A Sweet Sound

Nate and I sing this song to our girls. I don't know the name of it, but I think it came from some musical. It goes like this:

I love you Abby, oh yes I do
I love you Abby, it's true
When you're not near me, I'm blue --hoooo (make a high pitched hooo noise there)
Oh, Abby I love you, hoooo!! (another high pitched noise)

Abby can be replaced by anything . . . Jenna, Daddy, Mommy, Kiki (Binky) DeeDee (Petals, the bear) or Blankie. I usually sing this song to Abby in the morning after she wakes up, before her nap, and before bed. It's kind of our thing and she loves it.

For so long, she never sang, but then one day a few weeks ago, she started to sing bits and pieces. First, she started saying the "hooooos" at the end of the two lines, but the absolute sweetest sound came all in one day.

First, she started to sing the words, "Abby," "it's true," "I'm blue," and "love you." My heart melted when I heard those sweet words come from her little voice. But then, we were sitting in the rocking chair singing, and I had finished singing. I was ready to put her to bed, when she started singing on her own. She sang,

I love you Mommy, oh yes I do
I love you Mommy, it's true
When you're not near me, I'm blue--hoooo
Oh Mommy, I love you--hooooo!

Now, the song was very fragmented because she couldn't sing the whole song yet, but I heard the "Mommy" in there, and I turned to mush. She put my name in there all by herself and it was just the sweetest sound.

Lately, she's been demanding certain people/things to be in the song. She will often want to sing to Kiki (Binky), DeeDee (Petals, the bear) and Blankie. If I start singing to Jenna or Daddy, she will often say "Abby, Abby, Abby!" She doesn't want me to sing to anyone else but her.

We will sing this song as long as they let us. When they get married, don't be surprised it Nate breaks out this song for his girls!