and i started to cry.
i am pregnant, so i cry easily...but i cry easily in the first place.
but i was just thinking about how big he is getting and how fast time really does go. and how before i know it, he won't be our baby anymore.
it wasn't that long ago that i was rocking conner to sleep in our tiny 1 bedroom apartment.
and then he wasn't our baby anymore and sweet orion was.
and then he wasn't our baby anymore and merrick was.
and now they are all huge.
it makes me so sad to think about how fast they are growing up.
anyway, i was also thinking about the songs that i sing to them at night. i have pretty much been singing the same songs to all three of them. and some of them are songs that my parent's used to sing to me...
01.go to sleep you little baby. i, of course, don't know all the words so i have made up my own that i like better for singing to my babies.
02. as i went down in the river to pray. i guess i just really like "o brother where art thou!"
03. hush now my baby. one of my favorites.
04. i see my mother kneeling. this primary song is always in my head.
05. tender shepherd. except a lot slower and sweeter sounding than this version! my mom always, always, always, sang this to me! plus, i love peter pan!
06. michael row your boat ashore. this is one my dad would sing to me, and now i sing it to me boys. the funny thing is, i don't remember more than the first verse, and for some reason i always end up singing kumbaya!
07. race you to the top of the morning. this is really more evan than me. he loves this song and used to sing it to conner all the time. and now the boys request it almost every night! especially merrick. he is always asking for the dragon song! so i learned it too!
08. barges. i used to sing this song with my friend katy, and it just stuck, and now it's one of my lullaby's!
those are most of my lullabies. i throw in different ones every once in a while.
what are yours?
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I was thinking the same thing today as I rocked Carter to sleep for his nap (which he never wants me to do and we haven't done in so long!). He is getting so big and I can't believe he won't be my baby soon. Our favorite song is actually one we made up called the "Carter Thomas Vance" song to the tune of the Farmer in the Dell. It sounds ridiculous but works every time he is upset! At least we'll have new babies soon to rock to sleep.
I'm glad someone else sings made up songs.I usually do the normal, you are my sunshine and twinkle twinkle, but lately Lincoln's been asking for the piano song, or the train song, or whatever word pops into his head-song. Whatever gets them to sleep, right? And I'm also glad someone else cries easily. :)
I think its wonderful that you sing to your kids. My parents never sang to me but I tried to sing to my girls. It seemed to make them mad. But then again everything made them mad when they were babies, so I never got in the habit. But luckily when Garrett gets upset singing calms him down (for example when he burnt his arm, singing was the only thing that stopped him crying in the emergency room). I stick to standard Rock a Bye Baby (even thought its morbid)and I Am a Child of God.
Suo Gan is now one of my favorites that I will sing for my children. It's from "Empire of the Sun".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKgAvWJ3e5c
I know the welsh version which is what this is, but also know it in english as well.
Also "Seal Lullaby" is gorgeous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya4OZ7_vz_c
However, my nephews *2 and 3* love Journey songs cause that's what Daddy sings to them. :)
Peter also sings those first two to our babies... so sweet.
I love this. It was beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I get sad thinking about how fast time goes too. I did the same thing with Kaden when I was pregnant with Kohen. I always end up humming "Our Savior's Love". Always. I try to start with something else and it ends up with that hymn. I love it.
I am boring and have always just sung three songs to them..."I am like a star shining brightly" "Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam" and "Sine On"
Clearly I have a thing for the sun and stars...
I have had those same thoughts many many times. I look at Davie sometimes and just kind of get sad that there will be no more babies around...sometimes I want more (but I know Scott would never agree); they are just so sweet! So I hold and love everyone else's babies now...yep, I have become one of those weird ladies who loves to hold other people's babies...
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