My mom says that I was a calm baby, although I did have my fits. Babies are messy, noisy, and they make you stop everything you're doing just to change their diaper for the third time this morning. They take all this time away from your own life goals and personal pursuits, make you put everything on your life on hold, and stop you from putting forth the extra effort so that you can succeed. Do you know what's so crazy about that? It's that we're okay with it. We're okay with putting our entire life on hold and giving up our own dreams to help this helpless little thing grow up and become a functioning member of society.
Well, that's how I always pictured parenthood anyway.