this is my blog: September 2009

Monday, September 28, 2009

A Couple More Sophia Songs...

As time goes by we come up with more and more songs! Travis and I are contemplating recording and posting our "Nursing Song Duet." The lyrics are simple: "Nibble, nibble, pause" (that's it!) but when sung as a round we're pretty amazing. ;)

Here are a couple other songs:

The Nursing March:

We nurse and we nurse and we nurse and nurse and nurse

We nurse all day, we nurse all night, cuz nursing's what we like!

The Diaper Song (sung to the tune of "Spider Pig" from the Simpson's Movie)

Diaper Butt

Sophia is a Diaper Butt

She wears a diaper all day long

And sings her silly diaper song!

Mommy Loves her Baby (sung to the tune of "I Will" by the Beatles)

I love you cuz I'm your mommy

I love you cuz you're you

I love all that you are and ever will be

I love everything you do!

Love you forever, and forever

I love you the most in the world

Yeah I'll love you forever and leave you never

Cuz you'll always be my little girl

Sophia also loves the ABCs song and the Spanish count to 10 song from Sesame Street (mom, you know which song I mean!). We sing it in English too. Between Travis and I, someone's always singing to her! What's super fun is that now she tries to sing along! She also loves playing with her harmonica, flute, and keyboard. And pretending everything is a drum! And she loves dancing. It's so interesting to discover how musical babies are!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Those Crazy Canines!

Danny, pretending he's a model citizen...

The real Danny! (And his partner in crime!)

Sophia is quite the climber now! And she's holding the leash to her "puppy," Chester (a birthday gift from Uncle Mike)...she takes him EVERYWHERE!

Friday, September 18, 2009

On Why I think (almost) Everyone Wants to be a Parent

You don't need to go to college.

You don't need to have a lot of money.

You don't need to be promoted to get there.

You don't need to qualify.

You don't need to apply.

In a world where most of us work so hard for so little, and spend a lifetime searching for love and meaning, and spend so much of our time steeped in mediocrity and selfishness and sadness; having and caring for a child is our chance to take part in something real and true. Our chance to do something selfless and meaningful. Our chance to experience something so much closer to the natural order of things than our other activities and priorities. Our assurance that, no matter what else life does or does not provide us, we were able to witness one beautiful miracle.

If I leave this life with nothing else, I will still have my time with Sophia.