So legend has it that our grandmother, whom we never had the opportunity to meet, used to sing this song to our mother and her sisters. My mom has always sang it to us...my aunt to our young cousins, and now my sister to her two little ones. My sister, who is about to lose her mind if I don't post her babies on my blog, keeps telling me how much she loves how personal I am with each family and session so I figured nothing is more personal than my own family!
I was there when this Love Bug was born, when she went through her shoe fetish and sat in the middle of the isle at Kohls removing a pair from a mannequin to put them on her own feet, when she picked up her newborn brother "on her own" while he was still in his crib (fun!), and more recently, when she discovered the famous words "nannie nannie boo boo." My favorite Lillie story, and one that still gets me, happened at Thanksgiving when she was just a few months shy of her 2nd birthday. I remember we were all so loud (imagine that) talking over each other about this and that when I hear her tiny voice singing, as she now does constantly. We all hushed and listened as she went on without noticing that we had stopped to admire her. My mother instantly teared up, and I think we all may have: There's my niece, sitting in her high chair at the Thanksgiving table, completely oblivious to everyone around her, singing our 'I Love You' song to no one in particular. That's just my Love Bug...
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