Rachel Baby

Rachel Baby, you're the one!
You make our lives so much fun!
Rachel Baby, I am awfully fond of you...boop boop bee doo!



Today is Rachel Baby's birthday. There are many songs besides "Rubber Ducky" that we parodied just for her while she was growing up, because she is really just that cool. I don't know why I feel I should recognize her on my blog on her birthday. I've just been thinking about her today and you are getting all the buzz from this bee.

I am presently babysitting little munchkins and remembering back to when I first started taking care of little munchkins. It all started with Rachel. K was born when I was five years old so I was probably big enough to hold and play with her, but not much else. But Rachel was born when I was nine. Rachel was my live baby doll. She was the seventh and the last baby so my mom was a little tuckered out and glad for the extra hands to help.

I remember nights when I'd hear Rachel crying in her crib in my parents' room and feeling outraged that they would just let her cry! I now see the wisdom in this, however, at the time I would storm in and cradle my baby back to sleep.

After 14 years I also want to remind everyone that I was the only one who knew she was going to be a girl. Everyone else thought she was going to be a boy, but I knew better! I was so glad to have my baby sister. And I guess...I guess...I still am. And I still LOVE babysitting.


beck