My sweet baby is growing up SO FAST. Everyday she talks a little clearer, looks a little taller, acts a little bigger and melts our hearts all over again. She is VERY much a 2-year old {throwing tantrums, pretending to get hurt in an attempt to get extra attention, being a turkey to her sister, realizing she is an independent person and actually has a CHOICE whether she wants to obey or not... ya know, all the joyful things that come with the terrible-two's!!}, and at the same time is such a sweetheart that it makes all the stinker-pot moments worth it.
I wanted to remember her RIGHT NOW, so we got Madi off to school last week and then headed outside to snap some pics of my baby girl. For some reason she decided that her fingers tasted REALLY yummy and wouldn't remove them from her mouth. *sigh* I decided that the whole chair thing wasn't working, so I ran and grabbed her "Binky" {this cute purple blanket Grandma Jonnet gave her for Christmas last year and that Maelee has lovingly nibbled holes in... what is it with kids destroying their lovies?} and a book that ALWAYS makes me cry, "Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born" by Jamie Lee Curtis. Such a SWEET story about adoption. LOVE IT. She perked right up and things got a little easier and definitely more adorable. :O)
She got pretty sick about a month ago, and since has been on one. Pushing the boundaries is saying it pretty lightly!! :O) So, I'm trying to be the good mom that my kids deserve and instead of giving attention to the fits, I've been paying extra attention to her when she's being good... I know, pretty basic parenting advice you hear everywhere but sometimes it takes a little more effort to do it than you think!! ANYway, after a good tickle and some "spin FAST, Mom!"'s, we crashed on the couch to catch our breath. I asked her, "Maelee, will you sing for me?" "Uuuuuummmmmmmm, No." "Oh! Ok, will you tell me a story?" "Uuuuuuummmmmmmm... Yesh!! One uh-on a pime... CAT!" "A cat? What did the cat do?" "Umm, walking!" "Cool! Then what happened?" "Um, a fam-ee." "A family? Did a cat belong to a family?" "Yeah! They hode it yike DIS!!" She holds her arms across her chest and starts swinging back and forth saying "oh, kitty!" and kissing her hand. "What happened next, Maelee?" "Ummmmmmm, crying." "Oh no! The cat is crying?" "Yeah." "Why?" "It's sad." "Why is it so sad?" "Dey do DIS!!", she puts her hands on her cheeks and pushes them forward, making the classic "Chubby Face" face. I'm trying not to giggle cuz she's SO sad that the cat is sad, "The cat is sad cuz they did this?" and I mimic her. "Yeah." "How did the cat get happy again?" "The fam-ee hode it." "Yeah? And that made the cat feel better?" "Yeah, dey hode it yike DIS!" and once again she squishes up her cheeks, this time with a happy face cuz the cat evidently is happy this time that it's face got all chunky looking. :O)
I have this lullaby that I have sung to her since she was a baby {the one from "My Turn On Earth"}. She used to scream and get TICKED when I'd start singing it cuz she knew that I wouldn't stop until she relaxed and went to sleep {and, since I'm the mom and make the rules, I always won!}, :O) but lately she actually asks for me to "shing" for her when I put her down. The other day I was "shinging" before her nap and she reached up to stroke my cheeks, poke my eyes, explore my nose, examine my braces... basically try to make me take as long as I can to sing her lullaby. I grabbed her little hands, kissed them and held them down while I continued, feeling victorious. She looked me in the eyes, got this impish look on her face and started "shinging" with me! Not only did she know most of the words, she knew the tune and had herself a jolly good time belting out this song about angels and sleeping. At the chorus, which goes "So sleep, sleep 'till the darkness ends. Guarded by your Angel Friends." she starts singing "Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep! Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep! Garkness ends! Guard you Angoo Fends!" I kept a straight face and so she continued her beautiful aria on into the next verse and I finally busted up and we giggled our way through the rest of the song. At the end, she hugged me so tight and then said, "Wait! One second, k?", pulled my head back and cupped my face in her hands. She looked me straight in the eye and whispered, "I love you too, Mom!"
I love you too, my precious baby girl.
3 comments:
That is the song I have always wanted to sing to my future children! I LOVE that movie/play growing up! I wore out the cd I had to get a new one a few years back!
Very Sweet! I love this story. And I really think the chair picture is pretty cool. Love ya lots, Mánon.
I never commented on this, but Angel Lullaby was my favorite song my mom sang to me as a child. I also had the My Turn on Earth tape and listened to it all the time. I may or may not own the CD... I learned the song and used to sing it to my brothers and sisters when they were little, and I often sing it to my kids too. :)
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