My lovely new niece.

I love this picture. Its too damn cute for words.

I have nothing more to add really except that Caitlin is now smiling at me and not crying every time I hold her which is progress. I even made her STOP crying the other day by walking around with her and patting her on the back and making motorbike noises.

I think the reason she cried previously is she picked up on my fear and apprhension around babies. I have three irrational fears in life.

1) Shopping somewhere and having something fall in my bag when I’m distracted by something shiny which results in me being unfairly arrested for shop lifting.

2) That I accidentally cause a miscarriage with a wheelie chair at work. Y’know, someone behind me calls my name and WHAM! I’ve spun around and elbowed a preggers lady straight in the womb.

I get the nickname of baby killer.

3) I throw a kid up in the air like young fathers do and catch them by the arms as they land but I throw them with such vigour that their arms snap out of their sockets on the way down. The baby hits the ground with a thud and I’m left holding the arms.

Anyway ignore how disturbed I am and look at the cute picture. Ahhhhhhh