Love Song for a Baby

Come, my darling.

Come, my dear.

Come hear a song about a baby,

a very special baby.

Come here a song about you.

Before the first stars blazed in your sky,

before the sun every kissed you,

before you cried your first cry,

we loved you.

When you came into our arms,

slippery as salmon,

puckered as prunes,

loud as a lion,

already we knew,

we loved you.

You had tiny hands 

with perfect nails

and fingers like the petals of a flower.

And yes,

we loved you.

You came complete 

with ten little toes

as sweet and pink as candies.

Certainly, 

we loved you.

You had two eyes

and one very small nose,

not much hair,

and no teeth at all.

Still,

we loved you.

Round cheeks,

a round tummy,

a round little bottom,

all made us

love you.

Your laughter was the sun.

Your smile, the moon.

Even your burps were bells,

since

we loved you.

So we snuggled you,

we juggled you,

we watched you while you slept,

because it's true,

we loved you.

We clapped with you,

we danced with you,

we dried your tears

and soothed your fears.

We tossed you high,

we kept you dry.

Can you guess why?

We loved you.

You burst upon our world like a comet,

like birdsong

in the silver silence of dawn,

and how could we help

but love you?

We'd dreamed a baby,

we'd wanted a baby,

we'd planned for a baby,

we'd waited and waited and waited

for a baby,

until finally,

there was you.

And oh, 

how we love you!

by Marion Dane Bauer

On Monday morning, we welcomed a new baby into our family forever. 

Seven pounds, 13 ounces, and 20.75 inches long of pure, sweet baby girl.

We named her Kaila Giselle. 

(pronounced like Kyla, not Kayla)