before having children i never got all the fuss around newborns, whether it was ladies gathered around a co-worker who brought their new baby in to show off or a gaggle of folks hovering over a stroller. now that i've had my own and experienced the miracle that is the reproduction, birth and development of a human i'm right there with them cooing and complimenting with the lot of them. in fact, i was so smitten with the process i was ever fearful of leaving that part, the new baby part, of the game. but now, now that i have kids i can bike with and watch better movies with and 'hang out' with you couldn't pay me to go back to those days of diapers and dependence.