Song for a fifth child....

Well Caleb had his first doctor's appointment on Thursday. He is growing so fast...mostly horizontally! He has already gained over 2 pounds and he is only 4 weeks old. He weighed in at 9 lbs. 9 oz. on Thursday. I guess I need to gain more muscule in my arms so I can keep up with his growth! The Dr. calls him his little surfer dude, which he pretty much looks like. I might spoil him a little too much by holding him alot, but they grow way too fast and I don't want to miss a second of it! I learned alot from Emily and now things are more relaxed and I have leanred to "let them be little" and just enjoyed them. My mom is always quoting part of this poem to me...

"Mother, oh mother, come shake out your cloth!
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing and butter the bread,
Sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking!

"Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo.
Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue?
(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

"Oh, cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
But children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust, go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby. Babies don't keep.

by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton
(first appeared, Ladies Home Journal, October 1958 as "Song for a Fifth Child")

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This poem is so sweet and so true! Emily has already grown WAY too fast and I have forgot alot of things she did. So this time around I know better than get all caught up in the small things! This is my soap box for the day.....