Having kids?

I, like many in my generation, decided to swap the suburban strip mall of my youth for a city bodega once I became an adult.  While I have no idea what the social scientific explanation is for this trend,  I can provide you with the theory I developed when I was 18:   Suburbs = uncool and cities = cool.  Now that I have turned 19 I can tell you that cities, while being very cool,...

Mommies, and babies, and bellies! Oh My...

The theme of this past weekend was babies, babies and more babies.  I boarded my preferred discount bus, jammed my body into a plush, electric blue seat and headed south to the fertile crescent, otherwise known as the DC Metro area.  Waiting for me there was my pregnant sister and my friend’s baby shower.  I don’t know anything about babies.  When I touched my...