dual personalities

Before I launch into baby updates, a quick reminder to keep our mother in your thoughts today, wishing for a smooth surgery and quick recovery. I am hoping that lots of cheerful pictures of bright-eyed Katiebelle (now 6 weeks old!) will help keep morale high these next couple of weeks. It’s hard for us to be far away but we are there in spirit!

I mentioned last week that DN and I have an affinity for making up songs for our daughter. Well, I also find the funniest old love songs popping up in my mind these days. Here’s one that’s been stuck in my head, the chorus of which I often find myself cooing to the little one…

It only gets weird in this context when he says he’s “forgotten every woman but you,” but I find that the chorus works wonders on a fussy babe. There’s even a line about the love interest’s hair falling out — total newborn behavior!

Here’s another that leapt to mind, and which I’ve sung off-key to my patient daughter:

I mean I don’t have to call her, she’s lying right there on her playmat, but I do mean it from the bottom of my heart!

Finally, I also find myself frequently using my Bing Crosby voice to soothe Katiebelle. Remember in White Christmas when Betty is mad at Bob (“$200,00 in free advertising!”) and he just wants to practice singing “Counting Your Blessings”? He says, “Oh come, come now!” before she storms offstage. I say this approximately eight times a day. Does this mean I am a knight atop a charger or that Betty was acting like a baby?

In other news, DN and I recently managed to watch an entire movie from start to finish. This was a lovely way to feel like adults for an evening, but we couldn’t stop laughing about all the moments that reminded us of our daughter. And the movie was The English Patient! I mean really.

Catherine never betrayed her country for love, but she is indecisive about the status of her sleep.