Happy Birthday, Lily!

Our beautiful two year old... We recently gave her the book, "Love Song For a Baby." The words of the book sum up our full hearts on this, our "answered prayer's" second birthday...

Come my darling.
Come my dear.
Come hear a song about a baby,
a very special baby.
Come hear a song about you.



Before the first stars blazed in your sky,
before the sun ever 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 little 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!