Her presence has increased the household decibel count by 40 dBA’s. And thanks to her, my left arm has built up a strength of 20-pounds-per-minute. Due to her, I’ve changed some assumptions I had about babies, Assumptions such as, 1) Babies can get along just fine without their mommies. 2) Babies will eventually exhaust themselves with crying and fall asleep. 3) Babies won’t sit in a chair for longer than 5 minutes; therefore, chairs for babies are silly. 4) Girls learn to be feminine by watching other girls. She crosses her legs at the ankle. She’s been doing it since birth. She smells like celery and cotton candy. Her hair curls after baths, And she likes to watch the water going down the toilet. She speaks Chinese, French, Aborigines, and Kitty. The Aborigines involves some tongue clicking and lolling And Kitty is only spoken with her brother. Her sign language repertoire includes: All done, more, pick me up, and give me that thing I wa