Today, I state the obvious -- babies are as cute as they are precious, and there's so much to adore about them: Baby laughs -- don't you just melt when a baby laughs? Toothless smiles -- probably the only instance in which toothlessness is adorable The way they wrap their hands around your index finger and squeeze How peaceful they look when they're sleeping The unmistakable baby smell most potent at the top of their heads The beauty of baby showers is that they foreshadow all these…