Baby Love

by Julie Coulter Bellon

I wanted to thank Stephanie for posting my baby news for me last week. Last week is a week I will never forget. I know that the many prayers that were offered for me were answered because of the miracle I experienced during my son’s birth. We were having some complications and knew the baby had to come by C-section because he was breech, but at the last moment, well, some things happened that even modern technology can’t explain and we didn’t have to have a C-section after all. For me, there is no other explanation except that it was a miracle, and I am so grateful and still having tender feelings about the entire thing. It was such a sweet moment for me, to be so close to heaven in bringing this little baby into the world. I can hardly think about it without getting all weepy. For most of the week since his birth, I haven’t done much except marvel at him. I think I could just stare at his sweet baby face all day. There is nothing better than a newborn baby. Their fresh-from-heaven smell when you nuzzle their neck, their eyes that seem to want to take in everything at once, and the love that they bring to a family is a feeling that is unsurpassed.

Because of this development in my life, I have no writing advice for you this week. I know you have been greatly fed with Jeff and Stephanie, so I don’t feel that bad about it. I did want to share with you the lyrics to the song, “Smile,” by Uncle Kracker because it totally describes how I’m feeling with all this baby love around me right now. Thank you for all of your support and prayers. Frog bloggers and commenters on this blog are definitely the best.

Smile
By Uncle Kracker

You're better then the best
I'm lucky just to linger in your light
Cooler than the flip side
Of my pillow, that's right

Completely unaware
Nothing can compare to where
You send me, lets me know that it's okay
Yeah, it's okay
And the moments where my good times start to fade

You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed
Sing like bird, dizzy in my head
Spin like a record, crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool, forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile

Even when you're gone,
Somehow you come along just like
A flower pokin' through the sidewalk crack
And just like that
You steal away the rain, and just like that

You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed
Sing like bird, dizzy in my head
Spin like a record, crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool, forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile

Don't know how I lived without you
'Cause every time that I get around you
I see the best of me inside your eyes
You make me smile

You make me dance like a fool, forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild

You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed
Sing like bird, dizzy in my head
Spin like a record, crazy on a Sunday night

You make me dance like a fool, forget how to breathe
Shine like gold, buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile
(Oh, you make me smile)
Oh, you make me smile
(Oh, you make me smile)