Circums.......pection

The family and extended family welcomed a new little addition, fresh born Fischer Charles Robinson. I held him yesterday and marveled at the wax like perfection to the little ears and nose and lips. I enjoyed holding him but now lets get him grown up so we can play.

I'm always aware of and marvel at the Mars / Venus differences between men and women. Now I know that not all women are exactly alike and not all men are exactly alike but by in large you walk a new baby through a room of women and they all will crane their necks, and coo and surround the little thing with broad maternal smiles on their faces. The men in the room will shuffle their feet to get out of the way, averting their eyes fearful that someone will expect them to hold the fragile thing. The women will exclaim, "What a beautiful baby!" Men will clear their throats and say something like, "That sure is some baby there."

Fischer is a boy. Discussions among the genders are different when it's a boy. The little guy is going to be circumcised. Women smile with a small smile of humor at this. Men cringe and most feel a little pang of sympathy. There were three or four of us males discussing this impending procedure and being male, jokes began. One said, "What do they use, a cigar cutter?" Another said, "Can you keep a souvenir?" One guy told the tale of the Doctor that slipped up and took the whole thing off. He said the Doctor left it to the family as to whether to raise the poor thing as a boy or a girl.

How does the Doc break this news to the family? "I've got some bad news and some good news, the bad news is that we whacked the whole thing off, the good news is there's a junior miss sale at Macy's!"

How do you raise that boy as a girl? I mean how's that beard thing at your first prom doing for you? I'm one of those guys that think a girl born in a boys body or a boy born in a girls body is a genetic screw up rather than a lifestyle choice. I'm thinking that that the X's and Y's got together for a quorum and by the time the decision was sent by pony express the barn was already built.

Newborns are just ultra-special. My oldest daughter Samantha said it best. Upon her first born she said, "Dad, I know that everyone thinks their baby is really special, but mine really is!" You are right honey, they really are.