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July 13, 2015

Do Re Mi #MicroBlog Monday


 Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is?  Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.
This space holds so much responsibility.  A responsibility I've been slacking on.  Responsibility to keep you all up to date on how great life is.  How much all of your support resulted in a happy, healthy little family.  Responsibility to bring hope to others.  I can at least keep up with some Microblog Mondays for Pete's sake!  So here we go!

I am a vocalist from a long line of vocalists.  I've written about how I wanted so badly to share that legacy with my child.   I have a particular interest in music perception as far as my work life is concerned, but my grasp on the development of music skills in kids is pretty basic.  When Chipmunk started "singing" I was a little concerned.  She sounded... well... tone deaf to me.  I asked one of my coworkers, an SLP with a degree in vocal performance, what she thought and she patted me on the head and said, "It's okay, Lisa.  Maybe she'll play piano."  I laughed it off as God's little joke.  Here's your bio baby!  She's awesome, love who she is, not who you want her to be.
But by George, she's getting it!  This girl is running around the house singing and dancing every chance she can get, and you can actually tell what she's singing!  She even jumped up on her dresser while I was changing her diaper and gave an impromptu performance of "The Hot Dog Dance."  I'm loving it.  My heart is so full I think it's going to just bust.  I was going to post a video... but then had second thoughts.  It's on Facebook, shared with a special group of friends who have taken the "Chipmunk Pledge" so if you want to see it, we'll just have to become Facebook friends (hint hint, nudge nudge. :)