Tell me about it!! I'm suppost to be the big bad cop and I am a sucker for babies...
Don't feel bad. My hubby works in the natural gas industry on heavy machinery, big bad tough guy... babies melt him. You should see him with a duckling or kitten.
My DH is the same. Big 6' tall, gruff ex-Navy man who is the gentlest, sweet-talker with our animals. He dotes on them and treats them all as his babies. I love seeing it.