Pictures and Circumcision

As promised, I should throw out one controversial thing here, right?

So, based on a news article about a circumcision ruling in Germany that tried to make circumcision illegal in one area, Henry and I ended up looking into circumcision again. When we tried to really read up on it more, we were shocked...

• shocked at circumcision is being done usually
• shocked at how much can go wrong
• shocked at how often stuff goes wrong
• shocked at how absolutely unnecessary it is
• shocked at why people do this when there is no need at all and no benefit

It's been an interesting thing to read up on again. I know I've brought this topic up here before. But now that I looked into it more, I just cannot comprehend why anyone is doing this. There is 0 medical need or benefit. Oftentimes, it's a rather painful (and LONG!!!) procedure for a newborn. Mistakes happen frequently, and can come with all kinds of negative side-effects to the child, and all that for...I don't even know what. The most often reason cited is so that "they look like dad", which is the strangest reason to me. I mean, we don't give kids the same clothes, or hair cuts like dad. If dad had gotten a tattoo would be put the same tattoo on the child? Probably not. It's all so weird to me, to put it nicely. But mostly it just made me really support Germany's stance. Parents should not be allowed to remove healthy body parts from their children without clear medical need. Henry feels even more strongly about this now. In fact, he was pretty, urm, *upset* to put it nicely, when we read up on it all. He feels robbed even...not that he's holding it against his parents, but he sure wishes they would have not made this choice.

So, anyone wanna pick up the circumcision debate again? :)

Alright, if not...how about some pictures and videos?

Why, how do YOU watch your movies????

Playing in our "lovely" backyard...

Alba's fat lip from her wasp sting...

A morning ritual. Alba always wants to have her blanket wrapped around her when she wakes up. And then she'll walk throught he house like that, E.T. style...