Since the cat is pretty much out of the bag....

[kbhakkoah]

I'll let you know about the blog I started in October:  http://storkpatrol.blogspot.com/.  I need to figure out how to get it to e-mail me some comments.  And I still need to figure out how to actually customize it beyond using templates.

Check it out.  Or don't. 

Comments

[kbhakkoah]

:-). Holy crap indeed!

You should send me your address (I know I have it somewhere in my evite archives). I want to send you a late Christmas card (they're all late - just started them today - whoops!).

[synnoveaevael]

holy fuck!! i know so many people who are preggers right now!! grats!!! :D

[kbhakkoah]

Thanks :-)

[indieb0i]

W00T! Congratulations. Now I'm extra sorry we missed you on Sunday - but as you'll learn you don't mess with a toddler's nap schedule!

2 of the songs you mentioned for singing are regular "lullabyes" for us - Billy Joel for Lisa and Marley for me.

[everfound]

Lullaby by Billy Joel was actually the song a danced to with my dad at our wedding. It's pretty but it's actually about a father and daughter who don't see each other very often. Lyrics are tricky. When Davey was a newborn he loved when I sang Joy to the World to him but one day I made it to the second verse and realized how innapropriate it really was so I stopped.

We got most of ours from the Music Together classes since we started those when Davey was 2 months. I really recommend it (they usually have Saturday classes for working mommies and daddies).

[indieb0i]

From what I've heard, "Lullabye" is about a daughter asking her father about death, although it also has undertones regarding divorce. Lyrics are pretty easy to fix when singing to a kid. Kayleigh doesn't have to know that John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy" isn't "Beautiful Girl" until she's older.

Lisa and Kayleigh both really enjoy the Music Together classes. The "Fiddle" CD has become a fixture in our player.

[everfound]

Good point. Changing lyrics is a must.

[eri_chan]

Congratulations!

There must have been something about this fall, because 2 of my other friends got pregnant at almost exactly the same time as you.

[kbhakkoah]

Crazy! I guess that this was a romantic fall :-)

[mizerychick]

Wow, congrats :) Sorry we missed you guys on Sunday - we need to catch up with you some time when we're not out of the state.

[mizerychick]

Oh, and for baby songs, there's always the TMBG kids albums :D Sometimes there are a few that I will actually sing to myself when I'm too wired up to sleep and I need my brain to think of something calming.