of an irresponsible action. It's so much more than that though. Yeah you were stupid but for some reason God decided to bless you with the gift of a little person, and it's your job to do what's best for it. Babies are miracles, not mistakes. Anyone who thinks otherwise should not be having sex.