Awwww!

My third niece was born today and I was in the same city as her mother, my sister (obviously), at the time, which doesn't happen much!

So today was spent excitedly waiting for my sister to leave hospital so that we could go and visit her and her new person.

I'm not really intere4sted in new babies; they are pretty boring frankly. And when they aren't boring they are screaming and so are even more unbearable. However, there is nothing more wonderful than a young couple with a new baby. The emotional roller-coaster they ride in the first few days (before the tiredness kicks in) is the human animal doing its thing. They are aware that they have a difficult task ahead of them and they are determined to get it right. They are also incredibly happy.

Things will probably be more routine driven and mundane for them in a few weeks so this is a precious time and I'm pleased that I got to experience the joy that is a young couple proudly introducing their first child into the world.

Oh, and we share a birthday!